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Lester Young

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Lester Willis Young (August 27, 1909 – March 15, 1959), nicknamed "Pres" or "Prez", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometime clarinetist. Coming to prominence while a member of Count Basie's orchestra, Young was one of the most influential players on his instrument. In contrast to many of his hard-driving peers, Young played with a relaxed, cool tone and used sophisticated harmonies, using "a free-floating style, wheeling and diving like a gull, banking with low, funky riffs that pleased dancers and listeners alike".

Top songs

  1. There Will Never Be Another You
  2. I Can't Get Started
  3. These Foolish Things
  4. These Foolish Things - Remastered 1995
  5. Stardust
  6. Blue Lester
  7. Almost Like Being In Love
  8. On The Sunny Side Of The Street
  9. Ad Lib Blues
  10. Just You, Just Me
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  1. Tea For Two
  2. I'm Confessin'
  3. Love Me or Leave Me
  4. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
  5. Lester Leaps In
  6. I've Found a New Baby
  7. Mean to Me
  8. (Back Home Again in) Indiana
  9. Jumpin' With Symphony Sid
  10. Polka Dots and Moonbeams
  11. Ghost of a Chance
  12. Indiana
  13. I'm Confessin' (That I Love Your) - Remastered 1995
  14. I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)
  15. Back to the Land
  16. The Man I Love
  17. I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan
  18. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
  19. Prisoner of Love
  20. All of Me
  21. (It Takes) Two To Tango
  22. In a Little Spanish Town
  23. Three Little Words
  24. I Want to Be Happy
  25. Somebody Loves Me
  26. Peg O' My Heart
  27. I Got Rhythm
  28. I Want a Little Girl
  29. I Cover The Waterfront
  30. Dickie's Dream (Take 2)
  31. They Can't Take That Away from Me
  32. That's All
  33. Sometimes I'm Happy
  34. I Never Knew
  35. These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)
  36. She's Funny That Way
  37. I Cover The Waterfront - 12" Version
  38. These Foolish Things (Remastered)
  39. Body and Soul
  40. Star Dust
  41. Too Marvelous for Words
  42. I Cover The Waterfront - Master Take
  43. D.B. Blues
  44. Let's Fall in Love
  45. Pennies from Heaven
  46. This Year's Kisses
  47. Taking a Chance on Love
  48. A Foggy Day
  49. This Years Kisses
  50. Jumpin' at the Woodside
  51. Lester Swings
  52. Shoe Shine Boy
  53. Slow Motion Blues
  54. Thou Swell
  55. 'Deed I Do
  56. Ding Dong
  57. Salute to Fats
  58. Jump, Lester, Jump
  59. Exercise in Swing
  60. Jump Lester Jump
  61. June Bug
  62. You Can Depend On Me
  63. It's Only a Paper Moon
  64. Up 'n' Adam
  65. One O'Clock Jump
  66. Countless Blues
  67. Pagin' the Devil
  68. Louise
  69. Count Every Star
  70. Lester Leaps Again
  71. Our Love Is Here to Stay
  72. Lester Blows Again
  73. September in the Rain
  74. Frenesi
  75. Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
  76. I Can't Get Started - false start
  77. Encore
  78. Afternoon of a Basie-Ite
  79. Basie English
  80. Crazy over Jazz
  81. Gigantic Blues
  82. D. B. Blues
  83. It All Depends on You
  84. Undercover Girl Blues
  85. Neenah
  86. Lullaby of Birdland
  87. Jeepers Creepers
  88. Love Is Here to Stay
  89. Pres Returns
  90. No Eyes Blues - Remastered 1995

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