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Leader of the Band: The Life of Woody Herman Hardcover - 1995
by Gene Lees
Asked by Woody Herman in 1986 to write his biography, Lees has spent close to a decade interviewing many of Herman's childhood friends and lifelong acquaintances, as well as numerous artists such as Les Brown, Peggy Lee, and Milt Jackson, to create this well-informed portrait of one of the great figures in jazz history. 25 photos.
From the rear cover
Now comes the book that jazz lovers (and Lees's fans) have been waiting for - Leader of the Band, a vivid, full-scale biography of Woody Herman. Asked by Herman in 1986 to write his biography, Gene Lees has spent close to a decade working on it, interviewing many of Herman's childhood friends and lifelong acquaintances as well as numerous musicians.
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- Title Leader of the Band: The Life of Woody Herman
- Author Gene Lees
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 448
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, New York
- Date 1995
- ISBN 9780195056716 / 019505671X
- Weight 1.83 lbs (0.83 kg)
- Dimensions 9.56 x 6.47 x 1.39 in (24.28 x 16.43 x 3.53 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Jazz musicians - United States - Biography, Herman, Woody
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 95005567
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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Citations
- Booklist, 10/15/1995, Page 377
- Kirkus Reviews, 09/01/1995, Page 1254
- New York Times, 11/12/1995, Page 11
- Publishers Weekly, 10/16/1995, Page 53
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