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Originally Posted by Trauma
Honestly, I'd place him above Lester Young, some of his improvisation is TOO good, he's a genius, and not too overrated, either. Then again, I'd probably also put sax. players like Sonny Rollins, Cannonball Adderley, and Michael Brecker infront of Lester Young.
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If you want to rate Coltrane higher, fine. But there's no way the others you mentioned were better than Young.
"In 1944, he (Young) won first place in the Down Beat poll for tenor saxophonists, the first of many such honors. He also became the favorite of a new generation of jazz musicians, among them John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, and Stan Getz."
PBS - JAZZ A Film By Ken Burns: Selected Artist Biography - Lester Young
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