Lester Young
Lester Young
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Artist Information
Genres: Bop, Cool, Swing, Mainstream Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz
Active: 30's, 40's, 50's
Born: August 27, 1909 in Woodville, MS
Influences
Bud Freeman, Frankie Trumbauer, Billie Holiday, King Oliver, Walter Page, Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, Jimmy Dorsey
Similar Artists
Ben Webster, Buddy Tate, Coleman Hawkins, Wardell Gray, Budd Johnson, Sonny Stitt, Art Tatum, Lucky Thompson, Charlie Ventura, Jack Washington, Al Cohn, Charlie Parker, Paul Quinichette, Zoot Sims, Sonny Rollins, Flip Phillips, Stan Getz, Johnny Griffin, Allen Eager
Followers
Budd Johnson, Buddy Tate, Paul Quinichette, Arnett Cobb, Bob Wilber, Don Rendell, Seldon Powell, George Kelly, Chris Woods, King Pleasure, Bill Potts, J.T. Brown, Sam Rivers, Courtney Pine, Art Pepper, Frank Lowe, Dave Pell, Sonny Stitt, Brew Moore
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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.
Discography
Release: July 13, 2010
Label: Verve
Release: August 4, 2009
Label: Original Jazz Classics