Through the standards
Lester Young
Lester Young, tenor saxophone and clarinet, is on 54 recordings across 46 tunes on this site, from 1936 to 1956. Most often alongside Jo Jones, Buck Clayton and Walter Page.
1930s
- Oh, Lady Be Good!Jones-Smith Incorporated · 1936 · tenor saxophone · Vocalion
- Honeysuckle RoseCount Basie · 1937 · tenor saxophone · Decca
- Exactly Like YouCount Basie · 1937 · tenor saxophone · Decca
- Mean to MeTeddy Wilson and His Orchestra with Billie Holiday · 1937 · tenor saxophone · Brunswick
- Easy LivingTeddy Wilson · 1937 · tenor saxophone · Brunswick
- I'll Never Be the SameBillie Holiday with Teddy Wilson · 1937 · tenor saxophone · Brunswick
- I've Found a New BabyTeddy Wilson · 1937 · tenor saxophone · Brunswick
- She's Funny That WayBillie Holiday · 1937 · tenor saxophone · Vocalion
- I Can't Believe That You're in Love with MeBillie Holiday with Teddy Wilson · 1938 · tenor saxophone · Columbia/Legacy
- Blue and SentimentalCount Basie · 1938 · clarinet/tenor saxophone · Decca
- I Can't Get StartedBillie Holiday · 1938 · clarinet/tenor saxophone · Vocalion
- The Very Thought of YouBillie Holiday · 1938 · tenor saxophone/clarinet · Vocalion
- CherokeeCount Basie · 1939 · tenor saxophone · Decca
- If I Could Be with YouCount Basie and His Orchestra with Helen Humes · 1939 · tenor saxophone · Original
- I Got RhythmCount Basie's Kansas City Seven · 1939 · tenor saxophone · Vocalion
- Between the Devil and the Deep Blue SeaCount Basie · 1939 · tenor saxophone · Okeh
- Night and DayBillie Holiday · 1939 · tenor saxophone · Vocalion
1940s
- Time on My HandsBillie Holiday · 1940 · tenor saxophone · OKeh
- All of MeBillie Holiday with Eddie Heywood · 1941 · tenor saxophone · OKeh
- Just You, Just MeLester Young Quartet · 1943 · tenor saxophone · Keynote
- Sometimes I'm HappyLester Young Quartet · 1943 · tenor saxophone · Keynote
- Three Little WordsLester Young and the Kansas City Six · 1944 · tenor saxophone · Verve
- I've Found a New BabyLester Young, Nat King Cole and Buddy Rich · 1946 · tenor saxophone · Mercury/Clef/Norgran releases
- The Man I LoveLester Young, Nat King Cole and Buddy Rich · 1946 · tenor saxophone · Verve
- After You've GoneJazz at the Philharmonic · 1946 · tenor saxophone · Mercury
- Crazy RhythmDizzy Gillespie, Lester Young and others · 1946 · tenor saxophone · Mercury
- Oh, Lady Be Good!Charlie Parker with Jazz at the Philharmonic · 1946 · tenor saxophone · Mercury
- I Want to Be HappyLester Young, Nat King Cole and Buddy Rich · 1946 · tenor saxophone · Mercury (The Jazz Scene
- Somebody Loves MeLester Young Trio · 1946 · tenor saxophone · Mercury
- She's Funny That WayLester Young · 1946 · tenor saxophone · Aladdin
- East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)Lester Young · 1947 · tenor saxophone · Blue Note
- Too Marvelous for WordsLester Young Quartet · 1949 · tenor saxophone · Verve
- PerdidoElla Fitzgerald at JATP · 1949 · tenor saxophone · Verve
1950s
- September in the RainLester Young Quartet · 1951 · tenor saxophone · Norgran
- I Can't Get StartedLester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio · 1952 · tenor saxophone · Norgran
- I Can't Give You Anything but LoveLester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio · 1952 · tenor saxophone · Norgran
- I'm Confessin'Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio · 1952 · tenor saxophone · Clef
- Just You, Just MeLester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio · 1952 · tenor saxophone · Norgran
- On the Sunny Side of the StreetLester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio · 1952 · tenor saxophone · Clef
- Tea for TwoLester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio · 1952 · tenor saxophone · Norgran
- These Foolish ThingsLester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio · 1952 · tenor saxophone · Norgran
- Almost Like Being in LoveLester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio · 1952 · tenor saxophone · Mercury
- There Will Never Be Another YouLester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio · 1952 · tenor saxophone · Norgran
- Rose RoomLester Young · 1954 · tenor saxophone · Norgran
- Mean to MeLester Young - Harry Edison Sextet · 1955 · tenor saxophone · Norgran
- She's Funny That WayLester Young and Harry Edison · 1955 · tenor saxophone · Norgran
- That's AllLester Young and Harry Edison · 1955 · tenor saxophone · Norgran
- It's the Talk of the TownLester Young · 1956 · tenor saxophone · Pablo / Fantasy
- I Didn't Know What Time It WasLester Young and the Jazz Giants · 1956 · tenor saxophone · Verve
- All of MeLester Young and Teddy Wilson Quartet · 1956 · tenor saxophone · Verve
- Love Me or Leave MeThe Lester Young-Teddy Wilson Quartet · 1956 · tenor saxophone · Verve
- Taking a Chance on LoveLester Young and Teddy Wilson Quartet · 1956 · tenor saxophone · Verve
- Pennies from HeavenLester Young · 1956 · tenor saxophone · Pablo
- Jeepers CreepersLester Young · 1956 · tenor saxophone · Pablo