Lester Young

tenor saxophone, clarinet, alto saxophone, performer, arranger

Sample recordings

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Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Count Basie piano Tickle Toe
Count Basie & His Orchestra
Jo Jones drums Countless Blues, Countless Blues #2, Four O'Clock Drag, Four O'Clock Drag #3, Good Mornin' Blues, I Got Rhythm, I Got Rhythm #2, I Got Rhythm #3, I Know That You Know, I Want a Little Girl, I Want a Little Girl #2, Jo Jo, Laughing at Life, Love Me or Leave Me, Pagin' the Devil, Pagin' the Devil #2, Them There Eyes, Them There Eyes #2, This Year's Kisses, Three Little Words, Three Little Words #2, Tickle Toe, Way Down Yonder in New Orleans, Way Down Yonder in New Orleans #2
Buck Clayton trumpet Countless Blues, Countless Blues #2, Good Mornin' Blues, I Know That You Know, I Want a Little Girl, I Want a Little Girl #2, Laughing at Life, Love Me or Leave Me, Pagin' the Devil, Pagin' the Devil #2, Them There Eyes, Them There Eyes #2, Tickle Toe, Way Down Yonder in New Orleans, Way Down Yonder in New Orleans #2
Milt Gabler producer Countless Blues, Countless Blues #2, Four O'Clock Drag, Four O'Clock Drag #3, I Got Rhythm, I Got Rhythm #2, I Got Rhythm #3, I Want a Little Girl, I Want a Little Girl #2, Jo Jo, Pagin' the Devil, Pagin' the Devil #2, Them There Eyes, Them There Eyes #2, Three Little Words, Three Little Words #2, Way Down Yonder in New Orleans, Way Down Yonder in New Orleans #2

