Leader of the band
Subtitle: the life of Woody Herman
By: Gene Lees.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 414
Subjects: Herman, Woody, 1913-1987; Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 389) and index.