Sonny Lester Musical artist

Sonny Lester (born November 15, 1924) is a 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 time. Lester's recordings have been distributed over a number of labels, including Blue Note Records, United Artists, Capitol Records, Denon and CBS Records.

Personal facts

Birth dateNovember 15, 1924
Hometown
New York City
United States
New York

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Musical artist

associated musical artist
Chick Corea
Dizzy Gillespie
Joe Williams (jazz singer)
BackgroundNon performing personnel
genre
Jazz
Lounge music
instrument
Trumpet
record label
Blue Note Records
Solid State Records (jazz label)
Lester Recording Catalog

Sonny Lester on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://books.google.com/books?id=NQgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA10