Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Lester Young across 5 places, from 1909 to 1959.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Lester Willis Young (August 27, 1909 – March 15, 1959), nicknamed "Pres" or "Prez" (short for the "President of the tenor saxophone"), was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and occasional clarinetist.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Lester Young is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Lester Young was documented, and when
27 August 1909exact date
Woodville, Mississippiattested“Lester Young was born in Woodville, Mississippi, on August 27, 1909, to Lizetta Young (née Johnson), and Willis Handy Young, originally from Louisiana.”source: Wikipedia: Lester Young
1919year
Minneapolisattested“His family moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1919, and Young stayed there for much of the 1920s, first picking up the tenor saxophone while living there.”source: Wikipedia: Lester Young
March 1959month
Parisattested“in the control room we were all crying." Young made his final studio recordings and live performances in Paris in March 1959 with drummer Kenny Clarke at the tail end of an abbreviated European tour during which he ate next to nothing an…”source: Wikipedia: Lester Young
15 March 1959exact date
New York Cityattested“On a flight to New York City, he suffered from internal bleeding due to the effects of alcoholism and died in the early morning hours of March 15, 1959, only hours after arriving back in New York, at the age of 49.”source: Wikipedia: Lester Young
15 March 1959exact date
New Yorkattested“On a flight to New York City, he suffered from internal bleeding due to the effects of alcoholism and died in the early morning hours of March 15, 1959, only hours after arriving back in New York, at the age of 49.”source: Wikipedia: Lester Young
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23 February 1930exact date
Albuquerque, New Mexicomentioned“His first marriage was to Beatrice Tolliver, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on February 23, 1930.”source: Wikipedia: Lester Young
1933year
Kansas City, Missourimentioned“In 1933, Young settled in Kansas City, where after playing briefly in several bands, he rose to prominence with Count Basie.”source: Wikipedia: Lester Young
September 1944month
Los Angelesmentioned“In September 1944, Young and Jo Jones were in Los Angeles with the Basie band when they were inducted into the U.S.”source: Wikipedia: Lester Young
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explicitly dated record, attested a sentence that states the person was there,
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