Rodney Richardson

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Rodney Richardson

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Jazz bassist, born 21 August 1917 in New Orleans, Louisiana, died 29 October 2005 in Modesto, California.

Rodney Richardson is a brother of James Beans Richardson and cousin of Leontyne Price.

ALBUMS

Roy Eldridge And His Orchestra

Swing Along With Little Jazz

Lester Young Quintet

1964, 7", EP, Realm Jazz Savoy Series

Lester Young And His Band

Something To Remember You By / Just Cooling

1950, 10", Aladdin (6)

Count Basie Orchestra

LP, Album, Golden Era Records (2),

Lester Young And His Band

I'm Confessin' / Jumping With Symphony Sid

Shellac, 10", Esquire,

Count Basie And The Kansas City Seven

After Theater Jump / Six Cats And A Prince

Shellac, 12", Single, Blue Star,

Count Basie Orchestra

The Count And Lester Volume 2

APPEARANCES +

Count Basie & His Orchestra* With Artie Shaw, Jimmy Rushing And Featuring Thelma Carpenter

The Transcription Recordings

Illinois Jacquet

The Jacquet Files, Volume 10 (Big Band Live At The Village Vanguard 1987)

2019, CD, Album, Squatty Roo Records

Illinois Jacquet

The Jacquet Files, Volume 9 (Big Band Live at the Village Vanguard 1987)

2018, CD, Album, Squatty Roo Records

Count Basie, Lester Young

Classic 1936-1947 Count Basie And Lester Young Studio Sessions

2016, 8xCD, Comp, Mono + Box, Comp, Ltd, Num, 5,0, Mosaic Records (2),

2012, CD, Album, Eighteenth Street Lounge Music

50 Singing Ladies - Une Anthologie 1933 / 1959

2010, 2xCD, Comp, Nocturne,

The Lamplighter All Star Broadcasts ~ 1945

2009, CD, Comp, Mono, RM, Hep Records (3),

Kansas City - Jumping The Blues From 6 To 6

2007, CD, Comp, Saga

Lester Young Featuring John Lewis (2), Buddy Rich, Jo Jones, Ray Brown, Hank Jones, Gene Ramey

2007, CD, Comp, RM, Promo Sound Ltd.,

Swing/Instrumental

Lester Leaps Again - Original Recordings 1942-1944

2005, CD, Comp, Naxos Jazz Legends

Blue Lester (The One And Only Lester Young)

2005, CD, Comp, RM, Savoy Jazz,

Little Jazz Trumpet Giant

2004, 4xCD, Comp, RM, Proper Records (2),

2003, CD, Album, Mexie L Records

Kansas City Sax: The Complete Kansas City Master Takes

2003, CD, Comp, Mono, Jasmine Records,

The Count Basie Big Band* And Lester Young

2002, DVD-A, Comp, Multichannel, Denon

The Savoy Story, Volume One - Jazz

2002, 3xCD, Comp + Box, RE, Savoy Jazz, Savoy Jazz, Atlantic,

Swing/Bop/Hard Bop/Cool Jazz/Vocal/Boogie Woogie

Savoy 60th Anniversary - Timeless

2002, 2xCD, Album, Comp, Savoy Jazz,

Tenor Sax Story Vol. 2 (1936/1951)

2002, CD, Comp, EPM Musique, Jazz Archives (2),

The Count Basie Story

2001, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Proper Records (2)

Classic Jazz: The Forties

2001, 2xCD, Comp, Time Life Music, Universal Music Special Markets,

2001, CD, Album, Comp, Mono, RM, Hep Records (3)

The Jubilee Shows - No. 96 And No. 171

2001, CD, Comp, Mono, The Jubilee Shows

Volume 10 - 1946 - The Complementary Works

2001, CD, Comp, Masters Of Jazz (2),

The Jubilee Shows No. 55, No. 200

2001, CD, Comp, Mono, The Jubilee Shows,

Swing/Big Band/Vocal

2000, CD, Comp, Jazz Magazine (2),

2000, CD, Comp, Classics (11),

The Lester Young Story

2000, 4x CD, Box Set,

Swing/Bop/Big Band

New York 1944 - 1948

1999, 2xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés,

Bop/Vocal/Cool Jazz

Kansas City Swing

1999, CD, Album, Comp, Definitive Records (2),

Big Man In A Small Band

1999, CD, Comp, ABM,

1998, CD, Comp, Classics (11),

Essential Jazz Ballads, Volume 1

1998, CD, Comp, RM, LaserLight Jazz, LaserLight Digital,

Jazz At The Philharmonic

The Complete Jazz At The Philharmonic On Verve (1944 - 1949)

