How Did Lester Young Develop
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Timothy OʼDwyer Head, SoCM.
Music History (Jazz).
October 20, 2012
Development and Maturity of the saxophone Style of Lester Young
Introduction This essay is about the development and maturity of the saxophone style of Lester Young including his influences and his legacy to the jazz tradition. It will be discussing specifically Lester Young’s early period from 1925 – 1959 to describe and illustrate the main aspects of his influences and his legacy to the jazz tradition. In addition I will be describing comparisons with some other musicians of his time including Coleman Hawkins while using analysis of his solos. To further explore the development and maturity of Young’s style I will be analyzing …show more content…
And the three great musicians are considered the “big three” of swing tenors. Hawkins was a talking, walking jazz composition—a living exercise in artistic improvisation. Lester Young thought Coleman Hawkins was the President first, he was the second one. Miles Davis once also said: "When I heard Hawk, I learned to play ballads." To that extent, Hawkins is also a powerful person at music. But there is some different style between Hawkins and Young, Hawkins played around harmonic ways while Young played flurries of notes and had a huge tone that the other tenor players of the day emulated. As we all know, Lester Young was also called “Prez”, because Billie Holiday felt that America's greatest people, should be President Roosevelt, and in jazz music, Young deserves the name “Prez” from the President is also a proper. And there are something in common between Hawkins and Young, they all wore the same uniform with difference on their collar and cap on stage, that has been part of jazz tradition and the western blues ever since. Young’s accomplishments and playing skills helped define a generation and changed the jazz
Timothy OʼDwyer Head, SoCM.
Music History (Jazz).
October 20, 2012
Development and Maturity of the saxophone Style of Lester Young
Introduction This essay is about the development and maturity of the saxophone style of Lester Young including his influences and his legacy to the jazz tradition. It will be discussing specifically Lester Young’s early period from 1925 – 1959 to describe and illustrate the main aspects of his influences and his legacy to the jazz tradition. In addition I will be describing comparisons with some other musicians of his time including Coleman Hawkins while using analysis of his solos. To further explore the development and maturity of Young’s style I will be analyzing …show more content…
And the three great musicians are considered the “big three” of swing tenors. Hawkins was a talking, walking jazz composition—a living exercise in artistic improvisation. Lester Young thought Coleman Hawkins was the President first, he was the second one. Miles Davis once also said: "When I heard Hawk, I learned to play ballads." To that extent, Hawkins is also a powerful person at music. But there is some different style between Hawkins and Young, Hawkins played around harmonic ways while Young played flurries of notes and had a huge tone that the other tenor players of the day emulated. As we all know, Lester Young was also called “Prez”, because Billie Holiday felt that America's greatest people, should be President Roosevelt, and in jazz music, Young deserves the name “Prez” from the President is also a proper. And there are something in common between Hawkins and Young, they all wore the same uniform with difference on their collar and cap on stage, that has been part of jazz tradition and the western blues ever since. Young’s accomplishments and playing skills helped define a generation and changed the jazz