"Lester Leaps In"

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"Lester Leaps In" is a classic 1939 jazz composition and recording by tenor saxophonist Lester Young, celebrated as a landmark of the Kansas City swing style and small-group improvisation.

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"Lester Leaps In" canonical 1
Lester Leaps Again 1
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Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz composition ⓘ
jazz standard ⓘ
associatedAct Count Basie ⓘ
basedOn I Got Rhythm ⓘ
catalogedAsStandardIn Real Book and other jazz fake books ⓘ
linked to: The Real Book
composer Lester Young ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
era Swing Era ⓘ
firstRecordedInCity New York City ⓘ
form 32-bar AABA ⓘ
genre jazz ⓘ
swing ⓘ
hasCanonicalStatus core jazz standard for tenor saxophonists ⓘ
hasImprovisationalBasis riff-based head arrangement ⓘ
hasLanguage instrumental (no lyrics) ⓘ
hasNotableBassist Walter Page ⓘ
hasNotableDrummer Jo Jones ⓘ
hasNotableGuitarist Freddie Green ⓘ
hasNotablePianist Count Basie ⓘ
hasNotableSoloist Lester Young ⓘ
hasNotableTrumpeter Buck Clayton ⓘ
hasTitleWordplayOn Lester Young’s nickname ‘Pres’ (President of the tenor saxophone) ⓘ
influenced bebop-era improvisation ⓘ
tenor saxophone style in jazz ⓘ
instrumentationFeature tenor saxophone ⓘ
isConsidered jazz classic ⓘ
landmark Kansas City swing recording ⓘ
isPartOfRepertoire jazz jam session repertoire ⓘ
key B-flat major ⓘ
movement Kansas City jazz ⓘ
notableFor Kansas City riff-based arranging ⓘ
small-group improvisation ⓘ
tenor saxophone soloing ⓘ
originalEnsembleSize small group ⓘ
performerOnOriginalRecording Lester Young ⓘ
recordedBy Count Basie Kansas City Seven ⓘ
recordLabel Vocalion Records ⓘ
style Kansas City swing ⓘ
tempo up-tempo ⓘ
typicalPerformanceContext small jazz ensemble ⓘ
usesChordChangesOf I Got Rhythm ⓘ
yearOfComposition 1939 ⓘ
yearOfFirstRecording 1939 ⓘ

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Lester Young → notableWork → "Lester Leaps In" ⓘ
How High the Moon → usedAsBasisFor → Lester Leaps Again ⓘ
linked to: "Lester Leaps In"
Lester Young → notableWork → Lester Leaps In ⓘ
subject linked to: Pres
linked to: "Lester Leaps In"