- Lee Young
Lee Young (
March 7 ,1914 –July 31 ,2008 ) was an American jazz drummer andsinger .cite book |author=Marl Young; Bryant, Clora; Buddy Collete; Green, William A.; Isoardi, Steven Louis; Jack Kelson; Tapscott, Horace; Wilson, Gerald Henry |authorlink= |editor= |others= |title=Central Avenue Sounds: Jazz in Los Angeles (Roth Family Foundation Book in American Music) |edition= |language= |publisher=University of California Press |location=Berkeley |year=1999 |origyear= |pages= p51|quote= |isbn=0-520-22098-6 |oclc= |doi= |url= 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|accessdate=]Young was born in
New Orleans, Louisiana . His older brother was famed saxophonistLester Young .In 1944 he was the drummer at Norman Granz's first Jazz at the Philharmonic concert,cite book |author=Marl Young; Bryant, Clora; Buddy Collete; Green, William A.; Isoardi, Steven Louis; Jack Kelson; Tapscott, Horace; Wilson, Gerald Henry |authorlink= |editor= |others= |title=Central Avenue Sounds: Jazz in Los Angeles (Roth Family Foundation Book in American Music) |edition= |language= |publisher=University of California Press |location=Berkeley |year=1999 |origyear= |pages= pp63|quote= |isbn=0-520-22098-6 |oclc= |doi= |url= 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|accessdate=] 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 asMutt Carey ,Fats Waller ,Les Hite ,Benny Goodman , andLionel Hampton . In the 1950s he played withNat King Cole 's trio. From the 1960s on he worked as an artist & repertory man for suchrecord label s as Vee-Jay and Motown.Notes
External links
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/10/arts/music/10young.html?ref=obituaries Lee Young's obituary]
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