Lester Young - Count Basie (Interview)

Lester Young Interview Paris 1959 complete 30 minutes

February 6, 1959 - Lester Young and François Positif.

Count Basie & His Orchestra: "Taxi War Dance" (1939) Lester Young Jo Jones

Count Basie and his Orchestra: "Taxi War Dance," recorded on March 19,1939. Musicians include Ed Lewis, Buck Clayton, Harry Edison, Shad Collins (tp); ...

Lester Talks! 1951

Lester Young in an extended 1951 interview with Leonard Feather. It starts with him responding to recordings we don't hear for a Blindfold Test but then it opens ...

LESTER YOUNG,,,, Shoe Shine Boy,,, 1936

A Count Basie small group, recorded in Chicago...1936....

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