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Lee Young
Leonidas Raymond Young (March 7, 1914 – July 31, 2008) was an American jazz drummer and
singer.[1] His musical family included his father Willis Young and his older brother, saxophonist Lester
Young. In 1944 he played with Norman Granz's first "Jazz at the Philharmonic" concert.

Contents
Early life and education
Career
Discography
Notes
External links

Early life and education

Young was born in 1914 in New Orleans, Louisiana to Willis Young and Lizetta Teresa Johnson. His
father was a musician, as were other relatives. His older brother Lester Young became a famed
saxophonist. Lee began playing from an early age and the family had a band for several years.[1]

Career
In 1944 Lee Young 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.

Young played with such jazz and swing music notables as Mutt Carey, Fats Waller, Les Hite, Benny
Goodman, and Lionel Hampton. In the 1950s Young 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.[3]

Discography
Nat King Cole, Penthouse Serenade (Capitol, 1955)
Nat King Cole, After Midnight (Capitol, 1956)
Nat King Cole, The Piano Style of Nat King Cole (Capitol, 1956)
Nat King Cole, At the Sands (Capitol, 1966)
Benny Goodman, Mostly Sextets (Capitol, 1950)
Lionel Hampton, Lionel Hampton with the Just Jazz All Stars (GNP, 1955)
Oscar Moore, Jazz 1940 Era (Tampa, 1956)
Andre Previn, Previn at Sunset (Black Lion, 1972)
Dinah Washington, Mellow Mama (Delmark, 1992)

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Notes
1. 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) (https://books.google.com/books?id=ctNSi1g34CgC&pg
=PA51&dq=%22Lee+Young%22#PPA51,M1). Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 51. ISBN 0-
520-22098-6.
2. 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) (https://books.google.com/books?id=ctNSi1g34CgC&pg
=PA63&vq=Norman+Granz&dq=%22Lee+Young%22). Berkeley: University of California Press.
p. 63. ISBN 0-520-22098-6.
3. Vacher, Peter (2008-08-22). "Obituary: Lee Young" (https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/aug/2
3/jazz). The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 (https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0261-3077). Retrieved
2020-03-23.

External links
Interview with Lee Young (http://oralhistory.library.ucla.edu/viewItem.do?ark=21198/zz0008zr3c&title
=Young,%20Lee), Center for Oral History Research, UCLA Library Special Collections, University of
California, Los Angeles
Lee Young's obituary in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/10/arts/music/10you
ng.html?ref=obituaries)

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