Lester Young is a god and no one is so fit to jockey his records onto the turntable as Phil Schaap at WKCR, 89.9 New York.
I'm outing myself as a Phil Schaap fan as I've been listening to him pretty much non-stop lately while he's been celebrating what would have been Lester Young's 100th birthday. Lester Young is, of course, one of the three great tenor saxophonists the world has known (the other two are Coleman Hawkins and John Coltrane). And while I'm more of an alto man myself (it's my first instrument), I have to acknowledge the amazing passion that fed Young's style, voice and creativity. At the same time, I have to say that Phil Schaap's passion and knowledge are almost as inspiring.
It's been a day of listening to some of the best recorded jazz presented by arguably the best jazz DJ to ever be on the airwaves. And I've been dealing with this inspiration and beauty and talent while working on a chapter with the working title "Keep Needling". All this beauty has been channeled into great advice like "The angrier your opponent gets, the better off you are."
If Phil Schaap ever finds out about this, I wonder if he'll find a way to block my radio from listening to him.
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