Lester Young

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Lester Young was an influential American tenor saxophonist whose cool, lyrical style helped define the sound of Kansas City jazz and profoundly shaped modern jazz improvisation.

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Billie Holiday → associatedAct → Lester Young ⓘ

Count Basie → associatedAct → Lester Young ⓘ

Norman Granz → associatedAct → Lester Young ⓘ

Norman Granz → employed → Lester Young ⓘ

From Spirituals to Swing concerts → featuredPerformer → Lester Young ⓘ

Coleman Hawkins → influenced → Lester Young ⓘ

Kansas City jazz → notableMusician → Lester Young ⓘ