Lester Young
Lester Willis Young
1 album · 1980s · LP · MC · appears on 10 albums
American jazz tenor saxophonist (born August 27, 1909, Woodville, Mississippi, USA - died March 15, 1959, New York City, New York, USA). He ranks together with Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster as one of the three "great tenors" of the swing era. Occasionally, he was known to also play the clarinet.
Member of
- Count Basie Orchestra
- Count Basie Combo
- Metronome All Stars
- Kansas City Six
- Billie Holiday And Her Orchestra
- Count Basie And The Kansas City Seven
- Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra
- Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
- +45
Also known as
- Pres