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Based on extensive interviews, Oscar Peterson is a well-informed and provocative exploration of Peterson's music.
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Gene Lees is the award-winning author of Waiting for Dizzy, Meet Me at Jim and Andy's, and Singers and the Song, as well as biographies of Oscar Peterson and Lerner and Loewe. A former editor of Down Beat, he has written extensively for Stereo Review, The New York Times and other publications. Since
1981 he has published, edited, and written for the respected JazzLetter.
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1981 he has published, edited, and written for the respected JazzLetter.
[An] enthusiastic account of a musician's development as the thinking person's pianist. (The New York Times Book Review)
There are five requisites for a readable and valuable book on jazz: enthusiasm, wit, insight, compassion, and technical knowledge of the music. Gene Lees has them all. (Leonard Feather Los Angeles Times)
A fine, richly detailed book...that explains the essence of jazz and of jazz playing as well as any written. (The Toronto Sun)
There are five requisites for a readable and valuable book on jazz: enthusiasm, wit, insight, compassion, and technical knowledge of the music. Gene Lees has them all. (Leonard Feather Los Angeles Times)
A fine, richly detailed book...that explains the essence of jazz and of jazz playing as well as any written. (The Toronto Sun)
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- PublisherMacmillan
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 0333465474
- ISBN 13 9780333465479
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages256
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