"Lots of people are surprised when I tell them where my tunes come from," Lester says. "I've either reharmonized or inverted the chords, reworked them so that they aren't, I hope, just the original ...

Jazz Night shines a light on the reclusive 74-year-old pianist Billy Lester. Lester has spent his whole life in Yonkers, N.Y. We hear his story... Lost (And Found) In Yonkers: The Billy Lester Story ...

Pianist Billy Lester is a musical original. That's obvious from the first, oh, 17 seconds of Unabridged, his sixth album and second all-solo recording. Listen to the unusual, brief motif with which ...