Werner Zangerle

Who doesn't like a Lester Young story?

Ted Gioia on Lester Youngs Christmas Comeback in 1956.

"By any measure, he was the least macho tenor sax star in the history of jazz."

Yes!

"No matter what your norm was, Lester Young typically operated two standard deviations outside of it. That was his milieu."

... and it's so good that he operated outside the norm.

https://tedgioia.substack.com/p/my-favorite-jazz-holiday-story-lester

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My Favorite Jazz Holiday Story: Lester Young's Christmas Comeback

In a dim, windowless upstairs room on 13th Street in DC, a sax legend of the 1930s delivers a masterpiece in his final days.

The Honest Broker
Dec 15, 2022 at 7:19amWeb
Show threadTekinDec 15, 2022
@wernerzangerle this sounds really close to the plotline of the Disney movie Soul.
Show threadWerner ZangerleDec 15, 2022
@tekin Which part of the story?
Show threadTekinDec 15, 2022
@wernerzangerle music teacher trying to make ends meet; gets to play with a legend out of pure luck
Show threadWerner ZangerleDec 15, 2022
@tekin You're right! I was so focused on the Lester Young side of the story that I didn't see it.
Show threadTekinDec 15, 2022
@wernerzangerle I guess I should have said mildly close not "really" close now that I think about it :):)