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Lester Young

Lester Young is a person, active since 1909. Member of Count Basie Band, Jones‐Smith, Incorporated, Kansas City Six, Lester Young & Company, Lester Young and His Band, Lester Young Quartet, Lester Young Trio, Lester Young-Buddy Rich Trio, Metronome All Stars.

Lester Young

Person · Active since 1909

Lester Young is a musician in the Credits.fm index identified by 1 ISNI identifier. A musician is the person or group behind the codes — IPI numbers identify them as a songwriter or publisher, ISNI identifiers as a creative contributor, and their recordings each carry an ISRC.

ISNI

0000 0000 8125 5822

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ISNI.org identity 0000000081255822

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Member of

Count Basie Band Jones‐Smith, Incorporated Kansas City Six Lester Young & Company Lester Young and His Band Lester Young Quartet Lester Young Trio Lester Young-Buddy Rich Trio Metronome All Stars

Credit Chain

MusicianLester Young

ISNI0000 0000 8125 5822

LY

Lester Young

Young, Lester

Performer

Member of Count Basie Band, Jones‐Smith, Incorporated, Kansas City Six, Lester Young & Company, Lester Young and His Band, Lester Young Quartet, Lester Young Trio, Lester Young-Buddy Rich Trio, Metronome All Stars

ISNI: 0000 0000 8125 5822

155Recordings

50Releases

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’Deed I Do

Lester Young Quartet

via Lester Young Quartet

A Foggy Day

Lester Young Quartet

via Lester Young Quartet

A. B. Blues

Lester Young

tenor saxophone

After You’ve Gone

Lester Young and His Band

via Lester Young and His Band

Afternoon of a Basie‐Ite

Lester Young Quartet

via Lester Young Quartet

Back Home Again in Indiana

Lester Young

Back to the Land

Lester Young-Buddy Rich Trio

via Lester Young-Buddy Rich Trio

Billies’s Bounce

Metronome All-Stars Band

via Metronome All Stars

Blue Lester

Lester Young Quartet

via Lester Young Quartet

Blue Lou

All-Star Band

via Metronome All Stars

Blue Lou

All-Star Band

via Metronome All Stars

Blue Lou

All-Star Band

via Metronome All Stars

Boogie Woogie

Jones-Smith Incorporated

via Jones‐Smith, Incorporated

Bugle Call Rag

Metronome All-Stars Band

via Metronome All Stars

Confessin’

Lester Young and His Band

via Lester Young and His Band

Count Every Star

Lester Young Quartet

via Lester Young Quartet

Countless Blues

Lester Young

Countless Blues

Kansas City Six

via Kansas City Six

Countless Blues #2

Lester Young

D.B. Blues

Lester Young and His Band

via Lester Young and His Band

D.B. Blues

Lester Young Quartet

via Lester Young Quartet

Dear Old Southland

Metronome All-Stars Band

via Metronome All Stars

Double Date

The Metronome All Stars

via Metronome All Stars

Down ’n’ Adam

Lester Young Quartet

via Lester Young Quartet

Early Spring

Miles Davis, Metronome All-Stars Band

via Metronome All Stars

East of the Sun

Lester Young and His Band

via Lester Young and His Band

Easy Does It

Lester Young and His Band

via Lester Young and His Band

Easy Does It

Lester Young and His Band

via Lester Young and His Band

Encore

Lester Young Quartet

via Lester Young Quartet

Evenin’

Jones-Smith, Incorporated

via Jones‐Smith, Incorporated

Four O'Clock Drag

Lester Young

tenor saxophone

Four O'Clock Drag

Kansas City Six

via Kansas City Six

Four O’Clock Drag

Kansas City Six

via Kansas City Six

Four O'Clock Drag #3

Lester Young

tenor saxophone

Frenesi

Lester Young Quartet

via Lester Young Quartet

Good Mornin' Blues

Lester Young

Good Morning Blues

Kansas City Six

via Kansas City Six

Honeysuckle Rose

Metronome All Star Band, Bunny Berigan, Tommy Dorsey, Fats Waller, Dick McDonough, George Wettling

