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Lee Young - Ellington and Goodman Drummer - LA Times Obituary
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Michael Ricci
Lee Young, 94; jazz drummer played with Ellington, Goodman Lee Young, performing in 1941, was the first African American hired as a staff musician at a Hollywood studio, signing on with Columbia Pictures in 1946. Lee Young, a jazz drummer who served as Nat King Cole's musical director for nearly a decade and broke barriers as the first African American hired for a staff position with a Hollywood studio orchestra, has died. He was 94. Young, brother of the great ...
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Jazz Drummer, Singer Lee Young Dies at 94
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All About Jazz
Lee Young, who 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 -- died on July 31 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 94. The death was confirmed by his grandson Wren Brown. In contrast to his brother, whose debilitating battle with alcohol and personal demons is almost as ...
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