Collaborators on this artist's recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Count Basie piano Tickle Toe
Jo Jones drums Countless Blues, Countless Blues #2, Four O'Clock Drag, Four O'Clock Drag #3, Good Mornin' Blues, I Got Rhythm, I Got Rhythm #2, I Got Rhythm #3, I Know That You Know, I Want a Little Girl, I Want a Little Girl #2, Jo Jo, Laughing at Life, Love Me or Leave Me, Pagin' the Devil, Pagin' the Devil #2, Them There Eyes, Them There Eyes #2, This Year's Kisses, Three Little Words, Three Little Words #2, Tickle Toe, Way Down Yonder in New Orleans, Way Down Yonder in New Orleans #2
Buck Clayton trumpet Countless Blues, Countless Blues #2, Good Mornin' Blues, I Know That You Know, I Want a Little Girl, I Want a Little Girl #2, Laughing at Life, Love Me or Leave Me, Pagin' the Devil, Pagin' the Devil #2, Them There Eyes, Them There Eyes #2, Tickle Toe, Way Down Yonder in New Orleans, Way Down Yonder in New Orleans #2
Milt Gabler producer Countless Blues, Countless Blues #2, Four O'Clock Drag, Four O'Clock Drag #3, I Got Rhythm, I Got Rhythm #2, I Got Rhythm #3, I Want a Little Girl, I Want a Little Girl #2, Jo Jo, Pagin' the Devil, Pagin' the Devil #2, Them There Eyes, Them There Eyes #2, Three Little Words, Three Little Words #2, Way Down Yonder in New Orleans, Way Down Yonder in New Orleans #2
Freddie Green vocal, guitar Countless Blues, Countless Blues #2, Good Mornin' Blues, I Know That You Know, I Want a Little Girl, I Want a Little Girl #2, Laughing at Life, Love Me or Leave Me, Pagin' the Devil, Pagin' the Devil #2, Them There Eyes, Them There Eyes #2, This Year's Kisses, Tickle Toe, Way Down Yonder in New Orleans, Way Down Yonder in New Orleans #2
Walter Page double bass Countless Blues, Countless Blues #2, Good Mornin' Blues, I Know That You Know, I Want a Little Girl, I Want a Little Girl #2, Laughing at Life, Love Me or Leave Me, Pagin' the Devil, Pagin' the Devil #2, Them There Eyes, Them There Eyes #2, Tickle Toe, Way Down Yonder in New Orleans, Way Down Yonder in New Orleans #2
Eddie Durham electric guitar, trombone Countless Blues, Countless Blues #2, Good Mornin' Blues, I Know That You Know, I Want a Little Girl, I Want a Little Girl #2, Laughing at Life, Love Me or Leave Me, Pagin' the Devil, Pagin' the Devil #2, Them There Eyes, Them There Eyes #2, Way Down Yonder in New Orleans, Way Down Yonder in New Orleans #2
Bill Coleman (US jazz trumpeter) trumpet Four O'Clock Drag, Four O'Clock Drag #3, I Got Rhythm, I Got Rhythm #2, I Got Rhythm #3, Jo Jo, Three Little Words, Three Little Words #2
Dicky Wells trombone Four O'Clock Drag, Four O'Clock Drag #3, I Got Rhythm, I Got Rhythm #2, I Got Rhythm #3, Jo Jo, Three Little Words, Three Little Words #2, Tickle Toe
John Simmons double bass Four O'Clock Drag, Four O'Clock Drag #3, I Got Rhythm, I Got Rhythm #2, I Got Rhythm #3, Jo Jo, Three Little Words, Three Little Words #2
Joe Bushkin piano Four O'Clock Drag, Four O'Clock Drag #3, I Got Rhythm, I Got Rhythm #2, I Got Rhythm #3, Jo Jo, Three Little Words, Three Little Words #2
John Hammond (producer) producer Good Mornin' Blues, I Know That You Know, Laughing at Life, Love Me or Leave Me
Vic Dickenson trombone D.B. Blues, These Foolish Things, This Year's Kisses
Henry Tucker Green drums D.B. Blues, These Foolish Things
Dodo Marmarosa piano D.B. Blues, These Foolish Things
Red Callender double bass D.B. Blues, These Foolish Things
Al Killian trumpet Tickle Toe
Andy Gibson (arranger/composer) arranger Tickle Toe
Benny Morton trombone Tickle Toe
Buddy Tate tenor saxophone Tickle Toe
Dan Minor trombone Tickle Toe
Earle Warren alto saxophone Tickle Toe
Ed Lewis trumpet Tickle Toe
Fred Lacey guitar Jumpin' With Symphony Sid
Gene Ramey double bass This Year's Kisses
Harry “Sweets” Edison trumpet Tickle Toe
Jack Washington alto saxophone, baritone saxophone Tickle Toe
Lyndell Marshall drums Jumpin' With Symphony Sid
Rodney Richardson bass Jumpin' With Symphony Sid
Roy Eldridge trumpet This Year's Kisses
Sadik Hakim piano Jumpin' With Symphony Sid
Teddy Wilson piano This Year's Kisses