via Metronome All Stars

How High the Moon, Parts 1 & 2

Metronome All-Stars Band

via Metronome All Stars

I Cover the Water Front

Lester Young

I Cover the Waterfront

Lester Young-Buddy Rich Trio

via Lester Young-Buddy Rich Trio

I Cover the Waterfront

Lester Young-Buddy Rich Trio

via Lester Young-Buddy Rich Trio

I Got Rhythm

Lester Young

tenor saxophone

I Got Rhythm

Kansas City Six

via Kansas City Six

I Got Rhythm

Metronome All-Stars Leaders

via Metronome All Stars

I Got Rhythm

Metronome All-Stars Leaders

via Metronome All Stars

I Got Rhythm #2

Lester Young

tenor saxophone

I Got Rhythm #3

Lester Young

tenor saxophone

I Know That You Know

Lester Young

I Never Knew

Lester Young Quartet

via Lester Young Quartet

tenor saxophone

I Want a Little Girl

Kansas City Six

via Kansas City Six

I Want a Little Girl #2

Lester Young

I Want to Be Happy

Lester Young-Buddy Rich Trio

via Lester Young-Buddy Rich Trio

I Want to Be Happy

Lester Young-Buddy Rich Trio

via Lester Young-Buddy Rich Trio

tenor saxophone

I've Found a New Baby

Lester Young-Buddy Rich Trio

via Lester Young-Buddy Rich Trio

tenor saxophone

I’ve Found a New Baby

Lester Young-Buddy Rich Trio

via Lester Young-Buddy Rich Trio

In a Little Spanish Town

Lester Young Quartet

via Lester Young Quartet

It All Depends on You

Lester Young Quartet

via Lester Young Quartet

It’s Only a Paper Moon

Lester Young and His Band

via Lester Young and His Band

Jamming With Lester

Lester Young and His Band

via Lester Young and His Band

Jeepers Creepers

Lester Young Quartet

via Lester Young Quartet

Jo Jo

Lester Young

tenor saxophone

Jo‐Jo

Kansas City Six

via Kansas City Six

Jumpin’ at Mesners

Lester Young and His Band

via Lester Young and His Band

Jumpin’ at the Woodside (Every Tub)

Lester Young and His Band

via Lester Young and His Band

Jumpin’ With Symphony Sid

Lester Young and His Band

via Lester Young and His Band

Just Coolin’

Lester Young and His Band

via Lester Young and His Band

King Porter Stomp

Metronome All-Stars Band

via Metronome All Stars

Laughing at Life

Lester Young

Leap Here

Metronome All-Stars Band

via Metronome All Stars

Lester Blows Again

Lester Young and His Band

via Lester Young and His Band

Lester Smoothes It Out

Lester Young and His Band

via Lester Young and His Band

Lester Swings

Lester Young Quartet

via Lester Young Quartet

Lester’s Be Bop Boogie

Lester Young and His Band

via Lester Young and His Band

Let’s Fall in Love

Lester Young Quartet

via Lester Young Quartet

Little Pee Blues

Lester Young Quartet

via Lester Young Quartet

Local 802 Blues

Miles Davis, Metronome All-Stars Band

via Metronome All Stars

Look Out

Metronome All-Stars Band

via Metronome All Stars

Love Me or Leave Me

Lester Young

Lover Come Back to Me

Lester Young and His Band

via Lester Young and His Band

Mean to Me

Lester Young-Buddy Rich Trio

via Lester Young-Buddy Rich Trio

Metronome All Out

Metronome All-Stars Band

via Metronome All Stars

Metronome Riff

Metronome All-Stars Band

via Metronome All Stars

Movin’ With Lester

Lester Young and His Band

via Lester Young and His Band

Nat Meets June

Metronome All-Stars Band

via Metronome All Stars

Nat Meets June

Metronome All-Stars Band

via Metronome All Stars

Neenah

Lester Young Quartet

via Lester Young Quartet

New Lester Leaps In

Lester Young and His Band

via Lester Young and His Band

No Eyes Blues

Lester Young and His Band

via Lester Young and His Band

No Figs

The Metronome All Stars

via Metronome All Stars

Oh, Lady Be Good!

Jones-Smith, Incorporated

via Jones‐Smith, Incorporated

Oh, Lady Be Good!

Jones-Smith, Incorporated

via Jones‐Smith, Incorporated

Oh, Lady Be Good!

