Lester Young
Biography:
Lester Young was one of the true jazz giants, a tenor saxophonist who came up with a completely different conception in which to play his horn, floating over bar lines with a light tone rather than adopting Coleman Hawkins' then-dominant forceful approach. A non-conformist, Young (nicknamed "Pres" by Billie Holiday) had the ironic... Continue Bio >>
Discography:
1998 In Washington, D.C. 1956, Vol. 5
1961 Pres
1959 Lester Young: Teddy Wilson Quartet
1958 Laughin' to Keep from Cryin'
1957 If It Ain't Got That Swing
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Filmography:
2008 Count Basie: Then as Now, Count's the King
2005 Jazz Shots from the West Coast, Vol. 2
1992 Lester Young & Billie Holiday
1992 Tenor Titans
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Coleman Hawkins Buddy Tate Ben Webster Billie Holiday Bud Freeman Budd Johnson Frankie Trumbauer Wardell Gray Allen Eager Lee Konitz Dizzy Gillespie James Carter Joe Henderson Chris Potter Don Byron
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