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Lester Willis Young (August 27, 1909 – March 15, 1959), nicknamed "Pres" or "Prez", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and occasional clarinetist. Coming to prominence while a member of Count Basie 's orchestra, Young was one of the most influential players on his instrument.
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1 Leben. 1.1 Die frühen Jahre 1909–1934. 1.2 Die Basie Band 1934–1940. 1.3 Die Kriegszeit. 1.4 Die „Aladdin“-Sessions 1945–1947. 1.5 Der Abstieg. 2 Seine Persönlichkeit. 3 Seine Musik. 4 Seine Kompositionen. 5 Stimmen seiner Kollegen. 6 Sein Einfluss auf den Jazz. 7 Ehrungen. 8 Aufnahmen. 8.1 Aufnahmen 1938–1954. 8.2 Diskografie (Auswahl)
Discover The Basie Years by Lester Young released in 2001. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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Lester Young – The Basie Years (2001, CD) - Discogs. Tracklist. Notes. (P)2001 TIM CZ. (C)2001 TIM The International Music Company AG. Barcode and Other Identifiers. Barcode: 00073752. Price Code: 202. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2001 CD release of "The Basie Years" on Discogs.
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Young plays a fine opening solo and he plays great exchanges with Basie, but that’s basically all that this performance has in common with the 1939 “Lester Leaps In”. The tempo is slower in 1944 than 5 years earlier, and the harmonic progression was “I Got Rhythm” in 1939 and a 12-bar blues on the “remake”. The slower tempo and ...
The Count Basie Orchestra is a 16- to 18-piece big band, one of the most prominent jazz performing groups of the swing era, founded by Count Basie in 1935 and recording regularly from 1936. Despite a brief disbandment at the beginning of the 1950s, the band survived long past the big band era itself and the death of Basie in 1984.
