Singers and the Song II

by Gene Lees and Gene, Lees

Book Overview

Gene Lees is probably the best jazz essayist in America today, and the book that consolidated his reputation was Singers and the Song, which appeared in 1987. Now this classic volume is being rereleased in an expanded edition.
The new edition retains a number of famous pieces from the original volume, some in expanded form, such as Lees's classic profile of Frank Sinatra. Lees has also retained his marvelous essay on lyric writing, his piece...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195115562
• ISBN13: 9780195115567
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.3"