Talk:Lester Young

message: Allright. So there are some fundamentals problems with Young discography (in its current state). It is not clear if we are using the "recording" or the "release" years. Some are release, some recording. This is confusing. Worst, some albums (such as Just You, Just Me), have completely inaccurate year.
I will go into a clean up now. Please let me know if you have any comments/suggestions.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kiem tra (talk • contribs) 15:16, 15 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Discography Problems 

message: The article uses the spelling "Prez," which is the common form for president and was used for Young, but "Pres" seems to have more prevalent. More than a dozen albums include "Pres" in the title, and it's the form I most associate with Lester Young. Greenmango 06:45, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: So, I'll change that. Greenmango 20:19, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe you did. But nearly five years later, it's Prez again? Shouldn't there be some brief explanation of the nickname? And shouldn't he be added here? Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 12:26, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Prez/Pres 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:LesterYoung.jpg

message: Excuse me == I guess this subject ought to be clarified by an expert. The article's lead section states:
Question: if the whole concept of Harmony is based on the conbination of different notes played simultaneously, just how is it possible to implement harmonies playing a reed instrument, such as a sax or a clarinet??? Regards, --AVM (talk) 12:04, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: (I don't understand what Jjdon is talking about. It makes no sense. So here is an answer that makes sense.) How are 'harmonies' possible on a sax? Easy - You play your sophisticated chords/harmonies one note at a time. But it's a weird thing to say about Lester. Art Tatum apparently was the source for most of bebop's harmonic advances, and he indeed often does astonishingly modern-sounding stuff, a lot of which no-one has picked up on to this day.  110.20.168.169 (talk) 12:15, 6 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Harmonies on a Sax?

message: Lester Young Beer
Can I put this link in there or put up a picture of the beer?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jingleheimer Smith (talk • contribs) 01:06, 12 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lester Young Beer 

message: He did more than popularize the word 'cool'. He popularized the thing! 'Hot' was the in thing before that. Loud, fast, lot of notes, high-energy, raucous, screaming, jumping on the bar, swaggering, etc. He was the opposite of all that. 110.20.168.169 (talk) 12:21, 6 September 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: hear, hear! Sullidav (talk) 16:46, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cool 

message: The section on "Posthumous dedications" doesn't mention Sonny Stitt.  I thought he wrote one or two pieces called "Blues for Pres [or "Prez"]," and/or "Blues for Lester."  Most Google hits I get are for his (with Oscar Peterson) "Blues for Pres, Sweets, Ben and All the Other Funky Ones."  I am 100% sure these are tributes to LY that should be mentioned in this section, but did not quickly see a source saying that, or much about "Blues for Pres."  Maybe that's just a shorter version of the longer name.  Someone may need to go back to 1950s/60s articles/record reviews on Stitt to find confirmation in a secondary source?  But with some more research, they should be added here.Sullidav (talk) 16:46, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: ps - there's another apparent tribute by Stitt, "Blues for Prez and Bird" on his 1972 album Tune-Up!.  Sullidav (talk) 17:09, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

text: pps - "Blues for Lester" is on Stitt's 1959 album The Hard Swing.  Sullidav (talk) 17:18, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Add Sonny Stitt Tribute(s)?