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American jazz saxophonist (1909–1959)
Lester Willis Young (August 27, 1909 – March 15, 1959), nicknamed "Pres" or "Prez" (short for the "President of the tenor saxophone"), was an American
Lester_Young
1959 composition by Charles Mingus
and jazz fusion artists. Mingus wrote it as an elegy for saxophonist Lester Young, who had died two months prior to the recording session and who was known
Goodbye_Pork_Pie_Hat
1951 studio album by Lester Young
The Lester Young Trio and The Lester Young Trio No. 2 are jazz trio albums by Lester Young with Nat King Cole and Buddy Rich, recorded in Hollywood, California
Lester_Young_Trio
1954 compilation album by Lester Young
Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio is a 1954 studio album by American saxophonist Lester Young, accompanied by Oscar Peterson's working trio of
Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio
Lester_Young_with_the_Oscar_Peterson_Trio
century. He later turned to jazz, publishing Lester Leaps In (2002), a biography of the saxophonist Lester Young, and One O'Clock Jump (2006), a history of
Douglas_Henry_Daniels
Name list
Lester is an ancient Anglo-Saxon surname and given name. Lester Bangs (1948–1982), American music critic Lester Oliver Bankhead (1912–1997), American
Lester
1955 studio album by Lester Young, Buddy Rich
The Lester Young Buddy Rich Trio is a jazz trio album recorded in Hollywood, California in March and April 1946 by Lester Young, Nat King Cole and Buddy
The Lester Young Buddy Rich Trio
The_Lester_Young_Buddy_Rich_Trio
American jazz drummer and bandleader (1917–1987)
Sing and Swing with Buddy Rich (Norgran, 1955) The Lester Young Buddy Rich Trio with Lester Young (Norgran, 1955) Krupa and Rich (Clef, 1956) Buddy Rich
Buddy_Rich
American jazz musician and composer (1904–1984)
to prominence under his direction, including the tenor saxophonists Lester Young and Herschel Evans, the guitarist Freddie Green, trumpeters Buck Clayton
Count_Basie
Single-reed woodwind instrument
and Trumbauer became important influences on tenor saxophonist Lester Young. Lester Young's approach on tenor saxophone differed from Hawkins's, emphasizing
Saxophone
Sub-genre of jazz associated with the U.S. West Coast
affected tenor saxophonist Lester Young, who prefigured – and influenced – cool jazz more than any other musician. Young's saxophone playing employed
Cool_jazz
1939 single by Count Basie's Kansas City Seven
Press, 2008. "Lester Leaps In (1940)", JazzStandards.com. "Lester Leaps In (1939)", at Three Perfect Minutes, retrieved 2013-10-23. Lester Leaps In (1939)
Lester_Leaps_In
1993 studio album by Lester Young
Touch is a jazz album by Lester Young. Source: "Crazy Over J-Z" (Take 2) Lester Young -(2:49) "Crazy Over J-Z" (Take 3) Lester Young -(2:43) I Don't Stand
The_Master's_Touch
Subgenre of jazz music developed in the U.S. in mid-1940s
Parker. He was especially enthralled by their tenor saxophone player Lester Young, who played long flowing melodic lines that wove in and out of the chordal
Bebop
Type of saxophone
jazz music. Famous and influential players include Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, John Coltrane, Ben Webster, Johnny Griffin, Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray
Tenor_saxophone
Jazz club (1949–1965, 1985–present)
the music up to that point, played by Maxie Kaminsky, Hot Lips Page, Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Harry Belafonte, Stan Getz, and Lennie Tristano, in
Birdland_(New_York_jazz_club)
1956 studio album by Lester Young
The Jazz Giants '56 is an album by saxophonist Lester Young, issued in 1956 on Verve Records. "I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan" (Arthur Schwartz, Howard
The_Jazz_Giants_'56
American jazz singer (1915–1959)
music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner, Lester Young, Holiday made significant contributions to jazz music and pop singing
Billie_Holiday
1958 photograph by Art Kane
Wilbur Ware Dicky Wells George Wettling Ernie Wilkins Mary Lou Williams Lester Young Count Basie, having grown tired of standing, sat down on the curb, and
A_Great_Day_in_Harlem
American jazz saxophonist (1927–1991)
with his prime influence being the wispy, mellow timbre of his idol, Lester Young. Coming to prominence in the late 1940s with Woody Herman's big band
Stan_Getz
2008 box set by Lester Young
