The Lester Young Collection: Tenor Saxophone (Häftad)
avLester Young
ISBN: 9780634065750 - UTGIVEN: 2004-05(Artist Transcriptions). Nicknamed "Pres" by Billie Holiday (short for President of the Tenor Sax), jazz giant Lester Young is considered to be one of the most important and influential saxophonists of all time. This great tribute folio transcribes 30 of his finest standards, together with a bio and[...]
Lester Young (Häftad)
avLewis Porter
ISBN: 9780472089222 - UTGIVEN: 200603Praise for "Lester Young"
." . . a schematic of unparalleled insight and detail."
---"Down Beat"
"A monumental work."
---Dizzy Gillespie
." . . a major contribution to jazz scholarship . . . for its illumination of Lester Young's music and for setting the biographical record straig[...]
Body and Soul -- The Evolution of a Tenor Saxophone Standard: Transcriptions and Analysis of Solos By: Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Stan Getz, Sonny (häftad)
ISBN: 9781562243029 - UTGIVEN: 2016-02For all serious jazz musicians From Coleman Hawkins to Chris Potter, the evolution of jazz style and harmony is carefully examined and clearly explained in this monumental work centered around iconic solos on the great standard "Body & Soul." Includes complete and accurate transcriptions of Coleman[...]
Lester Leaps in: The Life and Times of Lester Pres Young (Pocket)
avDaniels, Douglas Henry
ISBN: 9780807071250He 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 ch[...]
