Pres The Story of Lester Young |
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| Author:
| Delannoy, Luc |
| ISBN: | 978-1-55728-264-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 1993 |
| Publisher: | University of Arkansas Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $22.95 |
Book Description:
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The critic Norman Granz called tenor saxophonist Lester Young "the greatest musician I have heard on the instrument." Douglas Ramsey speaks of Young as "the gentle bedeviled genius whose vision of beauty found expression even though he was hounded throughout his life by nearly every demon the twentieth century had managed to spawn." This is his story, told with love and candour.
The critic Norman Granz called tenor saxophonist Lester Young "the greatest musician I have heard on the instrument." Douglas Ramsey speaks of Young as "the gentle bedeviled genius whose vision of beauty found expression even though he was hounded throughout his life by nearly every demon the twentieth century had managed to spawn." This is his story, told with love and candour.