Lester Willis Young (August 27, 1909 – March 15, 1959), nicknamed "Pres" or "Prez", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and occasional clarinetist...

"Theme for Lester Young" and 1977's Three or Four Shades of Blues. Composed in E-flat minor, Mingus wrote it as an elegy for saxophonist Lester Young, who had...

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 with the Oscar Peterson Trio is a 1954 studio album by Lester Young, accompanied by Oscar Peterson's working trio of the time (featuring Ray...

Lester is an ancient Anglo-Saxon surname and given name. Lester Bangs (1948–1982), American music critic Lester Oliver Bankhead (1912–1997), American...

Press, 2008. "Lester Leaps In (1940)", JazzStandards.com. "Lester Leaps In (1939)", at Three Perfect Minutes, retrieved 2013-10-23. Lester Leaps In (1939)...

and Trumbauer became important influences on tenor saxophonist Lester Young. Lester Young's approach on tenor saxophone differed from Hawkins', emphasizing...

to prominence under his direction, including the tenor saxophonists Lester Young and Herschel Evans, the guitarist Freddie Green, trumpeters Buck Clayton...

Wilbur Ware Dickie Wells George Wettling Ernie Wilkins Mary Lou Williams Lester Young Count Basie, having grown tired of standing, sat down on the curb, and...

music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner, Lester Young, Holiday made a significant contribution to jazz music and pop singing...

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...

Terry Lester (April 13, 1950 – November 28, 2003) was an American actor. His best known roles include Jack Abbott on The Young and the Restless, Mason...

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...

The Lester Young Buddy Rich Trio is a jazz trio album recorded in Hollywood, California in March–April 1946 by Lester Young, Nat King Cole and Buddy Rich...

affected tenor saxophonist Lester Young, who prefigured – and influenced – cool jazz more than any other musician. Young's saxophone playing employed...

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...

(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...

Wright, whose pork pie hat had a very wide brim and rather tall crown. Lester Young, whose career as a jazz saxophonist spanned from the mid-1920s to the...

jazz music. Famous and influential players include Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Ben Webster, Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray, Stan Getz, Sonny Rollins,...

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...

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...

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...

Get Started" - Written by Vernon Duke & Ira Gershwin - Performed by Lester Young "Sunday (The Day Before My Birthday)" - Written by Moby & Sylvia Robinson...

poorly received, but Lester received a British Independent Film Awards nomination for his performance. In The Day After Tomorrow, Lester had a small but important...

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...

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...

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...

Lennie Tristano – 1946 Lester Young with Nat King Cole and Red Callender (1942) Lester Young with Oscar Peterson – Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson...

with arrangements by Gil Evans and others and notable recordings by Lester Young, Sarah Vaughn and many others. The 1943 Twentieth Century Fox Technicolor...

Parker's interpretation was influenced by Lester Young, and the saxophonist even included quotations from Young in his later recordings. The tune is particularly...