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Lester Young


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  • Filmography
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Filmography

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Bird Now (1987)
Somers Town (2008)
Song Performer
The Wrecking Crew (2008)
Song
The Notorious Bettie Page (2006)
Song Performer
Anything Else (2003)
Song Performer
Kansas City (1996)
Song ("Tickle Toe")

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Bird (1988) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Lester Leaps In

Biography

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

Bird Now (1987)

Music (Feature Film)

Somers Town (2008)
Song Performer
The Wrecking Crew (2008)
Song
The Notorious Bettie Page (2006)
Song Performer
Anything Else (2003)
Song Performer
Kansas City (1996)
Song ("Tickle Toe")
Konitz - Portrait de l'artiste en saxophoniste (1988)
Song ("Lady Be Good")
Joe Albany... A Jazz Life (1980)
Song
Stardust Memories (1980)
Song Performer
Stardust Memories (1980)
Song
Joe Albany... A Jazz Life (1980)
Song Performer
The Last of the Blue Devils (1979)
Song
To the Count of Basie (1979)
Song ("Dickie'S Dream")

Music (Special)

Robert Altman's Jazz '34 (1997)
Music

Life Events

Videos

Movie Clip

Bird (1988) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Lester Leaps In Director Clint Eastwood fashions an intriguing opening, introducing his star Forest Whitaker, then the first of many performances using original recordings by the subject, Charlie "Yardbird" Parker, in this case a Lester Young number he often played, in the 1988 bio-pic Bird.

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