. . . . . "Sonny Lester"@en . . "Lester, Sonny"@en . "Sonny Lester (born November 15, 1924) is a Grammy-award winning music producer from New York City. He started his career as a musician in a big band jazz ensemble before being drafted into the U.S. Army. During the war he earned a Purple Heart and worked under Henry Kissinger, who was an intelligence officer at time. Lester's recordings have been distributed over a number of labels, including Blue Note Records, United Artists, Capitol Records, Denon and CBS Records."@en . . "American record producer" . . . . "non_performing_personnel" . "1924Z"^^ . . . . "1924-11-15Z"^^ . . . . .