Speaking with David Amram on Lester’s 100th birthday (27 Aug 2009), he resolved a long-standing ambiguity in Lester’s last interview.
In that interview, conducted by François Postif in Paris, Lester referred to “a man in New York writing some music for me” with “bass violin, two cellos and a viola, and a French horn.” This composer was long thought to be Gil Evans, but David Amram confirms that is was he, who met Pres through the drummer Willie Jones prior to Pres leaving for Paris.
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