- Asteroid City (Original Soundtrack) · 1953
- Chester & Lester · 1976
- Chester & Lester · 1976
- 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Les Paul · 1951
- A Capitol Christmas, Vol. 2 · 2017
- Chester & Lester · 1976
- Chester & Lester · 1976
- Chester & Lester · 1976
- Chester & Lester · 1976
- Galloping Guitars - EP · 1951
- Hawaiian Paradise · 1949
- Chester & Lester · 1976
- Chester & Lester · 1976
Essential Albums
- By 1976, Chet Atkins and Les Paul were practically in a league of their own, and here the guitar innovators go head-to-head, picking their way through a collection of jazz and pop standards. Their take on "Caravan," originally a Duke Ellington song, sounds like a snippet from an Allman Brothers jam recorded 30 years in the future, and Al Jolson's "Avalon" becomes a drag race—both legends egg each other on as they speed down the track.
Albums
Singles & EPs
More To Hear
- D.V. DeVincentis talks New Year's resolutions and Fig Newtons.
About Les Paul
A studio pioneer and arguably the most innovative musician of his generation, Waukesha, Wisconsin native Les Paul created the solid-body guitar that bears his name. He was also a pioneer in the creation of multi-track recording and effects units. As a guitarist, he was an original jazz stylist who incorporated elements of blues, pop, and country. He started out recording with his own trio, but in the early '50s the records he made with his wife, Mary Ford, where she overdubbed several tracks of harmonized vocals, became huge pop hits. Enormously influential through both his musical and technological achievements, Paul continued to perform right up to his death in 2009 at age 94.
- HOMETOWN
- Waukesha, WI, United States
- BORN
- June 9, 1915
- GENRE
- Pop