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Young, Lester (Willis)
cornet, guitar, tenor saxophone, clarinet, tenor saxophone, vocals
| born: 27 Aug 1909 |
Woodville, Mississippi / state, USA |
Source: 1 |
| died: 15 Mar 1959 |
New York / city, USA |
Source: 1 |
| date of Variety obit: 18 Mar 1959 |
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Index of Artists
p. 855-906 In:
Cuscuna, Michael
Ruppli, Michel
The Blue Note label : a discography
Revised and expanded
Compiled by Michael Cuscuna and Michel Ruppli
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2001, 913 p.
Number of People : 5,313
Artist Index
p. 237-258 In:
MacKenzie, Harry
The directory of the Armed Forces Radio services series
Compiled by Harry Mackenzie
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1999
Number of People : 1,855
Index
The above item is part of :
Larkin, Colin
The encyclopedia of popular music
Third edition
New York: Macmillan, 1998, 8 v.
Number of People : 43,747
Rounding up reviews The Complete Aladdin Recordings.
Iajrc Journal 29:83-4 N1 1996
Record reviews Lester Leaps In : His Greatest Recordings 1936-1944.
Jazz Journal International 49:43 Nov 1996
Davis, Francis
Bebop and nothingness : jazz and pop at the end of the century
New York: Schirmer Books, 1996, 304 p.
[Artist Index]
The above item is part of :
Ruppli, Michel
The Decca labels. A discography. Volume 6
Record numerical listings & general artist index
Compiled by Michel Ruppli
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1996, 958 p.
Number of People : 10,351
Perry, David
Jazz greats
By David Perry
London: Phaidon Press, 1996, 240 p.
Barros, P. de
The last of the Savoys
Note: The Immortal Lester Young
New saxophone publications Lester Young Solos : Ed. by R. A. Luckey.
Saxophone Journal 21:34-5 Sep-Oct 1996
Note: Lafayette, La., Olympia
CD reviews The Complete Aladdin Recordings.
Jazztimes: 26:78-9 N3 1996
Reissues The Complete Aladdin Sessions (CD)
African American composers
The above item is part of :
Horne, Aaron
Baker, David N.
Brass music of black composers : a bibliography
Compiled by Aaron Horne
Foreword by David N. Baker
Westport: Greenwood Press, 1996
Reeves, Sims
From Pops to Miles
The evolution of the jazz vocabulary
Jazz Research Papers (Iaje), 1996, p. 113-22
mus notes
Perry, David
Jazz greats
London: Phaidon Press, 1996, 240 p.
Mancuso, Chuck
Popular music and the underground
Foundations of jazz, blues, country, and rock, 1900-1950
Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 1996, 626 p.
Reissues in brief The Complete Aladdin Sessions.
Iajrc Journal 29:39 N2 1996
Popular music The Immortal Lester Young.
Stereo Review 61:114 Sep 1996
Record reviews Jazz Masters #30.
Jazz Journal International 48:47 Feb 1995
Harris, P.
Classic interview
port
Crumpacker, Bunny
Crumpacker, Chick
Jazz legends
Bunny and Chick Crumpacker
Layton, Utah: Gibbs, Smith, 1995, 93 p.
Record reviews The Quintessence.
Jazz Journal International 48:47 Jun 1995
Record reviews Lady Day & Pres 1937-1941.
Jazz Journal International 48:30 Aug 1995
Record reviews 1941/1944.
Jazz Journal International 48:47 Dec 1995
Primack, B.
"In walked Pres" : Lester Young :
Crescendo & Jazz Music 31:18-19 N3 1994
Matthews, P.B.
Junior Mance interview, part one
Monceaux, Morgan
Marsalis, Wynton
Jazz : my music, my people
By Morgan Monceaux
Foreword by Wynton Marsalis
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994, 64 p.
Record reviews Memoire du Jazz.
Jazz Journal International 47:51 Nov 1994
Reissues Lester Young Trio (CD)
Reissues The Pres (CD)
Cadence 20:30-31 Feb 1994
Record reviews Rarities.
