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Being Prez: The Life and Music of Lester Young(Popular Music History)

Being Prez: The Life and Music of Lester Young(Popular Music History)


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About the Book

Lester Young (1909-1959) was one of the great jazz masters, whose tenor saxophone playing brought new levels of expressiveness and subtlety to the jazz language. Many of his recordings - with Billie Holiday, as a member of Count Basie's band, and under his own name - are numbered among the finest examples of the art. A complicated, vulnerable, gentle man, Lester (dubbed 'The President', by Billie Holiday; later shortened to 'Prez') was brought up in his father's travelling carnival band. His early career was spent in the nightclubs and dancehalls of Kansas City and the South-West and he made his recording debut at the peak of the Swing Era. At the height of his powers, he was drafted into the US Army, where racism and his own unworldliness landed him in a military prison. Thereafter, he became withdrawn and suspicious, and, as his music grew darker, seemed to lose the will to live. The book follows Lester Young through his life in a rapidly changing world, showing how the music of this exceptionally sensitive man was affected by his experiences. The author, a musician himself, examines many of Lester's classic recordings in illuminating but non-technical detail.

Table of Contents:
1. 'I Just Loved that Music' 2. The Territory 3. 'Well, Okay. So Now we'll Find out what Happens' 4. 'The Hippest Thing I ever Heard' 5. Jumpin' at the Woodside 6. Just Jivin' Around 7. Jammin' the Blues 8. DB Blues 9. Jumpin' at Mesner's 10. 'Von Hangman in Here' 11. Prez Returns 12. 'Let's Review the Books' 13. 'Ivey-Divey!'

About the Author :
Dave Gelly writes a weekly review column and occasional features for The Observer and is also an active contributor to The Spectator, New Statesman, The Independent, TLS and THES. He has hosted a weekly Radio Two show, was named Jazz Writer of the Year in the 1999 British jazz awards and was a leading writer on the Sony award winning ten-part BBC radio feature Sinatra: Voice of the Century. He is the author of a recent book about Stan Getz Nobody Else but Me (Backbeat 2002).

Review :
'What a glorious book! I expected from Dave Gelly informed and perceptive commentary on Lester Young's music. What came as a rich bonus was the warm light Dave has shone through the veil of obscurantism behind which the jazz genius chose to live his life.How come? By widening the focus to take in detail of the fascinating jazz world that Lester inhabited, all described with a lightness of touch that leads to many smiles - and a few lumps in the throat. By the end of a biography that is surely definitive in the true sense, I felt the glow experienced after viewing a sensitive and beautifully-constructed documentary. Then I went straight to my record shelves to listen again, with ears eager and refreshed, to all the lovely music.'Humphrey Lyttelton'This exemplary and concise study is illuminated by the author's straight-ahead prose. While fully aware of the musical and biographical details, Gelly wears his knowledge lightly in a way that will appeal to general readers as well as specialists.'Brian Priestley, author of Chasin' The Bird and co-author of The Rough Guide to Jazz'An outstanding book, covering the life and music of a truly unique musician, by one of the most perceptive and literate jazz writers. Eminently readable from the first page to the last, Being Prez is an essential addition to the jazz library.'Alun Morgan, Jazz Journal International


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781845530587
  • Publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Equinox Publishing Ltd
  • Height: 234 mm
  • Series Title: Popular Music History
  • Width: 156 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1845530586
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jul 2007
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: The Life and Music of Lester Young


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