How Lester Young Invented Cool

Not content to invent a much-copied yet incomparable musical style, jazz saxophonist Lester Young indelibly shaped American speech, too, from cool to crib to homeboy.

Ted Gioia

Published Apr. 12 2015 6:45AM EDT 

Ted Gioia

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