Lester Young (saxophonist)

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Legal name: Lester Willis Young

Discography

Unspecified type

Year	Title	Artist	Rating	Releases
2014	Jazz Legends	Various Artists		1
—	Perfect Sax Solos	Various Artists		1

Compilation

Year	Title	Artist	Rating	Releases
2011	Late Night Jazz	Various Artists		1
2020	Saxophone ' N ' Jazz	Various Artists		1

Album

Year	Title	Artist	Rating	Releases
1958	Going for Myself	Harry “Sweets” Edison & Lester Young		2
1971	Džeza ritmā	REO		3
1982	Les Double Six (1962 album)	Les Double Six	4	1
1990	Piano Greats	Various Artists		1
1995	Q’s Jook Joint	Quincy Jones		4
1995	Jazz & Blues Collection 23: Lester Young	Lester and Lee Young’s Band		1
1997	Verve Master Edition	Various Artists		1
2001	Complete 1952 Verve Studios Sessions with Lester Young	The Oscar Peterson Trio		1
2009	BD Music Presents Woody Allen's Movies, Vol. 2	Various Artists		1
2020	Work From Home with Oscar Peterson	Oscar Peterson		1
—	Dinner Party Jazz	Various Artists		1

Album + Compilation

Year	Title	Artist	Rating	Releases
1950	The Jazz Scene	Various Artists		2
1985	Count Basie Vol.II-1939/1940 "Lester Leaps In"	Count Basie		1
1987	From Spirituals to Swing: Carnegie Hall Concerts 1938/1939	Various Artists		2
1987	Prime All-Time-Hits: Jazz and Blues Club, Volume 4	Various Artists		1
1988	A Tribute to George Gershwin by the Giants of Jazz	Various Artists		1
1988	Les Géants du Jazz Vol. 2	Various Artists		1
1988	The Complete Commodore Jazz Recordings Volume I	Various Artists		1
1989	Havin' Fun With (Rare Duets)	Nat King Cole		1
1989	Jazz-Club: Tenor Sax	Various Artists		1
1989	Jazz Autour De Minuit	Various Artists		1
1989	Saxophone	Various Artists		1
1989	The Complete Commodore Jazz Recordings Volume II	Various Artists		1
1990	25 Géants du Jazz : Enregistrements Historiques	Various Artists		1
1990	George Gershwin & Cole Porter Songbook	Various Artists		1
1991	The Big Three: Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Ben Webster	Various Artists		1
1991	Jazz a mezzanotte	Various Artists		1
1991	Verve Jazz Box	Various Artists		1
1992	Blow Your Horn!	Various Artists		1
1992	Jazz Unlimited	Various Artists		1
1992	Rockstar Music 25: 100 anni di musica Americana	Various Artists		1
1992	Swing Collection	Various Artists		1
1992	That's Bebop	Various Artists		1
1992	Tune Up	Miles Davis		1
1993	Das Beste aus der TV‐Reihe: Swing‐Raritäten, Volume 1	Various Artists		1
1993	Masters of Jazz, Volume 4: 1940	Charlie Christian		1
1993	Memphis Convention	Various Artists		1
1994	The Verve Story: 1944-1994	Various Artists		2
1994	36 Masterpieces of Jazz Music, Volume 1	Various Artists		1
1994	Blues in History III	Various Artists		1
1994	Ballads in Jazz: New York – Chicago – Los Angeles 1930–1943	Various Artists		2
1994	Clarinet Marmalade: 25 Great Jazz Clarinetists	Various Artists		1
1994	Swing Kings	Various Artists		1
1994	Verve Jazz Masters: Limited Edition Sampler	Various Artists		1
1995	Jazz Café: Saxophone & Trumpet	Various Artists		1
1995	Be-Bop	Various Artists		1
1995	The Quintessence, Vol. 1: Los Angeles – Chicago – Hollywood – New York 1936–1944	Nat King Cole		1
1996	Late Night Sax	Various Artists		1
