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Vinony's link graph records 98 inbound references to Sonny Lester, and connects out to jazz, New York City and New York.
It sits within the topics 1924 births, 2018 deaths and Businesspeople from New York City.
Vinony links it to 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1909-08-27
- Active to
- 1959-03-15
Discography
- Lester Young with The Oscar Peterson Trio #11954
- Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio #21954
- The President1954
- Pres and Sweets1955
- Tops on Tenor1955
- Going for Myself1958
- Le Dernier Message de Lester Young1959
- An Historical Meeting At The Summit1961
- Grand Concert gravé en 19451977
- The Savoy Recordings1984
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,180
- Total plays
- 15,263
Tags
Contrary to the Musichound's Guide to Lounge speculation that he was a fictitious creation whose name was taken from Sonny Rollins and Lester Young, Sonny Lester is a real person who's been an active and successful A&R man and producer throughout most of the last 50 years. Like many of the musicians discussed on this site, Lester got his start as an instrumentalist in the big band days. In his case, he played in the trumpet section of several bands until he was drafted into the U. <a href="http
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Sonny
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- University Park
- Occupation
- record producer
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- trumpet
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- date of birth
- 1924-11-15
- date of death
- 2018-04-28
Sources (2)
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