- Compact Jazz: Lester Young & The Piano Giants · 1950
- Laughin' to Keep from Cryin' · 1958
- In Washington D.C. 1956, Vol. 2 (Remastered) · 1980
- Bird & Pres at JAPT (Jazz At The Philharmonic) · 1969
- Bird & Pres at JAPT (Jazz At The Philharmonic) · 1969
- Standards: Great Songs Great Performances · 2010
- A Norman Granz Legacy: Songbooks Etcetera - Volumes 7 & 8 · 2006
- The Master's Touch · 1944
- Pres and Teddy · 1956
- Jazz Saxophone Vol. 3 - Remastered · 2010
- Lester Swings · 1999
- The Jazz Giants '56 · 1956
- Just You, Just Me · 1953
Artist Playlists
- Inventing saxophone slang and style while swinging with Basie.
- A saxophone summit and original compositions from Prez.
Singles & EPs
Live Albums
About Lester Young
A man of poetic sensibilities, tenor saxophonist Lester Young was the instrument's most influential figure in the pre-bop era. A featured soloist with the great Count Basie band of the late 1930s, Young scaled the heights on classic recordings of "Taxi War Dance" and "Lester Leaps In." Although some claim that mental and physical abuse while in the military cast a shadow on his postwar work, there is ample evidence on record of unabated brilliance up until his premature death in 1959. His solo work, characterized by a light sound, asymmetrical, behind-the-beat phrasing, and a startling sense of originality, remains unsurpassed in its depth and delicacy of expression.
- HOMETOWN
- Woodville, MS, United States
- BORN
- 27 de agosto de 1909
- GENRE
- Jazz