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San Diego California Union Tribune Lester Leaps in: The Life and Times of Lester "Pres" Young by Douglas Henry Daniels, The acclaimed biography of the legendary tenor "Lester Leaps In jumps off the page with authenticity and insight. The Prez was an amazing creator with a uniquely wicked sense of humor, and this book captures it all." --Quincy Jones "Twenty years in the making, this is the most thorough and penetrating book on the President of the Tenor Saxophone to date." --Publishers Weekly "A provocative book, presenting Lester Young in a novel, even controversial light while opening new avenues of possible investigation into one of the most tantalizingly enigmatic of all historic jazz figures." --Richard Sudhalter, Los Angeles Times "The lessons learned from Pres" painful life tell us a lot about ourselves and the horrible consequences of racism in America." --T. Michael Crowell, San Diego Union-Tribune Douglas Henry Daniels is professor of history and black studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is author of Pioneer Urbanites: A Social and Cultural History of Black San Francisco and lives in Santa Barbara.
The San Diego Union-Tribune - The San Diego Union-Tribune is a daily newspaper published in San Diego, California by the Copley Press. The result of a February 2, 1992 merger of The San Diego Union, founded October 10, 1868, and the Evening Tribune, founded December 2, 1895, it refers to itself as the oldest business in San Diego County and the second-oldest newspaper in Southern California. Serge Dedina - Serge Dedina is the author of Saving the Gray Whale (Tucson: University of Arizona Press) and an environmental activist from Imperial Beach, California. A contributing author for the Voice of San Diego, he has published articles on the environment in the Los Angeles Times, California Coast and Ocean, Surfer's Journal, and the San Diego Union-Tribune. San Dieguito Union High School District - San Dieguito Union High School District is a school district in San Diego, California serving students in the cities of Encinitas, Solana Beach and Del Mar and surrounding areas. Qualcomm Stadium - Qualcomm Stadium (aka "The Q"), formerly known as San Diego Stadium and Jack Murphy Stadium, is a multiple-use stadium in San Diego, California. It is the current home of the San Diego Chargers of the NFL, the San Diego State University Aztecs college football team and hosts the Pacific Life Holiday Bowl and the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl college football games every December. sandiegocaliforniauniontribune |
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