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Word: lester (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...been diving in and out of every dance spot in the section trying to find a band good enough to back the notables present. Hill's outfit, from the Little Dixie, definitely fills the bill. Fine rhythm, with excellent brass solos, and a tenor sax man that plays Lester Young (Count Basic) ideas all go to make up a very solid swing style...

Author: By Michael Levin, | Title: Swing | 4/28/1939 | See Source »

...thinly-veiled press statements, mentioning no names, Harold A. Wolff '29 and Lester Cramer '30, who divide 60% of the Square tutoring, yesterday charged each other with malpractices...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cramer and Wolff Counter Charges Issued Together | 4/20/1939 | See Source »

Married. Lynn Patrick, 26, professional hockey-player (New York Rangers) and son of the team's manager, Lester Patrick; and Dorothea Davis, 18, beauteous John Powers model; in Manhattan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Apr. 17, 1939 | 4/17/1939 | See Source »

Brought before the Actors' Equity Council, charged with using abusive language backstage, James Barton, who played oathsome, loathsome Jeeter Lester in Jack Kirkland's racy Tobacco Road for 1,674 performances, retorted: "Imagine an actor in a Jack Kirkland show being charged with bad language!" He was ordered to be "reprimanded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Mar. 20, 1939 | 3/20/1939 | See Source »

...Count's solos wherein you get his weird boogie piano backed by rhythm which is quiet, but which seems to say "Out of our way, we've swing to play." Get the Count to play you some slow blues with Jimmy Rushing singing a chorus, Lester Young playing clarinet, and piano by Mr. Basic himself; then go home and see if you still like Clinton...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Swing | 3/17/1939 | See Source »

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