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Thursday, 27 August 2015
106th birthday of Lester Young
(Born 27 August 1909, Woodville, Mississippi, US)
“Pres”/“Prez” of the tenor, influential tenor saxophonist whose unique, more introverted tone has had an immense impact on several successive lead players of the instrument including, especially, Gordon, Getz, Mulligan, Cohn, Sims, Quinichette and Stitt
(Billie holiday
& Her All Stars, featuring Lester Young, play “Fine and mellow” [full personnel: Holiday, vocals;
Roy Eldridge, trumpet; Doc Cheatham, trumpet; Vic Dickenson, trombone; Gerry Mulligan,
baritone saxophone; Lester Young, tenor saxophone; Ben Webster, tenor
saxophone; Coleman Hawkins, tenor saxophone; Danny Baker, guitar; Mal Waldron,
piano; Milt Hinton, bass; Osie Johnson, drums; recorded: CBS, “Sound of Jazz”,
New York, US, 8 December 1957])
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