Lester Young
USA
Born: 27 August 1909
Died: 15 March 1959
Genres: Jazz
Styles: Swing, Big Band/Swing, Mainstream Jazz, Bop, New Orleans/Classic Jazz, Cool
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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. A non-conformist, Young (nicknamed "Pres" by Billie Holiday) had the ironic experience in the 1950s of hearing many young tenors try to sound exactly like him. Although he spent his earliest days near New Orleans, Lester Young lived in Minneapolis by 1920, playing in a legendary family band. ...
See also
- Count Basie (74)
- Roy Eldridge (4)
- Lee Young (0)
Similar artists
- Stan Getz (185)
- Ben Webster (53)
- Dexter Gordon (51)
- Sonny Rollins (51)
- Lee Konitz (38)
- Gerry Mulligan (32)
- Coleman Hawkins (30)
- Sonny Stitt (23)
- Johnny Hodges (16)
- Charlie Mariano (11)
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk (8)
- Lucky Thompson (7)
- Art Tatum (5)
- Johnny Griffin (4)
- Warne Marsh (3)
- Flip Phillips (2)
Influenced by
- Billie Holiday (109)
- Louis Armstrong (74)
- Bix Beiderbecke (3)
- Bud Freeman (1)
- Jimmy Dorsey (1)
- Frankie Trumbauer (0)
- King Oliver (0)
Followers
- Billie Holiday (109)
- Sonny Stitt (23)
- Albert Ayler (10)
- Alan Broadbent (7)
- Eric Gale (6)
- Teddy Wilson (4)
- Al Cohn (3)
- Chris Woods (2)
- Hadley Caliman (2)
- Paul Quinichette (2)
- Arnett Cobb (2)
- Buddy Collette (1)
- Bob Wilber (1)
- Courtney Pine (1)
Performed Songs By
- Count Basie (74)
- Bing Crosby (20)
- George Gershwin (4)
- Jimmy Rushing (4)
- Irving Berlin (0)
- Johnny Guarnieri (0)
- Sammy Cahn (0)
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