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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.
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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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- 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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