105th birthday of Lester Young

(Born 27 August 1909, Woodville, Miss, US)

“Pres” of the tenor, influential tenor saxophonist whose unique, more introverted tone has had an immense impact on several successive lead players of the instrument including, especially, Gordon, Getz, Mulligan, Cohn, Sims, Quinichette and Stitt

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