Pres : the story of Lester Young / Luc Delannoy ; translated by Elena B. Odio.

Author/creator Delannoy, Luc
Format Book
Publication InfoFayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 1993.
Descriptionxvi, 252 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Uniform titleLester Young. English
Contents Prologue: Manhattan -- Part One: Lester leaps in. "My father" -- "A hot little number" -- Sunrise -- Trumbauer was my idol -- Salina, Kansas -- The Blue Devil -- Kansas City, all the difference -- Henderson and heartbreak -- Basie -- The confirmation -- Perfect harmony -- Reproaches -- Source and spirit -- The rift -- Part Two: Lester leaps again. It's sad but true -- Sidelined -- Guardhouse barracks blues -- Watch your step -- Bebop, Cool, and Swing, too -- You stupid sonovabitch -- Critical reviews -- Paris, La Louisiane.
Abstract Doug Ramsey speaks of Lester Young as "the gentle, bedeviled genius whose vision of beauty found expression even though he was hounded throughout his life by nearly every demon the twentieth century had managed to spawn." This is his story.
General noteTranslation of: Lester Young.
Bibliography noteDiscography: pages 225-242.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 223-224) and index.
LCCN 92022003
ISBN1557282633 (c : alk. paper)
ISBN1557282641 (p : alk. paper)
Other class# HI.F 3/178-8:P 737/993

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Music Music Stacks ML419.Y7 D413 1993 ✔ Available Place Hold