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Young, Lee, 1914-2008

LC control no.n 91086878
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Personal name headingYoung, Lee, 1914-2008
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Variant(s)Young, Leonidas Raymond, 1914-2008
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1914-03-07
Death date2008-07-31
Place of birthNew Orleans (La.)
Place of deathLos Angeles (Calif.)
Field of activityJazz
Profession or occupationDrummers (Musicians) Jazz singers
Found inScott, H. Late show [SR] 1953: container (Lee Young)
New Grove dict. of jazz (Young, Lee (Leonidas Raymond; b. Mar. 7, 1917, New Orleans; drummer, brother of Lester Young)
New York times WWW site, Aug. 11, 2008 (in obituary published Aug. 9: Lee Young; b. Leonidas Raymond Young, Mar. 7, 1914, New Orleans; d. July 31, Los Angeles, aged 94; emerged from a family with musical roots deep in New Orleans jazz, drummed for greats like Ellington and Basie, became a pioneering black man in music's executive suites, and survived his musician brother, Lester, by a half century)
Wikipedia, Mar. 7, 2017 (Lee Young, March 7, 1914 - July 31, 2008, jazz drummer and singer, born in New Orleans)
Associated languageeng