Everybody knew Prez's solos by heart

Depois da excelente conversa de Ethan Iverson com Lee Konitz sobre Lester Young
(
http://dothemath.typepad.com/dtm/lester-young-centennial.html
)

Tirado de uma entrevista a Jonhy Griffin:
http://www.jazz.com/features-and-interviews/2008/7/28/in-conversation-with-johnny-griffin

Chicago was a saxophone town. I mean, there were a lot of blues guitarists there, of course�T-Bone Walker, B.B. King, Memphis Slim, Muddy Waters. But for jazz, it was really a saxophone town. Later it was an organ town, too. Most of the saxophonists tried to emulate the late Lester Young. Everybody knew Prez's solos by heart. That was the main direction. We Chicago musicians played the music not of New Orleans, but the music that was emanating from Kansas City. That was the style. The Basie band.