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Lester Young Centennial

ism — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:26:14 -0800

Lester Young (Aug. 27, 1909–March 15, 1959) is given not just a memorial, but extensive musicological criticism and contextual information in this ten-chapter series by jazz pianist and blogger Ethan Iverson of The Bad Plus. Solo transcriptions and analyses, interviews with Lee Konitz, Tootie and Jimmy Heath, Benny Golson, an essay on Young's influence on Miles Davis, a discographic primer and more. (Previously.) For more of Iverson's top-notch jazz blogging, here's Do the Math's table of contents. A lot of this deserves to be published outside of the blogosphere.

Yes, but does it swing?

klangklangston — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:07:28 -0800

Lengthy interview with The Bad Plus in All About Jazz

2003 Pazz & Jop

boltman — Thu, 19 Feb 2004 21:57:18 -0800

The 2003 Pazz & Jop results are in! Apparently it was the year of hip hop (sort of), in both albums and singles. Country music gets kudos for being so "cocksure" in a world of uncertainty. Acoustic jazz scores a big win with The Bad Plus coming in at number 60!