Being Prez
Equinox Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84553-058-7 (ISBN)
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Lester Young (1909-1959) was one of the great jazz masters, whose tenor saxophone playing brought new levels of expressiveness and subtlety to the jazz language. Many of his recordings - with Billie Holiday, as a member of Count Basie's band, and under his own name - are numbered among the finest examples of the art. A complicated, vulnerable, gentle man, Lester (dubbed 'The President', by Billie Holiday; later shortened to 'Prez') was brought up in his father's travelling carnival band. His early career was spent in the nightclubs and dancehalls of Kansas City and the South-West and he made his recording debut at the peak of the Swing Era. At the height of his powers, he was drafted into the US Army, where racism and his own unworldliness landed him in a military prison. Thereafter, he became withdrawn and suspicious, and, as his music grew darker, seemed to lose the will to live. The book follows Lester Young through his life in a rapidly changing world, showing how the music of this exceptionally sensitive man was affected by his experiences. The author, a musician himself, examines many of Lester's classic recordings in illuminating but non-technical detail.
Dave Gelly writes a weekly review column and occasional features for The Observer and is also an active contributor to The Spectator, New Statesman, The Independent, TLS and THES. He has hosted a weekly Radio Two show, was named Jazz Writer of the Year in the 1999 British jazz awards and was a leading writer on the Sony award winning ten-part BBC radio feature Sinatra: Voice of the Century. He is the author of a recent book about Stan Getz Nobody Else but Me (Backbeat 2002).
1. 'I Just Loved that Music' 2. The Territory 3. 'Well, Okay. So Now we'll Find out what Happens' 4. 'The Hippest Thing I ever Heard' 5. Jumpin' at the Woodside 6. Just Jivin' Around 7. Jammin' the Blues 8. DB Blues 9. Jumpin' at Mesner's 10. 'Von Hangman in Here' 11. Prez Returns 12. 'Let's Review the Books' 13. 'Ivey-Divey!'
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.7.2007 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Popular Music History |
| Zusatzinfo | 14 b&w photos |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Instrumentenkunde |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Jazz / Blues | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-84553-058-6 / 1845530586 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-84553-058-7 / 9781845530587 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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