Jazz Journal International 47:46-7 May 1994
Moments voles
Jazz Magazine (France) N443:44 Dec 1994
ports
Balen, Noel
L'odyssee du jazz
Paris: Liana Levi, 1994, 767 p.
Primack, B.
Forever Young : examining Lester's legacy
Jazztimes: 24:44-9 N5 1994
port
Extra : Lester Young/Washington, DC, 1956, Volume One.
Jazz Podium 43:86 Dec 1994
Jazz Giants
p. 92 In:
Fordham, John
Jazz
London: A Dorling Kindersley Book, 1993, 216 p.
Anderson, J.L.
President of the tenor sax : Lee and Lester, part II
Mississippi Rag: 20:1-8 Jan 1993
bibliog biog cover port ports
Megill, Donald D.
Demory, Richard S.
Introduction to jazz history
3rd edition
By Donald D. Megill and Richard S. Demory
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1993, 337 p.
CD reviews The Master's Touch.
Jazz Pres & Sweets
Stereoplay N2:142 Feb 1993
port
Schallplattenbesprechungen The Big Three.
Jazz Podium 42:61 Feb 1993
Artist Index
The above item is part of :
Ruppli, Michel
Novitsky, Ed
The Mercury labels : a discography
Compiled by Michel Ruppli and Ed Novitsky
Vol. V: record and artist indexes
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1993, 882 p.
Number of People : 9,175
Record reviews Lester Leaps Again.
Jazz Journal International 46:47 Nov 1993
Record reviews Together.
Jazz Journal International 46:29-30 May 1993
Record reviews Jammin' with Lester.
Jazz Journal International 46:47 Sep 1993
Larkin, Colin
The Guinness encyclopedia of popular music
Edited by Colin Larkin
Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Publishing, 1992, 4V p.
Number of People : 5,680
Schallplatten Blue Lester.
Instrumentenbau Zeitschrift 46:62-3 Sep 1992
Schallplattenbesprechungen The Pres, Volume Two.
Jazz Podium 41:85 Nov 1992
Record reviews Blue Lester.
Jazz Journal International 45:47 Dec 1992
Record reviews The Alternative Lester.
Jazz Journal International 45:38-9 Apr 1992
Schallplattenbesprechungen The Immortal Lester.
Jazz Podium 41:84 Dec 1992
CD reviews Pres and Sweets.
Jazztimes: 22:65-6 N2 1992
Record reviews Historical Masters : the President (Vol. 1)
Jazz Journal International 45:51 Oct 1992
Record reviews The Master's Touch.
Jazz Journal International 45:47 Dec 1992
Anderson, J.L.
Lee and Lester, Part I : marching to a different drummer
Mississippi Rag: 20:1-4+ Dec 1992
ports
Record reviews The President Volume Two.
Jazz Journal International 45:51 Oct 1992
Weber, H.
Archie Shepp
Jazz Podium 41:14-16+ Nov 1992
port
Schallplattenbesprechungen Lester Young Memorial.
Jazz Podium 41:84 Dec 1992
Record reviews Pres and Sweets.
Jazz Journal International 44:51-2 Dec 1991
Giddins, Gary
WeatherBird Lester leaps again
Village Voice: 36:77 Jan 22 1991
port
Note: appearance on 1957 CBS-TV's The Sound of Jazz
Arnaud, Gerald
Chesnel, Jacques
Masters of Jazz
Gerald arnaud and Jacques Chesnel
Artist Index
p. 705-727 In:
Ruppli, Michel
The Aladdin/Imperial labels : a discography
Compiled by Michel Ruppli
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1991., xiv, 727 p.
Number of People : 1,756
Berendt, Joachim-Ernst
The jazz book : from ragtime to fusion and beyond
Frankfurt am Main: Fischer Taschenbuch, 1991, 540 p.
Franklin, B.V.
Webster Young interview
Billard, Francois
Jazz anthology (1918-1939)
Over time
San Francisco: Pomegranate Artsbooks, 1991, 164 p.