1996	Verve Jazz Masters 60: The Collection	Various Artists		1
1996	Jazz Greats, Volume 4: Nat 'King' Cole: Body & Soul	Nat King Cole		1
1996	The Jazz Greats	Various Artists		1
1997	The Commodore Story	Various Artists		1
1997	Indigo Blues Collection 2	Various Artists		1
1997	36 Masterpieces of Jazz Music, Volume 2	Various Artists		1
1997	Jumpin’ Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks	Various Artists		1
1997	How Deep Is the Ocean?: The Irving Berlin Songbook	Various Artists		1
1997	Siné : Vive le jazz !	Various Artists		1
1997	All That Jazz (Contains CDs: Straight No Chaser, 'round Midnight, Stormy Weather)	Various Artists		2
1997	After Hours - 18 of the Best Piano Standards	Various Artists		1
1997	An Outline History Of American Jazz	Various Artists		1
1997	Blue Moods	Various Artists		1
1997	In the Wee Small Hours: 17 of the Smoothest Jazz Sounds for Late Night Listening	Various Artists		1
1997	Jazz Greats, Volume 35: 52nd Street	Various Artists		1
1997	The Great Soloists	Various Artists		1
1998	Ultimate Jazz	Various Artists		2
1998	Too Marvelous for Words: The Johnny Mercer Songbook: Instrumentals	Various Artists		1
1998	American Pop: An Audio History: From Minstrels to Mojo: On Record, 1893-1946	Various Artists		1
1998	The Jazz Singers	Various Artists		1
1998	Essential Jazz Ballads, Volume 1	Various Artists		1
1998	By George and Ira Red Hot on Gershwin	Various Artists		1
1998	A Jazz Romance: A Night in With Verve	Various Artists		1
1998	High Fidelity Reference CD No. 33	Various Artists		1
1998	Introducing Verve Jazz Masters	Various Artists		1
1998	Jazz Greats, Volume 69: G.I. Jive	Various Artists		1
1998	The Best of Verve Master Edition	Various Artists		1
1998	The Ultimate Jazz Saxophone	Various Artists		1
1998	Visions of Jazz: The First Century	Various Artists		1
1999	Talkin’ Bird	Charlie Parker		2
1999	The Engine Room: A History of Jazz Drumming From Storyville to 52nd Street	Various Artists		1
1999	Central Avenue Sounds	Various Artists	5	1
1999	Jazz: The Definitive Performances (Sony Music 100 Years: Soundtrack for Century)	Various Artists		1
1999	Sony Music 100 Years: Soundtrack for a Century	Various Artists		2
1999	Jazz of the Millennium	Various Artists		1
1999	Midnight Blue, the (Be)witching Hour	Various Artists		1
1999	Pure Jazz Moods (4 discs, 2004)	Various Artists		2
1999	Parkinson’s Choice	Various Artists		1
1999	Slow Jazz	Various Artists		1
1999	The 20th Century in Music	Various Artists		1
1999	Wie man mit Jazz die Herzen der Frauen gewinnt	Joseph von Westphalen		1
2000	Hollywood Swing & Jazz	Various Artists		1
2000	Les 100 Plus Belles Mélodies Jazzy	Various Artists		1
2000	"Mehr Jazz!" sagten die Frauen	Joseph von Westphalen		1
2000	A Night Out With Verve	Various Artists		1
2000	Night Cap Jazz	Various Artists		1
2000	Traffic Jam Jazz	Various Artists		1
2000	Humph's Choice	Various Artists		1

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Artist information

Sort name:: Young, Lester
Type:: Person
Gender:: Male
Born:: 1909-08-27
Born in:: Woodville, Mississippi, United States
Died:: 1959-03-15 (aged 49)
Died in:: New York, New York, United States
Area:: United States
ISNI code:: 0000 0000 8125 5822

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