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Sonny Lester

Sonny Lester

Musician · US · b. 1924

jazz

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Discography

Albums
All Star Parade of Jazz and Blues Legends on LRC Ltd. / Groove Merchant: Full Cut Sampler, Volume 1All Star Parade of Jazz and Blues Legends on LRC Ltd. / Groove Merchant: Full Cut Sampler, Volume 12014

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All Star Parade of Jazz and Blues Legends on LRC Ltd. / Groove Merchant: Full Cut Sampler, Volume 2All Star Parade of Jazz and Blues Legends on LRC Ltd. / Groove Merchant: Full Cut Sampler, Volume 22012

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Label

Record label
Solid State Records

Groups

  • Sonny Lester & His Orchestraoriginalcurrent

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Country

US

Born

1924-11-15

Instruments

trumpet

Identifiers & aliases
ISNI

0000000031797308

Description

American record producer (1924–2018)

Extract from Wikipedia

Sumner Lester, better known as Sonny Lester, was an American Grammy-award-winning music producer from New York City. He started his career as a musician in a big band jazz ensemble before being drafted into the U.S. Army. During the war he earned a Purple Heart and worked under Henry Kissinger, who was an intelligence officer at the time. Lester's recordings have been distributed by labels including Blue Note, United Artists, Capitol, Denon and CBS Records.

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