| Name: | Lester Young |
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| Born: | Friday, August 27, 1909 |
| Died: | Sunday, March 15, 1959 |
| Remarks: | Lester Young was one of the true jazz giants, a tenor saxophonist who came up with a completely different conception in which to play his horn, floating over bar lines with a light tone rather than adopting Coleman Hawkins' then-dominant forceful approach. A non-conformist, Young (nicknamed "Pres" by Billie Holiday) had the ironic experience in the 1950s of hearing many young tenors try to sound exactly like him. |
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| Instrument | Date: |
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| Clarinet | 1937-Apr-17 / 1937-Jun-23 / 1937-Jun-30 / 1937-Nov-03 / 1938-Sep-15 |
| Sax, Tenor | 1937-Jan-25 / 1937-Apr-17 / 1937-May-11 / 1937-Jun-01 / 1937-Jun-15 / 1937-Jun-23 / 1937-Jun-30 / 1937-Sep-13 / 1937-Nov-03 / 1938-Jan-06 / 1938-Jan-12 / 1938-Oct-31 / 1938-Nov-09 / 1939-Dec-13 / 1940-Jun-07 / 1940-Dec-19 / 1941-Mar-21 / 1942-Jun-01 / 1942-Jun-12 / 1946-May-27 / 1946-Jun-03 / 1949-Aug-17 / 1955-May-06 / 1957-Dec-05 / 1957-Dec-08 |
