LESTER YOUNG (1909 - 1959)
Conn tenor saxophone
Gift from Lester "Prez" Young to Marshall Stearns, 1955
BILLIE HOLIDAY (1915 - 1959)
Plastic gardenia
Gift from an anonymous friend of the singer
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Certificate of authenticity
Signed by Lester Young
| MAY 25, 1955 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: This Conn saxophone, number 444,4444, is the saxophone I used with the Count Basie band in 1936 and later. With this horn I recorded "Twelfth St. Rag," "Song of the Islands," "Lester Leaps In," and "One O'Clock Jump"--among other numbers.  |
Lester Young tenor saxophone and certificate of authenticity. Gift of Marshall Stearns, 1955. ENgraved on bell: MADE/BY/C.G. CONN.ELKHART/IND./U.S.A. On back of body: PATD. DEC. 8 1914/1119954/T/M144444/L. Lacquer worn. New neck. Vulcanized rubber Conn mouthpiece.
Lester Young
Photograph by Charles Peterson, February 1943
Billie Holiday
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