Today is the birthday of the great jazz saxophonist Lester Young (1909-1959). This one blew my mind — to learn that Lester Young, whom I think of as the ultimate be bop hep cat, had a background in vaudeville! He grew up in his family’s musical act, The Young Family Band, which played the black […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:19PM on August 27, 2013