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- catalog abstract ""He was jazz's first hipster. He performed in sunglasses and coined and popularized phrases like "that's cool" and "you dig?" He always wore a suit and his trademark porkpie hat. He influenced everyone from B.B. King to Stan Getz to Allen Ginsberg, creating a lyrical style of playing that forever changed the sound of the tenor saxophone." "In this biography of Lester Young (1909-1959), historian Douglas Daniels brings to life the man and his world, and corrects a number of misconceptions. Even though others have identified Young as a Kansas city musician, Daniels traces his roots to the blues of Louisiana and his early years traveling with his father's band and the legendary Oklahoma City Blue Devils. Later we see the jazz culture of New York in the early 1940s, when Young was launched to national and international fame with the Count Basie Orchestra and began to accompany his close friend Billie Holiday. After a year spent in an Army prison on a conviction for marijuana use, Young made changes in his music but never lost his sensitivity or soul."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12375476.
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description ""He was jazz's first hipster. He performed in sunglasses and coined and popularized phrases like "that's cool" and "you dig?" He always wore a suit and his trademark porkpie hat. He influenced everyone from B.B. King to Stan Getz to Allen Ginsberg, creating a lyrical style of playing that forever changed the sound of the tenor saxophone."".
- catalog description ""In this biography of Lester Young (1909-1959), historian Douglas Daniels brings to life the man and his world, and corrects a number of misconceptions. Even though others have identified Young as a Kansas city musician, Daniels traces his roots to the blues of Louisiana and his early years traveling with his father's band and the legendary Oklahoma City Blue Devils. Later we see the jazz culture of New York in the early 1940s, when Young was launched to national and international fame with the Count Basie Orchestra and began to accompany his close friend Billie Holiday. After a year spent in an Army prison on a conviction for marijuana use, Young made changes in his music but never lost his sensitivity or soul."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references, discography (p. 503-504), and index.".
- catalog description "Part I, Many Moons Ago -- Part II, The Spark in My Heart -- Part III, Up Here by Myself -- Part IV, The Legacy.".
- catalog extent "524 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Lester leaps in.".
- catalog identifier "0807071021 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Lester leaps in.".
- catalog isPartOf "African American music reference net".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Boston : Beacon Press,".
- catalog relation "Lester leaps in.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "788.7/165/092 B 21".
- catalog subject "Jazz musicians United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "ML419.Y7 D36 2002".
- catalog subject "Young, Lester, 1909-1959.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Part I, Many Moons Ago -- Part II, The Spark in My Heart -- Part III, Up Here by Myself -- Part IV, The Legacy.".
- catalog title "Lester leaps in : the life and times of Lester "Pres" Young / Douglas Henry Daniels.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".