Lester Young

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bandleader composer human jazz musician tenor saxophonist

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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Label	Occurrences
Lester Young canonical	48
Lester Willis Young	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bandleader ⓘ composer ⓘ human ⓘ jazz musician ⓘ tenor saxophonist ⓘ
associatedWith	Kansas City jazz ⓘ surface form: Kansas City jazz scene early modern jazz ⓘ swing era ⓘ
burialPlace	Evergreen Cemetery, Hillside, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath	alcohol-related disease ⓘ
collaboratedWith	Billie Holiday ⓘ Buddy Rich ⓘ Count Basie ⓘ Jo Jones ⓘ Nat King Cole ⓘ Oscar Peterson ⓘ Teddy Wilson ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1909-08-27 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1959-03-15 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African American
familyName	Young ⓘ
fullName	Lester Young self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lester Willis Young
genre	Kansas City jazz ⓘ jazz ⓘ swing ⓘ
givenName	Lester ⓘ
hasMannerOfDress	porkpie hat and tilted saxophone posture ⓘ
hasSignature	distinctive light, airy saxophone tone ⓘ
influenced	Al Cohn ⓘ Charlie Parker ⓘ John Coltrane ⓘ Lee Konitz ⓘ Stan Getz ⓘ Warne Marsh ⓘ Zoot Sims ⓘ
instrument	clarinet ⓘ tenor saxophone ⓘ
knownFor	helping define the sound of Kansas City jazz ⓘ innovative tenor saxophone phrasing ⓘ profound influence on modern jazz improvisation ⓘ
memberOf	Billy Holiday small groups (studio ensembles) ⓘ Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ Count Basie and His Barons of Rhythm ⓘ
militaryService	United States Army ⓘ
movement	cool jazz ⓘ
nickname	Pres ⓘ Prez ⓘ
nicknameGivenBy	Billie Holiday ⓘ
notableWork	"D.B. Blues" ⓘ Lady, Be Good ⓘ surface form: "Lady Be Good" (1936 Kansas City recording) "Lester Leaps In" ⓘ "Shoe Shine Boy" ⓘ "Taxi War Dance" ⓘ "These Foolish Things" ⓘ recordings with the Count Basie Orchestra (1930s) ⓘ
occupation	clarinetist ⓘ musician ⓘ saxophonist ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Woodville, Mississippi, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath	New York City ⓘ surface form: New York City, New York, United States
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
styleCharacteristic	behind-the-beat rhythmic placement ⓘ cool, relaxed tone ⓘ lyrical, melodic improvisation ⓘ use of sophisticated harmony and phrasing ⓘ
usedLanguage	English ⓘ

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Kansas City jazz → notableMusician → Lester Young ⓘ

Count Basie → associatedAct → Lester Young ⓘ

Billie Holiday → associatedAct → Lester Young ⓘ

Coleman Hawkins → influenced → Lester Young ⓘ

From Spirituals to Swing concerts → featuredPerformer → Lester Young ⓘ

Norman Granz → employed → Lester Young ⓘ

Norman Granz → associatedAct → Lester Young ⓘ

Yardbird → influencedBy → Lester Young ⓘ

subject surface form: Charlie Parker

I Got Rhythm → hasNotableRecordingBy → Lester Young ⓘ

Lester Young → fullName → Lester Young self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lester Willis Young

Young → hasNotableBearer → Lester Young ⓘ

Count Basie Orchestra → notableMember → Lester Young ⓘ

Count → associatedAct → Lester Young ⓘ

subject surface form: Count Basie

DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame → notableHonoree → Lester Young ⓘ

Sonny Rollins → influencedBy → Lester Young ⓘ

Charles Mingus → influencedBy → Lester Young ⓘ

One O’Clock Jump → associatedWithPerson → Lester Young ⓘ

Jumpin’ at the Woodside → associatedPerformer → Lester Young ⓘ

After You've Gone → hasPerformer → Lester Young ⓘ

Jo Jones → recordedWith → Lester Young ⓘ

Freddie Green → recordedWith → Lester Young ⓘ

Teddy Wilson → collaboratedWith → Lester Young ⓘ

Savoy Records → recordedArtist → Lester Young ⓘ

Norgran Records → notableArtist → Lester Young ⓘ

Commodore Records → associatedWith → Lester Young ⓘ

Commodore Records → notableArtist → Lester Young ⓘ

EmArcy Records → notableArtist → Lester Young ⓘ

Goodbye Pork Pie Hat → tributeTo → Lester Young ⓘ

Goodbye Pork Pie Hat → inMemoryOf → Lester Young ⓘ

Goodbye Pork Pie Hat → dedicatedTo → Lester Young ⓘ

Goodbye Pork Pie Hat → associatedWithMusician → Lester Young ⓘ

The Man I Love → hasNotablePerformer → Lester Young ⓘ

Coleman → influenced → Lester Young ⓘ

subject surface form: Coleman Hawkins

Bean → influenced → Lester Young ⓘ

Illinois Jacquet → influencedBy → Lester Young ⓘ

Charlie Christian → associatedAct → Lester Young ⓘ

Dexter Gordon → influencedBy → Lester Young ⓘ

Coleman Randolph Hawkins → influenced → Lester Young ⓘ

Buck Clayton → associatedAct → Lester Young ⓘ

Polka Dots and Moonbeams → hasNotableVersionBy → Lester Young ⓘ

Wynton Kelly → associatedAct → Lester Young ⓘ

I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) → notableRecordingBy → Lester Young ⓘ

subject surface form: "I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)"

Jim Hall → influencedBy → Lester Young ⓘ

Lover, Come Back to Me → hasNotableRecordingBy → Lester Young ⓘ

Helen Humes → associatedAct → Lester Young ⓘ

Granz → promotedArtist → Lester Young ⓘ

subject surface form: Norman Granz

Jazz at the Philharmonic → hasParticipant → Lester Young ⓘ

Paul Desmond → influencedBy → Lester Young ⓘ

Zoot Sims → influencedBy → Lester Young ⓘ