1998, 10xCD, Comp, RM, Verve Records,

Jazz At The Philharmonic

The Complete Jazz At The Philharmonic On Verve (1944 - 1949)

1998, 10x CD Cardboard Sleeves, Box Set,

1997, 2xCD, Comp, Ltd, Num, Frémeaux & Associés,

Bop/Big Band/Swing

Count Basie And His Orchestra*

1997, CD, Comp, Classics (11),

Sarah Vaughan / Lester Young

One Night Stand: The Town Hall Concert 1947

Swing/Vocal/Ballad

Roots Of Rhythm & Blues 1939-1945

1996, 2xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés

1996, CD, Comp, RM, Marshall Cavendish, Marshall Cavendish

Kansas City 5*, 6* & 7*

1996, CD, Comp, Classics (11),

Volume 6 - 1944 - The Complementary Works

1996, CD, Comp, Média 7,

Volume 4 - 1944 - The Complementary Works

1995, CD, Comp, Média 7,

After You've Gone

The Complete Aladdin Recordings Of Lester Young

Count Basie And His Orchestra*

1994, CD, Comp, Four Star

Duke Ellington / Count Basie

Duke Ellington / Count Basie

1993, CD, Comp, Columbia

President - The Complete 1936-1951 Small Group Sessions Vol. 2 1942-1944

1993, CD, Comp, RM, Blue Moon (4),

President - The Complete 1936-1951 Small Group Sessions Vol. 4 1946-1949

1993, CD, Comp, Blue Moon (4),

President - The Complete 1936-1951 Small Group Sessions Vol. 3 1944-1946

1993, CD, Comp, Blue Moon (4),

I Gioielli Di Count Basie

1990, LP, Comp, Musica Jazz,

Count Basie And His Orchestra*

The Jubilee Alternatives

1990, CD, Comp, Mono, HEP Records (3),

Count Basie (Vol.1)

Лестер Янг*

Джаз-галерея

The V-Discs Volume 2

Lester Leaps Again

The Savoy Recordings - Vol. 1

The Lester Young Collection - A Retrospective

1988, LP, Comp, Deja Vu,

The Lester Young Collection - A Retrospective

1988, Cass, Comp, RM, Deja Vu,

Friends Of Fats (Volume Two)

1987, LP, Comp, Collectors Items

The Complete Lester Young

Count Basie Vol.VI-1946, 1950/1951 "The Orchestra And The Octet"

1986, 2xLP, Comp, CBS,

Count Basie Vol.V-1942, 1944/1946 "Avenue C"

1986, 2xLP, Comp, Mono, CBS,

Count Basie Vol.V - 1942, 1944/1946 "Avenue C"

1986, Cass, CBS,

Basie's Basement

The Complete Keynote Collection

Kansas City Memories

1985, LP, Comp, IAJRC, IAJRC,

I Grandi Del Sax-Tenore Nel Jazz Classico

1984, LP, Comp, Musica Jazz

Historical Prez - Lester Young 1940-1944

Count Basie And His Orchestra*

The Complete Aladdin Sessions Vol. 2

1983, LP, Comp, Mono, King Records

1983, 2xLP, Comp, Le Club Français Du Disque,

Swing/Vocal/Big Band/Dixieland/Hard Bop

All The Cats Join In

1982, LP, Comp, MCA Records

The Great Big Bands (L'Age d'Or Des Grands Orchestres Américains)

1982, 2xLP, Comp, RE, Disques Festival

The Great Big Bands

1982, Box Set, 3x Vinyl,

The Indispensable Count Basie

1982, 2x Vinyl,

Count Basie And His Orchestra*

1981, LP, Comp, Mono, Swing House Records,

Bobcats Reunion* / Basie All-Stars*

Hollywood Jumps! 1945

1981, LP, Origin Jazz Library

Count Basie And His Orchestra*

Los Angeles 1945 - New-York 1946

1980, Cass, Album, Tennessee (2),

Master Takes With Earle Warren & Johnny Guarnieri

1979, LP, Comp, Club, United Artists Records

Count Basie And His Orchestra*

Count Basie And His Orchestra 1946

Count Basie, Lester Young, Buddy Tate Et Ted Donelly*

Grand Concert Gravé En 1945

Oran "Hot Lips" Page* & Roy Eldridge

Trumpet Time (1940-1946)

1976, LP, Comp, Mono, MCA Records, MCA Records, MCA Records

Jazz 2: The Grand Piano Family

1976, 5x Vinyl, Box Set,

Lester Young With The Kansas City Seven*

"Prez" Leaps Again

Pres/The Complete Savoy Recordings

On Aladdin Vol. 2

1975, LP, Comp, Liberty

Count Basie And His Orchestra* Featuring Lester Young

New-York May 1944

Count Basie And His Orchestra*

Los Angeles 1945 - New-York 1946

The Aladdin Sessions

Little David The Goliath (1943-1946)