Vocalion: Lester Young with Count Basie (1936–1940) is a compilation album featuring recordings of some of 1936–1940 sessions by jazz musicians Lester Young and
Classic Columbia, Okeh and Vocalion: Lester Young with Count Basie (1936–1940)
Classic_Columbia,_Okeh_and_Vocalion:_Lester_Young_with_Count_Basie_(1936–1940)
Style of jazz music
"Lester Young: Master of Jive". American Music. 3 (3): 313–328. doi:10.2307/3051473. JSTOR 3051473. Daniels, Douglas Henry (Autumn 1985). "Lester Young:
Kansas_City_jazz
1936 popular song by Vernon Duke
inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Billie Holiday with Lester Young (1938) Lester Young with Nat King Cole and Red Callender (1942) Dizzy Gillespie
I_Can't_Get_Started
2003 American film by Woody Allen
Get Started" – Written by Vernon Duke & Ira Gershwin – Performed by Lester Young "Sunday (The Day Before My Birthday)" – Written by Moby & Sylvia Robinson
Anything_Else
American jazz drummer and bandleader (1921–2013)
American jazz drummer and bandleader. He came to prominence as sideman for Lester Young, Gerry Mulligan, Count Basie, and Lena Horne. Hamilton became a bandleader
Chico_Hamilton
American big band
Scotty Barnhart. Originally including such musicians as Buck Clayton and Lester Young in the line-up, the band in the 1950s and 1960s made use of the work
Count_Basie_Orchestra
French bebop pianist (1934–2026)
with two jazz masters: Miles Davis and Lester Young. His work so impressed the latter that Urteger accompanied Young for a short tour of Europe in 1956.
René_Urtreger
1957 American TV series or program
Lester Young for the final time. Jazz critic Nat Hentoff recalled that during rehearsals Holiday and Young kept to opposite sides of the room. Young was
The_Sound_of_Jazz
American actor (1950–2003)
Keller on As the World Turns. Lester died due to complications from AIDS on November 28, 2003.[citation needed] Lester was born in Indianapolis, Indiana
Terry_Lester
American jazz saxophonist (1923–1990)
to make it a hallmark of his style. One of his major influences was Lester Young. Gordon, in turn, was an early influence on John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins
Dexter_Gordon
American jazz musician
older brother, saxophonist Lester Young. In 1944 he played with Norman Granz's first "Jazz at the Philharmonic" concert. Young was born in 1914 in New Orleans
Lee_Young
American music critic (1948–1982)
Leslie Conway "Lester" Bangs (December 14, 1948 – April 30, 1982) was an American music journalist and critic. He wrote for Creem and Rolling Stone magazines
Lester_Bangs
Period of time (around 1935–1946)
great soloists: the tenor saxophonists Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster and Lester Young; the alto saxophonists Benny Carter and Johnny Hodges; the drummers Chick
Swing_era
American jazz saxophonist (1904–1969)
a role in the development of bebop in the 1940s. Fellow saxophonist Lester Young, known as the "President of the Tenor Saxophone", commented, in a 1959
Coleman_Hawkins
American jazz trumpeter (1915–1999)
joined the Count Basie Orchestra. His colleagues included Buck Clayton, Lester Young (who named him "Sweets"), Buddy Tate, Freddie Green, Jo Jones, and other
Harry_Edison
Concerts in Carnegie Hall in 1938 and 1939
Benny Morton (trombones); Earle Warren (alto sax); Herschel Evans, Lester Young (tenor sax, clarinet); Jack Washington (baritone sax, alto sax); Count
From_Spirituals_to_Swing
1944 film by Gjon Mili
jam-session atmosphere of nightclubs and after-hours spots. The film features Lester Young, Red Callender, Harry Edison, Marlowe Morris, Sid Catlett, Barney Kessel
Jammin'_the_Blues
1959 studio album by The Lester Young and Teddy Wilson Quartet
Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions on Verve for all of Young's later work, he recommends this album along with The Jazz Giants '56 and Lester Young with
Pres_and_Teddy
American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (1901–1956)
saxophonists of the 1920s and 1930s, particularly influencing the sound of Lester Young. He is also remembered for his musical collaborations with Bix Beiderbecke
Frankie_Trumbauer
1937 single by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
historic session that marked her first collaboration with tenor saxophonist Lester Young. Benny Goodman (clarinet) also performed on the recording, along with
This_Year's_Kisses
American actor (1939–1992)
