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Lester Young

American jazz tenor saxophonist. Lester Young (born August 27, 1909, Woodville, Mississippi, USA - died March 15, 1959, New York City, New York, USA). He ranks together with [a251769] and [a257115] as one of the three "great tenors" of the swing era. Occasionally, he was known to also play the clarinet.