An edition of Leader of the Band (1995)

Leader of the band

the life of Woody Herman

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Cover of: Leader of the band by Gene Lees, Gene Lees
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An edition of Leader of the Band (1995)

Leader of the band

the life of Woody Herman

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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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Oxford University Press
Language
English
Pages
414

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Subjects

Biography, Jazz musicians, Biographies, Musiciens de jazz, Biographie, Herman, woody, 1913-1987, Jazz musicians, biography

People

Woody Herman (1913-1987)

Places

United States
Edition Availability
Cover of: Leader of the Band
Leader of the Band: The Life of Woody Herman
February 2001, Replica Books
Hardcover in English
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Cover of: Leader of the Band
Leader of the Band: The Life of Woody Herman
July 17, 1997, Oxford University Press, USA
Paperback in English
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Cover of: Leader of the band
Leader of the band: the life of Woody Herman
1995, Oxford University Press
in English
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 389) and index.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
781.65/092, B
Library of Congress
ML419.H375 L4 1995, ML419.H375L4 1995, ML419.H375 L4 1996

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 414 p., [16] p. of plates :
Number of pages
414

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1274068M
Internet Archive
leaderofbandlife00lees
ISBN 10
019505671X
LCCN
95005567
OCLC/WorldCat
32013538
Library Thing
1078086
Goodreads
1524951

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In the glory days of the big bands, little more than the decade between 1935 and 1945, the leaders of these orchestras were public heroes.
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