- Aliases
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Lester Young and His Band
Lester Young and His Orchestra
Lester Young and His Sextet
Lester Young Quartet
The Lester Young Quintet
Lester Young Quintet
Lester Young Trio
- Personal name
- Lester Willis Young
- Born
- August 27, 1909
- Died
- March 15, 1959
- Country
- United States
- IPI
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00033410038 9 works
00061161609 6 works
- Affiliation
- ASCAP, BMI
- Comments
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Legendary jazz tenor saxophone and clarinet player nicknamed "Prez". Young was also a composer.
- Member of
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Kansas City Five [US2]
The Metronome All Stars [US] 1953
- Ranking
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1556th most covered composer/author
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