Title: Meet me at Jim & Andy's : jazz musicians and their world /
Authors: Lees, Gene.
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 1988
Subjects: Jazz musicians United States Biography; Jazz History and criticism
Abstract: A collection of biographical essays focusing on major jazz instrumentalists and bandleaders.
Contents: Meet me at Jim and Andy's -- The mask: Shorty Pederstein -- The myth -- The enigma: Duke Ellington -- The romantic: Artie Shaw -- The father: Woody Herman -- The joker: Frank Rosolino -- The painter: John Heard -- The poet: Bill Evans -- The teacher: Billy Taylor -- The mirror: Art Farmer -- The last days of Junior's -- The bachelor: Paul Desmond.