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Bobby Bensley · Post by **Bobby Bensley** » 9 Jul 2002 2:28 pm

Would you mean who is this Lester Young?
Bio courtsey of <a href=http://www.allmusicguide.com>All Music Guide</a>

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Lester Young was one of the true jazz giants, a tenor saxophonist who came up with a completely different conception in which to play his horn, floating over bar lines with a light tone rather than adopting Coleman Hawkins' then-dominant forceful approach. A non-conformist, Young (nicknamed "Pres" by Billie Holiday) had the ironic experience in the 1950s of hearing many young tenors try to sound exactly like him.
Although he spent his earliest days near New Orleans, Lester Young lived in Minneapolis by 1920, playing in a legendary family band. He studied violin, trumpet, and drums, starting on alto at age 13. Because he refused to tour in the South, Young left home in 1927 and instead toured with Art Bronson's Bostonians, switching to tenor. He was back with the family band in 1929 and then freelanced for a few years, playing with Walter Page's Blue Devils (1930), Eddie Barefield in 1931, back with the Blue Devils during 1932-1933, and Bennie Moten and King Oliver (both 1933). He was with Count Basie for the first time in 1934 but left to replace Coleman Hawkins with Fletcher Henderson. Unfortunately, it was expected that Young would try to emulate Hawk, and his laid-back sound angered Henderson's sidemen, resulting in Pres not lasting long. After a tour with ...

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Del Rangel · Post by **Del Rangel** » 9 Jul 2002 3:02 pm

Yes, Ernest Bovine is correct. Please tell us when and where Liquid Kitty is playing

Earnest Bovine · Post by **Earnest Bovine** » 9 Jul 2002 3:33 pm

Liquid Kitty is the venue, not the band. It is a bar on Pico Blvd east of Bundy Drive, not far from the spot where O. J. Simpson brutally murdered Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown, stabbing them savagely, and leaving them to bleed to death on the sidewalk.

ebb · Post by **ebb** » 9 Jul 2002 3:59 pm

but the jury said...