Lester young greatest hits full album best of jazz. His father, a musician, taught him and his two brothers to play instruments. With his airy, vibratoless tone and sophisticated harmonic imagination, lester young 190959 was arguably the most influential tenor saxophonist after coleman hawkins. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from lester young. He ranks together with coleman hawkins and ben webster as one of the three great tenors of the the swing era. Lester dream legendary recordings whith count basie combos lester young. As the star in count basies big band and billie holidays favorite soloist, young s breezy solos, along with his patented porkpie hat and unique hipster jargon, affected legions of musicians. Lester willis young august 27, 1909 march 15, 1959, nicknamed pres or prez, was an american jazz tenor saxophonist and sometime clarinetist. Complete billie holiday lester young 19371946 allmusic.
Lester young pres 2020 flac lester young pres 2020 flac flac 16 bit jazz 10032020, 20. Verve mgv8161 lester young and his orchestra lesters here verve ve22516 lester young lester swings verve mgv8308 the lester young story verve mgv8341 various artists special college jazz album. Connect your spotify account to your account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any spotify app on any device or platform. The proper records 4 cd box set, the lester young story contains all his best from 19361949. Blue note, prestige, riverside records the big three labels of modern jazz.
Although it has often been written that cooltoned tenor saxophonist lester youngs experiences with racism in the military during 19441945 so scarred him that he never played at the same musical level as he had previously, the music on this essential twocd reissue disproves that theory. In accordance with the directives of government and health authorities, we have temporarily suspended operations. Lester young 19091959 was born in mississippi near new orleans in 1909. Young, lester the complete lester young studio sessions. Music profile for lester young, born 27 august 1909. In contrast to many of his harddriving peers, young played with a relaxed, cool tone and used sophisticated harmonies, using what one critic called a freefloating style, wheeling and diving. Lester young was one of the most important saxophone players in jazz. You cant overestimate lester youngs importance on the development of modern jazz. His superb melodic gift and logical phrasing and smooth, flowing lines were the inspiration for most of the jazz musicians regardless of instruments born after 1920. Lester young with the o lester young teddy wi the jazz giants 56. New album lester young pres 2020 flac available for download on site.
Lady day and pres they bestowed the nicknames on each other recorded some 60 sides together between 1937 and 1946, many if not all of which have to be considered classics. Some jazz critics contend that lester the prez young went downhill after world war ii, but dont believe it for a minute. He led a revolution on the tenor saxophone that influenced. Lester young biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. Lester young 1909 1959 was one of the greatest artists in jazz, the creator of completely new concepts on how the tenorsax was supposed to be played, and his works with teddy wilson, billie holiday and count basie will truly be immortal.
The seminal tenorist who died in 1958 continued to excel during the last years of his life, and one of the great things about his 1950s output is the fact that lps gave him a. View all albums and help us complete lester young discography. Lester young live and private recordings in chronological order disc 3 19481949 december 4, 1948 lester young band royal roost, new york city. The recordings were produced by norman granz and the first 4 tracks were released in 1951 on a mercury records 10 inch lp, the lester young trio. Lester young born august 27, 1909, woodville, mississippi, usa died march 15, 1959, new york city, new york, usa. Occasionally, he was known to also play the clarinet. August 27, 2009 young, aka the president of jazz, was born 100 years ago thursday. Its always good to be a fan of count basie and lester young, but with the concurrent releases of mosaics 8cd box set classic 19361947 studio sessions and the national jazz museum in harlems second volume of bill savory recordings focused entirely on basie and young from 19381940, the artistry of these great musicians can be understood in greater detail than ever before. The complete aladdin recordings some critics claim that lester young never sounded the same after his stint in the military in the. A tenor sax legend, known as pres, whose melodic, smoothflowing lines made him the most influential and inventive player of the prebop era. Young, lester lester young collection 193647 amazon. He was a close friend of singer billie holiday and recorded many songs with her and teddy wilson. As the star in count basies big band and billie holidays favorite soloist, youngs breezy solos, along with his patented porkpie hat and unique hipster jargon, affected legions of musicians.
Young, lester the prince of soul young, young a1861185. We have compiled a discography which contains every bit of music that lester young has been in. Boston 1950 by lester young, released in 20 on uptown records. Discography lester young, young, basie, jazz, news and. Youngs unique tenor saxophone style was magnificently laidback, and his feathery tone influenced the formation of bop and cool jazz. Lester young turns 100 billie holidays favorite musician, jazz great lester prez young brought a hip, freewheeling sensibility to his saxophone playing. Album the complete aladdin recordings of lester young. A collectors guide to jazz music cdflac, itunesmp3 and vinyl records lpep4578, etc. Jazz saxophone pork pie hat greatest presidents memoirs film heart music memories movie. You are always welcome to mail us for further information. Billie holiday often stated that she styled her vocal phrasing to echo the sound of a jazz horn, so it should be no surprise that she found the perfect duet partner in tenor sax player lester young. Another 4 tracks were released in 1953 on norman granz clef records label as the lester young trio no. Lester young with count basie and his orchestra a1. He got a fine and soft tone with his horn, and it became very famous in the late 1930s.
When lester young joined count basies band in the 30s, he instantly attained star status. Coming to prominence while a member of count basies orchestra, young was one of the most influential players on his instrument. This site were made with the intention of spreading the legacy of lester young. I really like lester young and the oscar peterson trio and pres and teddy, two albums he recorded for verve in the fifties too. The bulk of the lester youngs studio recordings brought together by verve comes from the last decade of his life 194959 when he was declining physically he suffered from severe depression and was drinking heavily and musically although still capable of improvising impressively, playing beautiful solos exhibiting his worldweariness. With standard notation, introductory text and discography.