Lee Young, early jazz pioneer, dies at 94

By Douglas Martin / The Bulletin
August 11, 2008

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 July 31 at....

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