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Count Basie arranger, alto saxophone, clarinet, tenor saxophone Blame It on My Last Affair, Blame It on My Last Affair (1st take), Blame It on My Last Affair (2nd take), Blow Top, Blue and Sentimental, Blues in the Dark, Boo Hoo, Boogie Woogie (I May Be Wrong), Broadway, Cherokee, Part 1, Cherokee, Part 2, Cherokee, Parts 1 & 2, Clap Hands! Here Comes Charlie, Dark Rapture, Dickie's Dream, Do You Wanna Jump, Children?, Doggin' Around, Don't You Miss Your Baby?, Easy Does It, Every Tub, Evil Blues, Exactly Like You, Georgianna, Goin' to Chicago Blues, Gone With "What" Wind, Good Morning Blues (take 1), Good Morning Blues (take 2), Honeysuckle Rose, I Keep Remembering, I Left My Baby, I Never Knew, I Want a Little Girl, Jive at Five, John's Idea, Jump for Me, Jumpin' at the Woodside, Lady Be Good, Lester Leaps In, Let Me Dream, Let Me See, Listen My Children (and You Shall Hear), London Bridge Is Falling Down, Louisiana, Love Jumped Out, Mama Don't Want No Peas 'N' Rice 'N' Coconut Oil, Miss Thing, Parts 1 & 2, Moten Swing, My Heart Belongs to Daddy, Now Will You Be Good, Oh, Lady Be Good, One O'Clock Jump, One O’Clock Jump, One o'clock Jump, Our Love Was Meant to Be, Out the Window, Panassie Stomp, Pannasie Stomp, Pennies From Heaven, Pound Cake, Rock-a-bye Basie, Roseland Shuffle, Sent for You Yesterday, Sent for You Yesterday (And Here You Come Today), Shoe Shine Boy, Shorty George, Sing for Your Supper, Smarty (You Know It All), Stop Beatin' Around the Mulberry Bush [1st take], Stop Beatin' Around the Mulberry Bush [2nd take], Super Chief, Swingin' at the Daisy Chain, Swingin' the Blues, Swinging at the Daisy Chain, Swinging the Blues, Taxi War Dance, Texas Shuffle, The Blues I Like to Hear, The Glory of Love, Thursday, Tickle Toe, Tickle-toe, Time Out, Topsy, Volcano, You Can Depend on Me
Count Basie & His Orchestra alto saxophone, clarinet, tenor saxophone Clap Hands! Here Comes Charlie!, Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie, Darktown Strutters Ball, Doggin' Around, Don't Worry 'Bout Me, Every Tub, Haven't Changed a Thing, Honeysuckle Rose, I Left My Baby, Indiana (#1), Indiana (#2) (Incomplete), John's Idea, John's Idea (Incomplete), Jump for Me, King Porter Stomp, Lousiana, Love of My Life, Moten Swing, Nagasaki, One O'Clock Jump, One O'Clock Jump (Closing Theme), One O'Clock Jump (Opening Theme), One O’Clock Jump, Out the Window, Panassie Stomp, Polka Dots and Moonbeams, Rock-A-Bye Basie, Roseland Shuffle, Shorty George, Swingin' the Blues, Swingin’ the Blues, Taxi War Dance, That Rhythm Man, Tickle Toe, Time Out, Twelfth Street Rag, Wo-Ta-Ta, Yeah Man!
Buck Clayton tenor saxophone After Theatre Jump, Lester Leaps Again, Six Cats and a Price
Bill Coleman tenor saxophone Four O'Clock Drag, I Got Rhythm, Jo-Jo, Three Little Words
Device clarinet, tenor saxophone Ballad Medley: The Very Thought of You / I Want a Little Girl / Blue & Sentimental, Gypsy in My Soul, Mean to Me, Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone, Romping, Salute to Benny, They Can't Take That Away From Me
Billie Holiday tenor saxophone A Sailboat in the Moonlight, Easy Living, Fine and Mellow, Foolin' Myself, I Must Have That Man!, Me, Myself and I
Kansas City Five clarinet, tenor saxophone Allez-Oop, Don’t Be That Way, I Never Knew, Mortgage Stomp, Oh, Lady Be Good
Kansas City Six clarinet, tenor saxophone After You’ve Gone, Good Morning Blues, Pagin' the Devil, Paging the Devil, Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra clarinet, tenor saxophone A Sailboat in the Moonlight, Getting Some Fun Out of Life, I've Got a Date With a Dream
Synopsis tenor saxophone If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight), Old Fashioned Love
Jones-Smith Incorporated tenor saxophone Boogie Woogie, Oh, Lady Be Good!
Ella Fitzgerald tenor saxophone Oh, Lady Be Good, Stompin’ At the Savoy
Charlie Parker tenor saxophone After You've Gone, I Can't Get Started
Nikola Whallon clarinet, tenor saxophone Dickie's Dream, Lester Leaps In
Wicked Minds tenor saxophone Lady Be Good
Willie B. Harris tenor saxophone One O'Clock Jump
Benny Goodman tenor saxophone Honeysuckle Rose
Johann Georg Lickl tenor saxophone Mean to Me
Lester Young Quartet tenor saxophone Sometimes I'm Happy
Lester Young Trio tenor saxophone I've Found a New Baby
Charlie Christian tenor saxophone Ad-Lib Blues
Om Bikram Bista & Renu Thapa tenor saxophone Don't You Miss Your Baby?
Rahsheed tenor saxophone Lester Leaps In
Robert Habolin clarinet Blues With Helen
Sarah Rosete tenor saxophone I Want to Be Happy
Soozie Sundlun tenor saxophone Blues With Lips
18h15 tenor saxophone Oh, Lady Be Good
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra tenor saxophone If Dreams Come True
Twill performer On the Sunny Side of the Street
Yung Villian tenor saxophone Benny's Bugle