Lester Young

Person · US

Lineage

Sound Signature

jazzswing

Sound Profile

Origins

Geography	US
Sound Family	Jazz

Connections

Top Collaborators

Jo Jones267 Walter Page239 Billie Holiday229 Buck Clayton216 Freddie Green211 Count Basie154 Earle Warren123 The Count Basie Orchestra111

Sampled By

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Release Timeline

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Discography

Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio #2

1954

The President

1954

Don't You Know Who I Think I Am?

2024

Going for Myself

1958

Lester Young with The Oscar Peterson Trio #1

1954

Jazz Immortal Series - Volume 2 - The Pres

1992

Lady Be Good

1997

Lester Leaps In

2018

The Savoy Recordings, Vol 1

1989

Lester Young

Prez Conferences

1989

Pres and Sweets

1955

Tops on Tenor

1955

Easy Does It

2001

Ultimate Lester Young

1998

All That Jazz, Vol. 73: Lester Young "Exercises in Swing"

2016

An Historical Meeting At The Summit

1961

In Washington, D.C. 1956, Vol. 5

1998

Lester Young Trio

1994

Grand Concert gravé en 1945

1977

Four Classic Albums (Second Set)

2018

In Washington, D.C. 1956, Vol. 4

1998

Le Dernier Message de Lester Young

1959

The Complete Lester Young

1987

Prez In Europe

2002

Blue Lester: The One and Only

2005

Blue Lester

2000

The Savoy Recordings

1984

The Jazz Giants

1992

Timeless Lester Young

2003

The Complete Savoy Recordings

2002

Laughin' to Keep From Cryin'

2000