Les Strand

Les Strand (born Leslie Strandt[1] 1925-2002) was an American jazz organist.[2] He was considered a pioneer, Jimmy Smith referred to him as "the Art Tatum of the organ".[3][4]

Recordings
  • Les Strand at the Baldwin Organ (Fantasy 3231, 1956)
  • Plays Jazz Classics on the Baldwin Organ (Fantasy 3242, 1956)
  • Plays Duke Ellington (On the Hammond Organ) (Fantasy 3256, 1958)
  • The Winners: Les Strand & the Yamaha with Their Friends, Barney Kessel & Shelly Manne (Yamaha, 196?)

References
  1. Joseph F. Clarke (1977). Pseudonyms. BCA. p. 155.
  2. John Steuart Wilson (1959). The collector's jazz: modern. Lippincott.
  3. David H. Rosenthal (9 September 1993). Hard Bop: Jazz and Black Music 1955-1965. Oxford University Press. pp. 110–. ISBN 978-0-19-535899-5.
  4. "Keyboard". 15. GPI Publications. 1988: 46. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)


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