Lester Leaps In: The Life & Times of Lester 'Pres' Young

Lester Ypung was jazz's first hipster. He performed in sunglasses and coined and popularized phrases like "that's cool" and "you dig?" He always wore a suit and his trademark porkpie hat. He influenced everyone from Charlie Parker to Stan Getz to Allen Ginsberg and Miles Davis, creating a lyrical style of playing that forever changed the sound of music.

CONTENIDO:

PART I: Many Moons Ago
1- The President of the Tenor Saxophone
2.- Shoeshine Boy: Way Down Yonder, 1909-1919
3.- The Proffesor: The Louisiana Heritage
4.- Big Top Blues: On the Road, 1919-1926
5.- Jump Lester Jump: Winter Homes, 1919-1929

PART II: The Spark in My Heart
6.- Red Boy Blues: The Territorial Years, 1929-1932
7.- Blue Devil Blues: 1932-1933
8.- Big Eyes Blues: In the Court of the King, 1933
9.- No Eyes Blues: More Than Just Music, 1934-1936
10.- Poundcake: The Holy Main, 1936-1943
11.- Watts Eyes: Paying Dues, 1941-1943
12.- D.B. Blues: Tribulation and Trial, 1943-1945

PART III: Up Here by Myself
13.- Sax-o-Be-Bop: Life at the Top
14.- Lester Blows Again: Critics' and Sidemen's Views
15.- Movin' with Lester: "Always Reaching..."
16.- Up 'n' Adam: The Cult of the Cool

PART IV: The Legacy
17.- Good-bye Pork Pie Hat

Personal Interviews
Notes
Selected Discography
Acknowledgments
Index