Friends Along the Way
Subtitle: A Journey Through Jazz
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: November 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780300099676
Subjects: Jazz; Biography / Autobiography; Music; Composers & Musicians - Jazz; General; Personal Memoirs; Music / General; Biography; Interviews; Jazz musicians
First sentence: The town in Canada where I spent most of my public and high school years, Saint Catharines, Ontario, is about ten miles from the Niagara River and the U.S.-Canadian border.
Description: "For more than half a century, jazz writer and lyricist Gene Lees has been the friend of many in the world of jazz music. In this book he offers minibiographies of fifteen of these friends - some of them jazz greats, some lesser-known figures, and some up-and-comers. Combining conversations and memoirs with critical commentary, Lees's profiles will captivate jazz fans, performers, and historians alike."--Jacket.