1974, LP, Comp, Mono, MCA Records, MCA Records

Count Basie And His Orchestra*

Sugar Hill Shuffle

Jazz Piano Solo / Raymond Fol N°2

1971, LP, Album, RCA Victor

At Savoy Ballroom 1937-1944

Nat King Cole, Lester Young

Nat King Cole And Lester Young

The Great Lester Young Volume Two

1965, LP, Comp, Mono, Liberty

Ghost Of A Chance

1960, 7", EP, Savoy Records

Count Basie And His Orchestra*

Basie's Best!! A Collection Of Immortal Performances

Blue Lester Part 1

1959, 7", EP, London Records,

Lester Young, Count Basie

Lester Young - Count Basie

Géants Du Jazz Vol 3

1958, 10", Comp, Mono, Fontana,

Count Basie And His Orchestra*

One O'Clock Jump

1957, 7", EP, RE, Columbia

One O'Clock Jump

Lester Young With Howard McGhee, Chico Hamilton, Willie Smith (2), Curtis Counce, Joe Albany, Vic Dickenson, Irving Ashby

Swinging Lester Young

Count Basie, Earl Hines

The Master's Touch

The Jazz Greats (Giants Of Jazz Volume I)

Count Basie And His Orchestra*

Count Basie Classics By The Great Count Basie Band

Count Basie And His Orchestra*

Count Basie Highlights 1942 - 1946

Coleman Hawkins & Lester Young

The "Pres" And The "Bean"

30 Ans De Jazz 1

The Greatest Lester Young

Tenor Sax Solos

Illinois Jacquet / Lester Young

Battle Of The Saxes

Count Basie's Kansas City Five

Lester Leaps Again / Destination K. C.

1950, Shellac, 10", Metronome

Count Basie And The Kansas City Seven / Lester Young And His Quartet*

Lester Young Quartet

Blue Lester / Jump Lester Jump

Lester Young And His Sextet*

Jumping With Symphony Sid / No Eyes Blues

1947, Shellac, 10", Aladdin (6),

Lester Young And His Sextet*

S.M. Blues / Sunday

1947, Shellac, 10", Aladdin (6)

Lester Young And His Sextet*

Sax-O-Be-Bop / On The Sunny Side Of The Street

Count Basie And His Orchestra*

Blue Skies / The King

Count Basie And His Orchestra*

High Tide / Lazy Lady Blues

Count Basie And His Orchestra*

I Didn't Know About You / Red Bank Boogie

1945, Shellac, 10", Columbia,

Count Basie And His Orchestra*

Taps Miller / Jimmy's Blues

Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, Don Byas, Ben Webster

Herbie Fields And His Orchestra

These Foolish Things / You Can Depend on Me

1944, Shellac, 12", Signature (4)

Kansas City Seven*

Destination K.C. / 6 Cats And A Prince

Kansas City Five Featuring Lester Young / Kansas City Seven*

Lester Leaps Again / After Theatre Jump

Jazz In History IV

2xCD, Comp, RM, History,

One Night Stand With Count Basie Featuring Buddy Rich

LP, Album, Joyce Music Corporation,

Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young

Coleman Hawkins & Lester Young 1943-45

LP, Comp, Mono, Tulip Records (3)

Count Basie And His Kansas City Five* / Count Basie And His Kansas City Seven*

Lester Leaps Again / Destination K. C.

Shellac, 12", Mercury,

Jazz Saxophone Vol. 33

2xLP, Gat, Monkey Records (4), Monkey Records (4),

Blue Lester Part 2

7", EP, London Records,

Illinois Jacquet And His Orchestra

Mean And Evil World / Blues

Shellac, 10", Jazz Selection,

Count Basie And His Kansas City Seven*

After Theatre Jump / Six Cats And A Prince

Shellac, 10", Metronome,

The Great Lester Young - Vol. 2

Lester Young, Count Basie

Memorial Lester Young

Count Basie & Lester

Lester Young Memorial Vol. 2

History of Jazz Vol. 3

Wie Man Mit Jazz Die Herzen Der Frauen Gewinnt

Swing/Bop/Latin Jazz/Cool Jazz/Spoken Word/Audiobook/Chicago Blues/Gypsy Jazz/Afro-Cuban Jazz/Big Band/Delta Blues/East Coast Blues/Country Blues/Piedmont Blues/Ragtime/Memphis Blues

1995, CD, Comp, Mono, The Sunday Times, The Sunday Times,

The Jazz Giants - Volume I

10", Comp, Mono, EmArcy,