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Sonny Lester

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b. November 15, 1924 - New York City

American jazz producer who founded the labels Groove Merchant, Lester Radio Corporation, and Lester Recording Catalog, and co-founded Solid State Records (2).
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Releases:
How To Belly-Dance For Your Husband (LP)   Emus  
Production:
Burning Bridges / Oh, Little One (7", Single)   Top Rank International 1960
Brass On Fire (LP, Album)   Solid State Records (2) 1966
Exotica 1970 (LP)   Solid State Records (2) 1966
I Cover The Waterfront / Slow But Sure (7")   Solid State Records (2) 1966
The Big Band (LP, Album, Gat)   Solid State Records (2) 1966
A Bag Full Of Blues (LP, Album)   Solid State Records (2) 1967
A Man And A Woman (LP, Album)   Solid State Records (2) 1967
A Mand And A Woman (Un Homme Et Une Femme) (7")   Solid State Records (2) 1967
I've Got A New Woman (LP, Album)   Solid State Records (2) 1968
Jazz For A Sunday Afternoon Volume 2 (LP, Album, Gat)   Solid State Records (2) 1968
Joe Williams And The Jazz Orchestra (LP)   Solid State Records (2) 1968
Now He Sings, Now He Sobs (Album) (4 versions)   Solid State Records (2) ... 1968
Someday (I Know, I Know) / You're A Stone Groovy Thing (2 versions)   Solid State Records (2) 1968
Soul Strings & A Funky Horn (LP, Album)   Solid State Records (2) 1968
The Worm (Album) (2 versions)   Solid State Records (2) ... 1968
The Worm / Keep Loose (7")   Solid State Records (2) 1968
A Thing To Come By (Album) (2 versions)   Solid State Records (2) 1969
A Thing To Come By / Charlotte (7")   United Artists Records 1969
Is (2 versions)   Solid State Records (2) 1969
Legwork (LP)   Solid State Records (2) 1969
Step One (LP, Album)   Solid State Records (2) 1969
This Is Jeremy Steig (LP)   Solid State Records (2) 1969
Consummation (LP, Album)   Blue Note 1970
Electric Funk (Album) (2 versions)   Blue Note 1970
Energy (LP, Album)   Capitol Records 1970
Fat Cakes / Sugar Sugar (7")   Capitol Records 1970
The Song Of Singing (Album) (2 versions)   Blue Note 1970
Wayfaring Stranger (LP)   Blue Note 1970
Black Pearl (LP, Album)   Blue Note 1971
Black Pearl (7")   Blue Note 1971
Groove Grease (Album) (2 versions)   Groove Merchant ... 1971
Love Ain't Nothin' But A Business Goin' On (Album) (2 versions)   Simitar Entertainment ... 1971
Soul Sugar (LP)   Capitol Records 1971
The Bird / Plain Brown Bag (7")   Capitol Records 1971
Black Velvet (LP)   Groove Merchant 1972
Breeding Of Mind (LP)   Groove Merchant 1972
Fly Dude (Album) (2 versions)   Groove Merchant ... 1972
Good Things Don't Happen Every Day (LP)   Groove Merchant 1972
Let's Stay Together (LP)   Groove Merchant 1972
Let's Stay Together / The Theme From Shaft (7")   Groove Merchant 1972
Madame Foo-Foo (LP)   Groove Merchant 1972
American Pie (Album) (2 versions)   People Records (3) ... 1973
Black And Blues (2xLP, Album)   People Records (3) 1973
Dawn Of A New Day (LP)   Groove Merchant 1973
Friday The 13th. Cook County Jail. (LP)   Groove Merchant 1973
Madame Foo-Foo (LP)   People Records (3) 1973
Night Glider (LP)   Groove Merchant 1973
Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky (7")   Groove Merchant 1974
Giants Of The Organ Come Together (Album) (2 versions)   Groove Merchant 1974
Giants Of The Organ In Concert (Album) (3 versions)   Groove Merchant ... 1974
Hands Of Fire (2xLP)   Groove Merchant 1974
If You're Ready Come Go With Me (Comp) (2 versions)   Groove Merchant ... 1974
Joy Of Cookin' (Album) (2 versions)   Groove Merchant ... 1974
Man And Woman (LP)   Groove Merchant 1974
New Improved Funk (LP)   People Records (3) 1974
Piano Giants (2xLP)   Groove Merchant 1974
Simba (Album) (2 versions)   Groove Merchant ... 1974
Sundance (LP, Album)   Groove Merchant 1974
Supa Cookin' (2xLP)   Groove Merchant 1974
The Cisco Kid (2 versions)   Groove Merchant ... 1974
The Cisco Kid / Groove Grease (7", Promo, DJ )   Groove Merchant 1974
The Last Blues Album Volume 1 (LP, Album)   Groove Merchant 1974
The Main Squeeze (LP, Album)   Groove Merchant 1974
The Roar Of 74 (LP, Album)   Groove Merchant 1974
The Sweet Life (LP)   Groove Merchant 1974
Afro-Desia (LP)   Groove Merchant 1975
Afrodesia (2 versions)   Groove Merchant 1975
Bad Stuff! (2xLP, Album)   Groove Merchant 1975
Big Band Machine (LP, Album)   Groove Merchant 1975
Hunk-A-Funk (2xLP)   Groove Merchant 1975
