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Lester Willis Young, nicknamed “Prez” (August 27, 1909 – March 15, 1959) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and clarinetist. He is remembered as one of the finest of the players on his instrument and for much of the hipster ethos which came to be attached to jazz.

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1	These Foolish Things full track	204
2	I Can't Get Started full track	188
3	Just You, Just Me full track	183
4	On The Sunny Side Of The Street full track	181
5	Tea For Two full track	131
6	Love Me or Leave Me	124
7	Lester Leaps In full track	95
8	Ad Lib Blues	84
9	(Back Home Again In) Indiana full track	73
10	I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)	72
11	There Will Never Be Another You	71
11	Polka Dots And Moonbeams full track	71
13	Blue Lester full track	65
14	Indiana full track	53
15	Ghost Of A Chance full track	49

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SelenaSweety wrote:
7 hours ago

just got this Artist's ringtones at www.itsflycell.com. These Foolish Things is my favorite, love it!

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espapel wrote:
26 days ago

Y todo afuera sigue opaco y apenado, como un tema de Lester Young, que siempre habla de alguna manera de la muerte.

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Younghappy wrote:
last month

Yes.

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kturner423 wrote:
last month

Obama is not the President. Lester is!!!

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berban wrote:
October 2009

yes the best

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MilesBachman wrote:
August 2009

happy b-day, prez.

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MirkoFait wrote:
July 2009

Bikers who loves music...

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Nochek wrote:
July 2009

i love his saxophone

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n33k33 wrote:
June 2009

the best

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Nuitfill wrote:
February 2009

I love his smooth style

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clanchieftain wrote:
February 2009

Prez was a real Giant amongst the Giants

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jj6z wrote:
January 2009

TKS !!

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LondonLouis wrote:
December 2008

Love Me: certainly Love the Prez.

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ncrln81 wrote:
December 2008

Prez´ the man!

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SirAlecHendrix wrote:
September 2008

Lester Young—now connected to the brandnew group ➤ Round Midnight

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SYL2Oh wrote:
April 2008

WoW! An intense internal breath! ! ! It is in the difficult art of the ballad that the Prez universe reached its peak . . .

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EbeSstP wrote:
December 2007

Great new live Prez on ESP-Disk, Lester Young is one of the most influential tenor saxophonists of the bebop era. ESP-Disk is now releasing previously unavailable 1950’s broadcasts recorded at Birdland, with an array of stellar side-performers. It is our pleasure to pay homage to Prez (Lester Young) with this disc. -from website http://www.espdisk.com/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=26

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Ciacchi wrote:
October 2007

jtn191: seconded

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iamserge wrote:
July 2007

one of the best jazzers, indeed! maybe the best

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jtn191 wrote:
April 2007

The only president I like listening to

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