production The Resurrection of Lady Lester, a "poetic mood song" by OyamO, playing the legendary jazz saxophonist Lester Young. In December 1985, Little opened
Cleavon_Little
American territory jazz band
the B side. Several prominent jazz musicians were members, including Lester Young, William "Count" Basie, Buster Smith and Hot Lips Page. The Blue Devils
Oklahoma_City_Blue_Devils
American record company and label
the Bill Doggett Octet, Jay McShann and Lester Young, and an album (set of two 78 RPM records) of Lester Young, Nat King Cole and Red Callender. When the
Aladdin_Records
American jazz saxophonist (1937–2001)
drummer, John Jarette, advised Henderson to listen to musicians like Lester Young, Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon and Charlie Parker. He also liked Flip Phillips
Joe_Henderson
Canadian jazz pianist (1925–2007)
2007. Lees, Gene (1988). Oscar Peterson : the will to swing. Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys. p. 23. ISBN 9780886191276. Retrieved May 20, 2023. Considine
Oscar_Peterson
2007 studio album by Lester Young
(6:46) Lester and Announcer Speak (0:35) "These Foolish Things" (4:23) Announcement (0:10) "Blues in G" (5:45) "Tea for Two" (2:18) Lester Young: tenor
Live at Birdland (Lester Young album)
Live_at_Birdland_(Lester_Young_album)
American jazz alto saxophonist (1904–1991)
instrumental in instituting the Texas Sax Sound with Count Basie and Lester Young in the 1930s. Smith played saxophone for a number of prominent band leaders
Buster_Smith
English musician (born 1954)
old-style swing and blues tunes. It included songs by Cab Calloway, Lester Young, Glenn Miller, and Louis Jordan. The album and associated single release
Joe_Jackson_(musician)
The primal sessions issued on Verve were one of Charlie Parker with Lester Young performing "Lady Be Good" (8002, 8840), and of the Gene Krupa Trio (8031
Verve_Records_discography
American jazz saxophonist (1916–1983)
his emulation of the breathy style of Lester Young, whose nickname was "The President", or simply "Prez". Young called Quinichette "Lady Q". Quinichette
Paul_Quinichette
1996 American crime film by Robert Altman
Kansas City jazz giants (Count Basie, Coleman Hawkins, Jay McShann, Lester Young, etc.). He filmed their work in a concert documentary style, and intercuts
Kansas_City_(film)
American jazz double bassist (1926–1963)
Missouri and moved to California in 1945. He began recording in 1946 with Lester Young, and in the 1950s in Los Angeles with musicians such as Shorty Rogers
Curtis_Counce
American jazz musician (1913–1984)
Blues (RCA Victor, 1958) Lester Young, Pres (Norgran, 1956) Lester Young, Lester Swings Again (Norgran, 1956) The Lester Young - Teddy Wilson Quartet,
Gene_Ramey
Term expressing adulation for Jazz musicians
Eugene Wright The Ambassador: Louis Armstrong Prez (The President): Lester Young Jazz portal Music portal Royalty portal The related tradition of Calypsonian
Jazz_royalty
1952 studio album by Billie Holiday
sides from the mid 1930s to the early 1940s, with Holiday accompanied by Lester Young, Teddy Wilson, Buck Clayton and Claude Thornhill among others. A side
Billie_Holiday_Sings
1980 film by Woody Allen
(Isham Jones and Gus Kahn) by Django Reinhardt "Tickletoe" (Lester Young) by Lester Young with Count Basie and His Orchestra "Three Little Words" (Bert
Stardust_Memories
1986 film by Bertrand Tavernier
jazzman, Dale Turner, is based on a composite of real-life jazz legends Lester Young (tenor sax) and Bud Powell (piano). While the film is fictionalized,
Round_Midnight_(film)
English actor (born 1958)
sports injuries. Mark Lester was born in Oxford, England on 11 July 1958, to Rita Keene Lester, an actress, and Michael Lester (originally Michael Boris
Mark_Lester
1929 popular song
No. 3440A). In 1946, Lester Young, Nat King Cole and Buddy Rich recorded the song, which was released on the album The Lester Young Trio No. 2. Frank Sinatra
Mean_to_Me_(1929_song)
American jazz saxophonist (1922–2004)
and a young Charles Mingus. It was at this time that he appeared in the Academy Award-nominated short film Jammin' the Blues with Lester Young. He also
Illinois_Jacquet
American jazz saxophonist and composer (1930–1986)
tone, that was neither as aggressive as John Coltrane nor as mellow as Lester Young, and his style that was laid-back, subtle and melodic, especially in
Hank_Mobley
