Lester Young 
The best album credited to Lester Young is The Jazz Giants '56 which is ranked number 34,149 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 22.
Lester Young is ranked number 9,212 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 67.
- See also:
- Sarah Vaughan / Lester Young
- Nat King Cole, Lester Young, Red Callender
- Lester Young With The Oscar Peterson Trio
- Lester Young & Teddy Wilson Quartet
- Billie Holiday & Lester Young
- Illinois Jacquet And Lester Young
- Count Basie And The Kansas City Seven / Lester Young And His Quartet
- Lester Young & Harry Edison
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The following albums by Lester Young are ranked highest in the greatest album charts:
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Lester Young bestography composition
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 6 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1970s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1980s | 1 | 0% | |
| 1990s | 5 | 0% | |
| 2000s | 1 | 0% | |
| 2010s | 1 | 0% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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75/100  | 02/09/2019 03:10 |  Fischman | | 59/100 |
80/100 | 06/28/2017 23:33 | mostlymor | | 70/100 |
80/100 | 09/13/2011 03:08 |  Captain_Dude | | 72/100 |
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A truly talented musician with an unmatched ability on the saxophone, Lester Young is the reason anyone thought of the sax as cool! A tragically short life and sadly underrated by non-jazz aficionados!
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