Note: The jazz photographs of Milt Hinton, David G. Berger and Holly Maxson
Davis, Francis
Outcats : jazz composers, instrumentalists, and singers
New York: Oxford University Press, 1990
Ryan, H.J.
Rusch, Bob
Ed Jones interview
Buchmann-Moeller, F.
The last years of Lester Young
Jazztimes: Sep 1990, p. 9
bibliog biog port
Record reviews Lester : Amadeus.
Jazz Journal International 43:47 Sep 1990
Record reviews Live at the Royal Roost 1948.
Jazz Journal International 43:38 Mar 1990
Reeditions Lester-Amadeus-Lester Young with Count Basie, His Quintet, Sextet and Orchestra 1936-38
The Savoy Recordings 1.
Jazz Magazine (France) N395:66 Jul-Aug 1990
Record reviews The Complete Lester Young
Saxophone Journal 14:54-6 May-Jun 1990
port
Reeditions Prez Conferences.
Jazz Magazine (France) N389:61 Jan 1990
Perlo, Don
Lyons, Len
Jazz portraits
The lives and music of the jazz masters
By Len Lyons and Don Perlo
New York: William Morrow, 1989, 610 p.
Smoak, D.
Rodney Richardson : interview, part one
Cadence 15:15-28+ Nov 1989
Tickle Toe av Lester Young : Ingemar Bocker transkriberar
score
Ottaviano, Roberto
Il Sax : lo strumento, la storia, le tecniche
Torino: Franco Muzzlo~ Editore, c1989, 182 p.
Record reviews The Pres.
Jazz Journal International 42:42 May 1989
Arnaud, Gerald
Nougaro, Claude
Chesnel, Jacques
Les grands createurs de jazz
By Gerald Arnaud et Jacques Chesnel
Preface de Claude Nougaro
Encyclopedie permanente Jazzmag
Jazz Magazine (France) N384:23-4 Jul-Aug 1989
biog port
Williams, Martin
Jazz in its time
New York: Oxford University Press, 1989, 272 p.
Leonard, Herman
Paudras, Francis
Carles, Philippe
The eye of jazz
Text assembled by Philippe Carles
Graphic design by Francis Paudras
London: Viking, 1989, 155 p.
Malson, Lucien
Les maitres du jazz d'Oliver a Coltrane
Neuvieme edition mise a jour
Presses Universitaires de France, 1989
(Series: Que sais-je?)
Postif, Francois
Les grandes interviews de jazz hot
Record reviews Prized Pres!
Jazz Journal International 42:55 Dec 1989
McDonough, J.
Later Lester
Down Beat 56:32-3 Jan 1989
port
Note: LPs that cover 1944 through 1959
Video critique Song of the Spirit : the Story of Lester Young.
Lieberman, J.L.
Exercises for improvisers : Lester Young's solo on Jive at Five
Down Beat 56:56-7 Mar 1989
mus
Record reviews CDs : Lester Young and the Piano Giants.
Jazz Journal International 42:31-2 Mar 1989
Demsey, D.
The successful sax
A comprehensive study of five tenor saxophone solos
Jazz Educators Journal 21:37-9 N4 1989
biog mus port
Note: Lester Leaps In
Ramsey, Doug
Lees, Gene
Jazz matters : reflections on the music & some of its makers
By Doug Ramsey
With a foreword by Gene Lees
Fayetteville, Arkansas: University of Arkansas Press, 1989, 314 p.
Reda, Jacques
Le mouvement de Lester Young
Jazz Magazine (France) N385:16-17 Sep 1989
biog cover port ports
Daniels, Douglas Henry
Goodbye pork pie hat : Lester Young as spiritual figure
Annual Review of Jazz Studies 4:161-77 1988
biog
Lange, A.
CD reviews Some other stuff
Note: The President Plays
Record & CD reviews The Big Three.
Jazztimes: Feb 1988, p. 21
Pearson, Nathan W. Jr.
Goin' to Kansas City
Basingstoke, Hampshire: MacMillan Press, 1988, 252 p.
Video Song of the Spirit : the Story of Lester Young.
Jazztimes: Nov 1988, p. 22
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