Jones-Smith, Incorporated

via Jones‐Smith, Incorporated

On the Sunny Side of the Street

Lester Young and His Band

via Lester Young and His Band

One O’Clock Jump

Lester Young and His Band

via Lester Young and His Band

One O’Clock Jump

Metronome All-Stars Band

via Metronome All Stars

One O’Clock Jump

Metronome All-Star Band

via Metronome All Stars

One O’Clock Jump

Metronome All-Star Band

via Metronome All Stars

Overtime

Metronome All-Stars Band

via Metronome All Stars

Overtime

Metronome All-Stars Band

via Metronome All Stars

Overtime

Metronome All Stars

via Metronome All Stars

Pagin' the Devil

Lester Young

Pagin’ the Devil

Kansas City Six

via Kansas City Six

Pagin' the Devil #2

Lester Young

Paging the Devil

Kansas City Six

via Kansas City Six

Peg O’My Heart

Lester Young-Buddy Rich Trio

via Lester Young-Buddy Rich Trio

Pete’s Cafe

Lester Young Quartet

via Lester Young Quartet

Polka Dots and Moonbeams

Lester Young Quartet

via Lester Young Quartet

Royal Flush

Metronome All-Stars Band

via Metronome All Stars

Royal Flush

Metronome All-Stars Band

via Metronome All Stars

S.M. Blues

Lester Young and His Band

via Lester Young and His Band

Sax‐O‐Be‐Bop

Lester Young and His Band

via Lester Young and His Band

September in the Rain

Lester Young Quartet

via Lester Young Quartet

She’s Funny That Way

Lester Young and His Band

via Lester Young and His Band

Shoe‐Shine Boy

Jones-Smith Incorporated

via Jones‐Smith, Incorporated

Slow Motion Blues

Lester Young Quartet

via Lester Young Quartet

Somebody Loves Me

Lester Young-Buddy Rich Trio

via Lester Young-Buddy Rich Trio

Something to Remember You By

Lester Young and His Band

via Lester Young and His Band

Stardust

Lester Young

Them There Eyes

Lester Young

Them There Eyes #2

Lester Young

There’ll Never Be Another You

Lester Young

tenor saxophone

These Fooling Things

Lester Young

This Year's Kisses

Lester Young

tenor saxophone

Three Little Words #2

Lester Young

tenor saxophone

Way Down Yonder in New Orleans #2

Lester Young

Groups (9)

Count Basie Band

Group

Jones‐Smith, Incorporated

Group

Kansas City Six

Group

Lester Young & Company

Group

Lester Young and His Band

Group

Lester Young Quartet

Group

Lester Young Trio

Group

Lester Young-Buddy Rich Trio

Group

Metronome All Stars

Group

Discography (50)

100 Years - Forever Young

100 Years - Forever Young

2010 · Storyville Records

1936-1943

1936-1943

2003 · Columbia

1943-1947

1943-1947

1990 · Giants Of Jazz

1950-1958

1950-1958

1994 · Giants Of Jazz

A Lester Young Story

A Lester Young Story

1991 · EPM Musique

A Musical Romance

A Musical Romance

2002 · Legacy

A Musical Romance

A Musical Romance

2002 · Sony Records Int'l

A Musical Romance

A Musical Romance

2002 · Columbia

Basie Swings

Basie Swings

2002 · Denon

BD Jazz, Volume 8 : Lester Young

BD Jazz, Volume 8 : Lester Young

2003 · Nocturne

Billie Holliday With Lester Young: Lady Day & Prez 1937–1941

Billie Holliday With Lester Young: Lady Day & Prez 1937–1941

1990 · Giants Of Jazz

Bird & Pres at JAPT

Bird & Pres at JAPT

1946 · Verve Reissues

Blue Lester

Blue Lester

2000 · Dreyfus Jazz

Blue Lester: The One and Only

Blue Lester: The One and Only

2005 · Savoy Jazz

Boston 1950

Boston 1950

2013 · Uptown Records (2)

Classic Jazz Archive: Lester "Prez" Young

Classic Jazz Archive: Lester "Prez" Young

2004 · Documents

Compact Jazz: Lester Young & the Piano Giants

Compact Jazz: Lester Young & the Piano Giants

1988 · Verve Records

Complete Recordings

Complete Recordings

2001

Complete Savoy Masters

Complete Savoy Masters

1999 · Disconforme SL

Countless Blues

Countless Blues

Midget

Easy Does It

Easy Does It

2001 · Past Perfect Silver Line

Essential: Masters of Jazz

Essential: Masters of Jazz

1998 · Proper Records (2)

Four Classic Albums (Second Set)

Four Classic Albums (Second Set)

