Leader of the band

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.

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

People: Woody Herman (1913-1987)

Places: United States