Parker's interpretation was influenced by Lester Young, and the saxophonist even included quotations from Young in his later recordings. The tune is particularly
List_of_1920s_jazz_standards
American jazz drummer
drummer. He is known for playing and recording with Thelonious Monk, Lester Young, Elmo Hope, and Charles Mingus. Jones was born in New York on October
Willie_Jones_(drummer)
American fugitive (born 1943)
about his son. Mose Eubanks took phone calls from Lester and likely knew about his whereabouts. Lester Eubanks travelled back to Ohio in 2003, 2010, and
Lester_Eubanks
American jazz singer (1940–2021)
primary influences as a singer were saxophonists such as Charlie Parker, Lester Young and Sonny Rollins. Her voice was described by jazz critic John S. Wilson
Janet_Lawson
American swing and jazz guitarist (1916–1942)
drums. Christian's use of tension and release, a technique employed by Lester Young, Count Basie, and later bop musicians, is also present on Newman's recording
Charlie_Christian
British actor (born 1968)
Netflix announced that Lester would play the role of Destiny of the Endless in the upcoming second season of The Sandman. Lester played campaign manager
Adrian_Lester
1973 studio album by Pharoah Sanders
Killian. The recording was produced by drummer Lee Young, the younger brother of saxophonist Lester Young. In 2011, Impulse! reissued the album, along with
Wisdom_Through_Music
1930s jazz standard by Ralph Rainger
for Brunswick Records, featuring Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman, and Lester Young. "Easy Living" was written in 4 4 time in the key of F major. It follows
Easy_Living_(song)
American jazz piano trio
country. The trio played and recorded with the likes of saxophonists Lester Young, Lou Donaldson, Stanley Turrentine and Sonny Stitt, cornet player Nat
The_3_Sounds
1917 song
Hot Shots, 1937 Chu Berry with Hot Lips Page, 1937 Lester Young with Nat King Cole, 1942 Lester Young with Count Basie, 1944 Don Byas with Slam Stewart
Back_Home_Again_in_Indiana
1957 live album by Count Basie and his orchestra
Dots and Moonbeams" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:33 "Lester Leaps In" (Lester Young) – 3:02 "Sent for You Yesterday and Here You Come Today" (Count
Count_Basie_at_Newport
American jazz musician (1922–1979)
such classic Mingus compositions as "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" (an elegy to Lester Young) and the vocal-less version of "Fables of Faubus" (a protest against
Charles_Mingus
1958 studio album by Lester Young
Laughin' to Keep from Cryin' is a 1958 studio album by Lester Young featuring the trumpeters Harry "Sweets" Edison and Roy Eldridge. Scott Yanow reviewed
Laughin'_to_Keep_from_Cryin'
Musical artist
of Lester Young's final studio sessions. Sheen also worked with Roy Eldridge, Charlie Shavers, Bud Freeman, Marty Napoleon, Ben Webster, Lester Young, Dizzy
Mickey_Sheen
English YouTuber and presenter (born 1987)
subscribers, respectively. Active since 2006, Lester is considered among the first notable British YouTubers. Lester appeared on a Sunday Times 2019 list of
Phil_Lester
1949 jazz album compiled by Norman Granz
Parker, Flip Phillips, Bud Powell, Willie Smith, Billy Strayhorn, and Lester Young. The album was recorded in Los Angeles and New York City from 1946 to
The_Jazz_Scene
American jazz musician and songwriter (1937–1990)
he and Lester Young formed a friendship, documented in an essay for Gene Lees' monthly "JazzLetter," reproduced in Lewis Porter's A Lester Young Reader
Bobby_Scott_(musician)
American jazz guitarist, trombonist and composer (1906–1987)
Count Basie, The Complete Decca Recordings (3CD) (Decca, 1937–41) Lester Young, Lester Young with the Kansas City Five (Commodore, 1938) Glenn Miller, The
Eddie_Durham
2021 film by Lee Daniels
legal problems if they continue to perform something so controversial. Lester Young, Billie's sax player and longtime confidant, supports her in playing
The United States vs. Billie Holiday
The_United_States_vs._Billie_Holiday
American children's writer (born 1936)
books. Lester has illustrated a few of her own books, but illustrator Lynn Munsinger has produced the illustrations for Lester's books. Lester and Munsinger
Helen_Lester
American jazz guitarist (1912–1965)
Wilson with Billie Holiday (ASV/Living Era 1988) Lester Young, The Complete Aladddin Recordings of Lester Young (Blue Note, 1995) Colin Larkin, ed. (1992).
