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| | 1. |  | Being Prez: The Life and Music of Lester Young
from Oxford University Press, USA
Price: $5.11
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Well, if you do, and if you are curious to know more of one of its most influential figures, you've got to read about Lester! And if you even play the saxophone, you have to read it for sure. This book brings a good insight into the early days of jazz, and it brings us its human sides, letting us... more info
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| | 3. |  | No Eyes: Lester Young
from Black Sparrow Press
Price: $9.25
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I kind of trashed Meltzer's "Reading Jazz," so let me make it up here with a big thumbs up for a really fun collection. The poems in No Eyes are accessible and lyrical with a great feel for the music--they spread down the page like tasty sax tootles in a classic Young solo. I especially like how... more info
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| | 5. |  | Lester Young (Jazz Perspectives)
from University of Michigan Press
Price: $6.00
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This is a great book if you want to try to understand Prez. There are tons of transcribed solos, and you can listen and read along--or even better--play along. All examples are in Bb transcription, so you can play along on your own Tenor Sax.
Take for example the solo he did with Count Basie on... more info
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| | 7. |  | PRES:THE STORY OF LESTER YOUNG
from University of Arkansas Press
Price: $12.79
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Not only is Luc Delannoy's LESTER YOUNG both scholarly and entertaining; it is a fresh, thought-provoking biography, penned with affection, that breaks new grounds. Delannoy is the first jazz historian I know of to show exactly what Lester meant when he'd quiet tell all those early, prying... more info
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