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Leader of the Band: The Life of Woody Herman Trade paperback - 1997
by Gene Lees
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- Paperback
Asked by Woody Herman in 1986 to write his biography, Lees has spent close to a decade interviewing many of Herman's childhood friends and lifelong acquaintances, as well as numerous artists such as Les Brown, Peggy Lee, and Milt Jackson, to create this well-informed portrait of one of the great figures in jazz history. 25 photos.
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- Title Leader of the Band: The Life of Woody Herman
- Author Gene Lees
- Binding Trade Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 448
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Oxford University Press, New York
- Date July 1997
- Bookseller's Inventory # 443529
- ISBN 9780195115741 / 0195115740
- Weight 1.34 lbs (0.61 kg)
- Dimensions 9.17 x 6.12 x 1.13 in (23.29 x 15.54 x 2.87 cm)
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- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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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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- New York Times, 01/18/1998, Page 24