Dave_Barbour
Style of headwear
pie hat had a very wide brim and rather tall crown.[citation needed] Lester Young, whose career as a jazz saxophonist spanned from the mid-1920s to the
Pork_pie_hat
American jazz guitarist
Hittin' the Ramp: The Early Years (Resonance, 2019) Lester Young & Buddy Rich, The Lester Young Buddy Rich Trio (Verve, 1958) with Nat King Cole Rossi
Oscar_Moore
the Blues. Chicago: Chicago Review Press. p. 59. ISBN 1-55652-130-8. "Lester Young | Encyclopedia.com". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved August 3, 2021. YUDKIN
List of 1950s deaths in popular music
List_of_1950s_deaths_in_popular_music
English actor, comedian, and musician (born 1959)
Rosetta Tharpe, Randy Newman, Professor Longhair, Son House, Nina Simone, Lester Young–Buddy Rich Trio, and Van Morrison as his eight favourite discs. This
Hugh_Laurie
Popular song published in 1940
recorded jazz standards.[better source needed] Notable recordings include: Lester Young with his quartet in 1952 Mel Tormé on his 1955 album It's a Blue World
Polka_Dots_and_Moonbeams
Series of concerts, tours and recordings
Clark Terry, Tommy Turk, T-Bone Walker, Ben Webster, Lee Young, Lester Young, and Trummy Young. The very first concert was held on Sunday, July 2, 1944
Jazz_at_the_Philharmonic
American jazz musician and bandleader (1900–1957)
band featured such noteworthy figures as Basie, Rushing, Buster Smith, Lester Young, and Hot Lips Page. In his autobiography, Basie recalls the first time
Walter_Page
1925 song written for the musical No, No, Nanette
Mood". Lester Young, Nat King Cole and Buddy Rich recorded the song in 1946, which was released in 1953 on the Clef Records 10-inch LP The Lester Young Trio
I_Want_to_Be_Happy
1964 studio album by Charles Mingus
(also "Better Git Hit in Your Soul" on Mingus at Antibes) "Theme for Lester Young" as "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" on Mingus Ah Um "Hora Decubitus" as "E's Flat
Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus
Mingus_Mingus_Mingus_Mingus_Mingus
Pattern consisting of an array of large filled circles of same size
with arrangements by Gil Evans and others and notable recordings by Lester Young, Sarah Vaughn and many others. The 1943 Twentieth Century Fox Technicolor
Polka_dot
1958 studio album by Harry "Sweets" Edison and Lester Young
Edison and Lester Young, accompanied by Oscar Peterson. The album is one of Young's last studio recordings. "Flic" (Oscar Peterson, Lester Young) - 06:16
Going_for_Myself
American jazz bassist (1929–1997)
Bank, New Jersey, and played early in the 1950s with Sarah Vaughan and Lester Young. He graduated from Red Bank High School in 1946 and graduated in 1951
Eddie_Jones_(jazz_musician)
Corporation. Retrieved January 15, 2011. "Coleman Hawkins/Howard McGhee/Lester Young – A Date With Greatness (Imperial LP 9188-A)". Jazz Discography Project
Miles_Davis_discography
French jazz drummer (1933–1984)
Sims, Martial Solal, René Thomas, George Wallington, Barney Wilen, and Lester Young. In the early and mid-1960s, Viale worked often as a sideman and session
Jean-Louis_Viale
American jazz musician
Juilliard. In the 1950s he worked with Tiny Grimes, George Wallington, Lester Young, Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, Elmo Hope, Bud Powell and Freddie Redd
John_Ore
Town in Mississippi, United States
(1920–30) Lester Young (1909–1959), jazz musician and Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame inductee was born in Woodville. William Henry Young, Wisconsin
Woodville,_Mississippi
American baseball player (born 1984)
passed him in 2023. Lester attended Bellarmine Preparatory School in Tacoma, Washington. Playing for the school's baseball team, Lester was a three-time
Jon_Lester
American actor
Beautiful and The Young and the Restless. Lester also appeared in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "The Quickening". In 2008, Lester played the role
Loren_Lester
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