"If...you've never heard of Gene Lees, it's time you did....Gene Lees, a lyric writer himself, is not only an extraordinarily perceptive reporter and analyst of jazz performance, jazz history, and jazz people, but also one of those writers who's a joy to read on any subject at all"-- The Washington Post Book World . "Gene Lees's essays in Singer and the Song are about the ebullience and uplift of song....He writes about the subject with rare exactness and sensitivity because song is language's liftoff, its flight into ...
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"If...you've never heard of Gene Lees, it's time you did....Gene Lees, a lyric writer himself, is not only an extraordinarily perceptive reporter and analyst of jazz performance, jazz history, and jazz people, but also one of those writers who's a joy to read on any subject at all"-- The Washington Post Book World . "Gene Lees's essays in Singer and the Song are about the ebullience and uplift of song....He writes about the subject with rare exactness and sensitivity because song is language's liftoff, its flight into self-enjoyment, and he cherishes words as much as he loves music"-- The New York Times Book Review . "A minor masterpiece"-- Kirkus Reviews .
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