萊斯特·楊

Lester Young
Lester Young (Gottlieb 09431).jpg
Lester Young at the Famous Door, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1946. Photo by William P. Gottlieb.
音樂家
暱稱 "Pres" or "Prez"
出生 Lester Willis Young
1909年8月27日
美國 Woodville
逝世 1959年3月15日(49歲)
紐約
職業 薩克斯風
音樂類型 爵士樂
演奏樂器 薩克斯風
出道地點 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
活躍年代 1933–1959
唱片公司 Verve


萊斯特·楊(Lester Willis Young,1909年8月27日-1959年3月15日)是美國爵士樂薩克斯風手及單簧管手,本身也會吹小喇叭、拉小提琴及打鼓。為爵士樂界傳奇人物。

作品

As member of Basie band

  • The Complete Decca Recordings (1937–39) Decca Records
  • America's No. 1 Band: The Columbia Years (1936–1940 and non-Young sessions to 1942) Columbia Records
  • Super Chief (1936–1940 and non-Young sessions to 1964) Columbia Records

Solo career

  • The Kansas City Sessions (1938 and 1944) Commodore Records
  • The Master's Touch (1944) - Savoy Records
  • The Complete Aladdin Recordings (1942-7) - the 1942 Nat King Cole session and more from the post-war period
  • Lester Young Trio (1946) - with Cole again, and Buddy Rich Verve Records
  • The Complete Savoy Recordings (1944–50)
  • Lester Young Trio (1946) - Verve Records
  • One Night Stand - The Town Hall Concert 1947 - live recording
  • Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1952) Verve Records
  • Live at Birdland- Lester Young (1953)
  • Pres and Teddy (1956) Verve Records
  • The Jazz Giants '56 (1956) - Verve Records
  • The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions on Verve - 8-CD boxed set (includes the only two Young interviews in existence)
  • Lester Young in Washington, D.C., 1956 (5 volumes), with house-band the Bill Potts Trio.
  • Count Basie - Count Basie at Newport (1957)
  • Going for Myself (1957-1958, released posthumously) with Harry Edison

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