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#1 2008-08-10 06:51:03
- rsmeyer
- Member
- From: Chevy Chase, MD
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Lee Young
The brother of the late, great Lester "Pres" Young, of the fabulous sax and the indecipherable syntax and porkpie hat goes to meet his bro in the jazz hall in the sky: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/10/arts/music/10young.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries&oref=slogin
#2 2008-08-10 12:23:07
- Taylor McIntyre
- Son of Ivy...
- Posts: 342
Re: Lee Young
And it was Johnny Griffin the other day too...
Is Sonny still with us?
*Google*
YES!!
#3 2008-08-10 13:15:27
- Peter Gunn
- Member
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Re: Lee Young
Suave, sophisticated, hep to the jive, groovin' to the oh-so-cool jazzbo-beat and wearing his Ivy League finest.
#4 2008-08-11 00:36:45
- Taylor McIntyre
- Son of Ivy...
- Posts: 342
Re: Lee Young
And Isaac Hayes now too I've just heard...
Hope IvyLeagueOfGentlemen gets well soon, we can't afford to lose anybody else.
#5 2008-08-11 04:36:30
- Hard Bop Hank
- Ivy Soul Brother
- From: land of a 1000 dances
- Posts: 4923
Re: Lee Young
Jimmy McGriff has also left us on May 24... He will always be remembered for great instrumentals such as "All about my Girl", "I've Got a Woman" and "The Worm"...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_McGriff
I hadn't heard about Isaac...
Lee Young,
Johnny Griffin,
Jimmy Giuffre,
Isaac Hayes,
Jimmy McGriff
Rest in peace! You guys left great footprints and you won't be forgotten!
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