http://blog.oup.com/2007/11/lester_young/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:48:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blog.oup.com/2007/11/lester_young/comment-page-1/#comment-76484 tomasalsa Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:45:12 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/11/lester_young/#comment-76484 Love her accent and style of singing. Her story is very sad though. Love her accent and style of singing. Her story is very sad though.

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2007/11/lester_young/comment-page-1/#comment-71353 shavenwarthog Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:42:31 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/11/lester_young/#comment-71353 I'm reading Billie Holliday's "Lady Sings the Blues", her autobiography. It's quite good, told in a simple straightforward manner -- very interesting. I’m reading Billie Holliday’s “Lady Sings the Blues”, her autobiography. It’s quite good, told in a simple straightforward manner — very interesting.

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2007/11/lester_young/comment-page-1/#comment-70902 My Personal Blog » Prez and Billy Holiday Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:23:35 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/11/lester_young/#comment-70902 [...] Check it out! While looking through the blogosphere we stumbled on an interesting post today.Here’s a quick excerptDave Gelly, author of Being Prez: The Life and Music of Lester Young is the weekly jazz critic for The Observer and contributes to many other British periodicals. He was invested with the MBE by HM The Queen in 2005 and is also a professional saxophonist. In his book Gelly follows Lester Young through his life in a rapidly changing world, showing how the music of this exceptionally sensitive man was shaped by his experiences. Watch the clip below and then read Gelly’s explanation of why he picke [...] [...] Check it out! While looking through the blogosphere we stumbled on an interesting post today.Here’s a quick excerptDave Gelly, author of Being Prez: The Life and Music of Lester Young is the weekly jazz critic for The Observer and contributes to many other British periodicals. He was invested with the MBE by HM The Queen in 2005 and is also a professional saxophonist. In his book Gelly follows Lester Young through his life in a rapidly changing world, showing how the music of this exceptionally sensitive man was shaped by his experiences. Watch the clip below and then read Gelly’s explanation of why he picke [...]

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