Alphabetarion # Originality | Lester Young, 1909-1959

Lester Young near the Five Spot Cafe NYC, 1958. (Photo: Herb Snitzer)

“Originality’s the thing, you can have tone and technique and a lot of other

 things, but without originality you ain’t really nowhere. Gotta be original.”  

Lester Young, 1909-1959

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