莱斯特·杨

Lester Young
Lester Young at the Famous Door, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1946. Photo by William P. Gottlieb.
音乐家
昵称	"Pres" or "Prez"
出生	Lester Willis Young (1909-08-27)1909年8月27日 美国 Woodville
逝世	1959年3月15日(1959岁—03—15)（49岁） 纽约
职业	萨克斯风手
音乐类型	爵士乐
演奏乐器	萨克斯风
出道地点	Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
活跃年代	1933–1959
唱片公司	Verve

莱斯特·杨（英语：Lester Willis Young，1909年8月27日—1959年3月15日）是美国爵士乐萨克斯风手及单簧管手，本身也会吹小喇叭、拉小提琴及打鼓。为爵士乐界传奇人物。

作品

As member of Basie band

• The Complete Decca Recordings (1937–39) Decca Records
• America's No. 1 Band: The Columbia Years (1936–1940 and non-Young sessions to 1942) Columbia Records
• Super Chief (1936–1940 and non-Young sessions to 1964) Columbia Records

Solo career

• The Kansas City Sessions (1938 and 1944) Commodore Records
• The Master's Touch (1944) - Savoy Records
• The Complete Aladdin Recordings (1942-7) - the 1942 Nat King Cole session and more from the post-war period
• Lester Young Trio (1946) - with Cole again, and Buddy Rich Verve Records
• The Complete Savoy Recordings (1944–50)
• Lester Young Trio (1946) - Verve Records
• One Night Stand - The Town Hall Concert 1947 - live recording
• Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1952) Verve Records
• Live at Birdland- Lester Young (1953)
• Pres and Teddy (1956) Verve Records
• The Jazz Giants '56 (1956) - Verve Records
• The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions on Verve - 8-CD boxed set (includes the only two Young interviews in existence)
• Lester Young in Washington, D.C., 1956 (5 volumes), with house-band the Bill Potts Trio.
• Count Basie - Count Basie at Newport (1957)
• Going for Myself (1957-1958, released posthumously) with Harry Edison