2018 · Avid Entertainment

Giants of the Tenor Sax

Giants of the Tenor Sax

1988

Going for Myself

Going for Myself

I Never Knew

I Never Knew

2001

In Washington D.C., 1956 Volume Three

In Washington D.C., 1956 Volume Three

1996 · Original Jazz Classics

In Washington, D.C. 1956 Volume Two

In Washington, D.C. 1956 Volume Two

1996 · Original Jazz Classics

In Washington, D.C. 1956, Vol. 3

In Washington, D.C. 1956, Vol. 3

1996 · Original Jazz Classics

In Washington, D.C. 1956, Vol. 4

In Washington, D.C. 1956, Vol. 4

1998 · Original Jazz Classics

In Washington, D.C. 1956, Vol. 5

In Washington, D.C. 1956, Vol. 5

1998 · Original Jazz Classics

In Washington, D.C. 1956, Volume One

In Washington, D.C. 1956, Volume One

1993 · Original Jazz Classics

In Washington, DC 1956, Volume One

In Washington, DC 1956, Volume One

2006 · Original Jazz Classics

Intégrale Billy Holiday Lester Young 1937–1946

Intégrale Billy Holiday Lester Young 1937–1946

1998 · Frémeaux & Associés

Jammin' the Blues

Jammin' the Blues

1999 · Definitive Records (2)

Jammin' With Lester

Jammin' With Lester

2001

Jazz At The Philarmonic-Frankfurt 1952

Jazz At The Philarmonic-Frankfurt 1952

1997 · Pablo Records

Jazz at the Philharmonic - Carnegie Hall 1949

Jazz at the Philharmonic - Carnegie Hall 1949

1984 · Verve Records

Jazz At The Philharmonic The Trumpet Battle 1952

Jazz At The Philharmonic The Trumpet Battle 1952

1983 · Verve Records

Jazz Ballads 3: Lester Young

Jazz Ballads 3: Lester Young

2004 · Documents

Jazz Double Bill - Lester Young & Coleman Hawkins

Jazz Double Bill - Lester Young & Coleman Hawkins

1993

Jazz Gallery: Lester Young, Vol. I (1936-46)

Jazz Gallery: Lester Young, Vol. I (1936-46)

1997

Jazz Gallery: Lester Young, Vol. II (1946-59)

Jazz Gallery: Lester Young, Vol. II (1946-59)

1994 · Makin' Friends Records

Jazz Immortal Series - Volume 2 - The Pres

Jazz Immortal Series - Volume 2 - The Pres

1992 · Savoy Records

Just Jazz: Lester Leaps In

Just Jazz: Lester Leaps In

2006 · Passport Audio

Just You, Just Me

Just You, Just Me

2003 · Dreyfus Jazz

Kansas City Swing

Kansas City Swing

1999 · Definitive Records (2)

Ken Burns Jazz: Definitive Lester Young

Ken Burns Jazz: Definitive Lester Young

2000 · The Verve Music Group

Lady Day & Pres 1937–1941

Lady Day & Pres 1937–1941

1992

Lady Day & Pres: New York 1937–1941

Lady Day & Pres: New York 1937–1941

1994 · Frémeaux & Associés

Who is Lester Young?

Lester Young is a performer, active since 1909. Lester Young is a member of Count Basie Band, Jones‐Smith, Incorporated, Kansas City Six, Lester Young & Company, Lester Young and His Band, Lester Young Quartet, Lester Young Trio, Lester Young-Buddy Rich Trio and Metronome All Stars, and credits from those groups are included in this catalog.

Our database contains 155 recordings and 50 releases credited to Lester Young. Credits data is sourced from the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC), MusicBrainz (CC0), and Spotify.

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What identifiers does Lester Young have?+

Lester Young is identified by ISNI 0000 0000 8125 5822. IPI numbers identify a songwriter or publisher across collection societies; ISNI identifies a creative contributor across registries.

How many recordings is Lester Young credited on?+

The index links Lester Young to 155 recordings, each carrying its own ISRC. Credits come from the MLC, MusicBrainz (CC0), and Spotify.

Is Lester Young in a group?+

Lester Young is a member of Count Basie Band, Jones‐Smith, Incorporated, Kansas City Six, Lester Young & Company, Lester Young and His Band, Lester Young Quartet, Lester Young Trio, Lester Young-Buddy Rich Trio, Metronome All Stars; credits earned through those groups are included in this catalog.

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