Masada (LP)   Groove Merchant 1975
Masada / Gemini Flyin' High (7")   Groove Merchant 1975
Stump Juice (LP, Album)   Groove Merchant 1975
The Sermon (7", Promo)   Groove Merchant 1975
Feelin's From Within (2 versions)   Groove Merchant ... 1976
Funky Fever / Polarizer (3 versions)   T.K. Disco ... 1976
It Feels So Nice (Do It Again) / The Mean Machine (12")   Groove Merchant 1976
It Feels So Nice / The Mean Machine (2 versions)   Groove Merchant 1976
Keep On Lovin' (LP)   Groove Merchant 1976
Red Beans (LP)   Groove Merchant 1976
The Mean Machine (LP)   Groove Merchant 1976
Windows (LP)   Groove Merchant 1976
Funk Reaction (LP)   Lester Radio Corporation 1977
Funk Reaction / When The Night Is Right (7")   T.K. Records 1977
Here I Come (Album) (2 versions)   Lester Radio Corporation 1977
Tailgunner (Album) (2 versions)   Lester Radio Corporation ... 1977
Time Has Changed (LP, Album)   Lester Radio Corporation 1977
A Clue (7")   Lester Radio Corporation 1978
All Things Beautiful (LP, Album)   Lester Recording Catalog 1978
Circulus (2xLP, Jaz)   Blue Note 1978
Funk Reaction / For The Love Of It (2 versions)   T.K. Disco 1978
Funk Reaction / It's Changed (2 versions)   Lester Radio Corporation ... 1978
Get In The Wind (LP)   Lester Radio Corporation 1978
High Voltage (LP)   MPS Records 1978
Outside Looking In (LP)   Lester Radio Corporation 1978
Plato's Retreat (7", Single, Promo)   Lester Radio Corporation 1978
Plato's Retreat / A Place In Space (Single) (4 versions)   T.K. Disco ... 1978
Sky Hawk / Tailgunner (2 versions)   T.K. Disco 1978
Two Doors Down / Here I Come (3 versions)   T.K. Disco ... 1978
B. Baker Chocolate Co. (Album) (4 versions)   Lester Radio Corporation ... 1979
Good Vibes (LP)   CBS 1979
Higher And Higher / The High And The Mighty (12")   T.K. Disco 1979
Higher And Higher / The High And The Mighty (12", Promo)   T.K. Disco 1979
Live At The Village Vanguard (LP)   Blue Note 1979
Make Your Move (LP)   Lester Radio Corporation 1979
Make Your Move / Get On Back (3 versions)   T.K. Disco ... 1979
Niteflyte Dancin' (2xLP, Mixed) Make Your Move T.K. Records 1979
Harry "Sweets" Edison (LP)   America Records 1980
Jimmy McGriff (LP, Album)   America Records 1980
The Bull (LP)   Chiaroscuro Records 1980
Europa Jazz (LP)   Europa Jazz 1981
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 32 (LP)   Curcio 1981
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 53 (LP, Album, RE)   Curcio 1981
The Brain / Walz For Bill Evans / Converge / Vamp (LP)   Europa Jazz 1981
Denon Jazz Sampler Volume 1 (CD, Smplr) Nice Work If You Can G... Denon 1986
Early Days (CD, RE)   Lester Recording Catalog 1989
Plays Gershwin (CD, Album)   Lester Recording Catalog 1993
Joe Williams And Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Orchestra (CD, Album)   Blue Note 1994
The Best Of T.K. Disco Singles (CD, Comp, RM) Plato's Retreat Hot Classics 1994
The Gold Collection (2xCD)   Recording Arts SA 1997
Soothing Sounds For Baby Volume I (1-6 Months) (LP, Album, RE)   Epic 1999
Soothing Sounds For Baby Volume II (6-12 Months) (LP, RE)   Epic 1999
Soothing Sounds For Baby Volume III (12-18 Months) (LP, RE)   Epic 1999
Dig On It (CD, Comp)   Connoisseur Collection 2000
Groovin' With Groove (CD, Comp)   Lester Recording Catalog 2003
Somebody Loves Me (CD, Album)   Lester Recording Catalog 2003
Live At The Village Vanguard (CD, RE, RM)   Blue Note 2005
The Hub Of Hubbard (CD, Album, RE, RM)   MPS Records, Universal Music Classics & Jazz 2009
Black Pearl / Groove Alley (7")   Blue Note  
Creampuff / I'll Take You There (7")   Groove Merchant  
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 11 (LP)   Curcio  
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 15 (LP)   Curcio  
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 3 (LP)   Curcio  
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 88 (LP, Album)   Curcio  
New Improved Funk (LP, Rei)   Groove Merchant  
New Improved Funk / Guitar Lover Man (7", Promo)   Groove Merchant  
The Bull (Acetate, 10", S/Sided)   Not On Label  
Transition (LP)   Groove Merchant  
Appears On:
Dig On It (CD, Comp) The Bird, The Worm Turns Connoisseur Collection 2000
Tracks Appear On:
Tribe Vibes Vol. 1 (2xLP) On Green Dolphin Street Strictly Breaks Records 1997
Favorite Grooves (Cass, Mixed, Comp) Green Dolphin St. Not On Label 1999
Favorite Grooves (CD, Comp, Mixed, Ltd) Green Dolphin St. Dopewax 2004
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