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Billie, Lester fats and Duke by artist Frederick J. Brown
The Spike Lee “Creative Sources” Exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum
Eastern Parkway,
Brooklyn, New York
Billie, Lester, Fats and Duke
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Tag Archives: Lester Young
Our Love Is Here To Stay: Lester Young
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Sometimes I’m amazed how sexy Lester Young’s tenor sax still sounds to this tired body. Teddy Wilson on piano.
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Blue and Sentimental
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Monday morning says a few more minutes lying in bed, staring at the ceiling fan, wondering what happened.
Count Basie, piano
Herschel Evans, Tenor Sax
Lester Young, Clarinet
Jo Jones, drums
I first encountered this piece while acting in a production of Lorraine Hansberry’s The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window. I had to dance drunkenly in the dark to this.
Thanks to YouTuber Rick Russell
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I Got Rhythm
Charlie Parker, Willie Smith – alto saxes, Buck Clayton – trumpet, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young – tenor saxes, Irving Ashby – guitar, Kenny Kersey – piano, Billy Hadnott – bass, Buddy Rich – drums.
