On August 27, 1909, 100 years ago, 
Lester Young
saxophone1909 - 1959
On This Date in Music History: Lester Young Born
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data-original-title="" title="">Lester Young one of the true jazz giants, a tenor saxophonist, was born. Lester Young was the major influence on a generation of tenor saxophonists who preferred his relatively light, pure tone and agile swing to the husky heaviness of the once-dominant 
Coleman Hawkins
saxophone, tenor1904 - 1969
“Although he spent his earliest days near New Orleans, Lester Young lived in Minneapolis by 1920, playing in a legendary family band. Because he refused to tour in the South, Young left home in 1927 and instead toured with Art Bronson's Bostonians, He was back with the family band in 1929 and then freelanced for a few years, playing with
Walter Page
bass, acoustic1900 - 1957
Eddie Barefield
b.1909
Bennie Moten
composer / conductor1894 - 1935
King Oliver
trumpet1881 - 1938
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