Lee Young
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Lee Young (March 7, 1914 – July 31, 2008) was an American jazz drummer and singer.[1]
Young was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. His older brother was famed saxophonist Lester Young. [1]
In 1944 he was the drummer at Norman Granz's first Jazz at the Philharmonic concert,[2] which also featured guitarist Les Paul, trombonist J.J. Johnson, and saxophonist Jean-Baptiste "Illinois" Jacquet, amongst others.
He played with such jazz and swing music notables as Mutt Carey, Fats Waller, Les Hite, Benny Goodman, and Lionel Hampton. In the 1950s he played with Nat King Cole's trio. From the 1960s on he worked as an artist & repertory man for such record labels as Vee-Jay and Motown.
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- ^ a b Marl Young; Bryant, Clora; Buddy Collete; Green, William A.; Isoardi, Steven Louis; Jack Kelson; Tapscott, Horace; Wilson, Gerald Henry (1999). Central Avenue Sounds: Jazz in Los Angeles (Roth Family Foundation Book in American Music). Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 51. ISBN 0-520-22098-6. http://books.google.com/books?id=ctNSi1g34CgC&pg=PA51&dq=%22Lee+Young%22&lr=lang_en&as_brr=3&ei=I2OXSO72NouUiAH89cWSAw&sig=ACfU3U0o_t0lnVq4b1ZfZYZ8Q5x3W7vfGA#PPA51,M1.
- ^ Marl Young; Bryant, Clora; Buddy Collete; Green, William A.; Isoardi, Steven Louis; Jack Kelson; Tapscott, Horace; Wilson, Gerald Henry (1999). Central Avenue Sounds: Jazz in Los Angeles (Roth Family Foundation Book in American Music). Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 63. ISBN 0-520-22098-6. http://books.google.com/books?id=ctNSi1g34CgC&pg=PA63&vq=Norman+Granz&dq=%22Lee+Young%22&lr=lang_en&as_brr=3&source=gbs_search_s&sig=ACfU3U0MnWZo-1hKR1dNuVG2gNjzVtzmxA.
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