The Sheikh and the Princess Bride by Susan Mallery

The Sheikh and the Princess Bride by Susan Mallery

Lester Young was one of the great jazz masters, and his impact on the course of the art form was profound. He fundamentally changed the way the saxophone was played--his long, flowing lines brought new levels of expressiveness and subtlety to the jazz language, setting the standard for all modern players.
In Being Prez, renowned British critic Dave Gelly follows Lester Young through his life in a rapidly changing world, showing how the music of this exceptionally sensitive man was shaped by his experiences. The reader meets a complicated, vulnerable, gentle individual who was brought up in his father's traveling carnival band. His early career was spent in the nightclubs and dancehalls of Kansas City and the Southwest, and he made his landmark recording debut at the peak of the Swing Era. But at the height of his powers, he was drafted into the US Army, where racism and his own unworldliness landed him in military prison. Following these events, Young grew increasingly withdrawn and suspicious, changes in his character reflected in the darkening mood of his music. Gelly, himself a jazz saxophonist, examines many of Young's classic recordings in illuminating detail. He reveals how as a saxophonist--and as major contributor to the Count Basie band--Young created a strong personal voice, a cool modernism, and a new rhythmic flexibility in the freely dancing rhythms of 4-beat swing.
With his sax jutting oddly to one side, his bizarre oblique use of language, and his unique musical rapport with Billie Holiday (who famously nicknamed him Prez), Lester Young has become an icon and a cult figure. This marvelous biography illuminates the life and work of this giant of jazz.

Mallery, Susan: - New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery has won the hearts of millions of readers around the world with books described as immensely entertaining, intensely emotional (RT Book Reviews), hilarious (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) and heartwarming (Publishers Weekly). One major retailer recently described her as the queen of romantic fiction. While she deeply appreciates the accolades of critics and booksellers, Mallery is even more honored by the enthusiasm of her readers and the word of mouth that catapults her toward the top of the bestsellers lists time and again. Mallery lives in not-so-sunny Seattle with her husband and a toy poodle who makes her laugh every day and who's not even a little bit impressed by her growing fame. Visit Susan online at www.SusanMallery.com.

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ISBN 13	9780373246472
ISBN 10	0373246471
Title	The Sheikh and the Princess Bride
Author	Susan Mallery
Series	Silhouette Special Edition S
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Binding type	Paperback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	2005-02-26
Number of pages	256
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