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Lester Leaps In: A great day in class with Lester and Billie
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In this week's episode of Otis Brown Podcast, I offer some thoughts on the work of another great Mississippi native, the saxophone genius, template for all hipsters from then until now, the king of cool, Lester Willis Young, "Prez," born in Woodville Mississippi, August 27, 1909.
I explore Lester's musical relationships with Mary Lou Williams, Count Basie, Billie Holiday and Marie Bryant and mention his proficiency with profanity--a thing I admire, even while I refrain for the sake of the podcast.
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Keywords:
Lester Young
Milt Hinton
William "Count" Basie
Mary Lou Williams
Billie Holiday
Coleman Hawkins
Nat "King" Cole
Buddy Rich
Gjon Mili
"Jammin the Blues" (1944)
To Have and Have Not (1944)
Ernest Hemingway
William Falkner
Humphrey Bogart
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