[Dixielandjazz] Lee Mergner interviews author Will Friedwald

[Norman Vickers]

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From: Norman Vickers;  Jazz Society of Pensacola

 

Here's link to long article by Lee Mergner from JazzTimes.  Interview with
author Will Friedwald.  I hope this will be of some interest to some.

 

 

 

http://jazztimes.com/articles/26926-will-friedwald-ten-years-after

 


12/10/10 


Will Friedwald: Ten Years After


Lee Mergner interviews author of new book on the great jazz and pop
vocalists


By Lee Mergner <http://jazztimes.com/contributors/129-lee-mergner>  

Will Friedwald is the author of: Stardust Melodies: A Biography of 12 of
America's Most Popular Songs, Jazz Singing: America's Great Voices from
Bessie Smith to Bebop and Beyond; and Sinatra! The Song is You: A Singer's
Art. He was the jazz critic for the New York Sun for seven years and has
written liner notes for many notable recordings. He has written for The New
York Times, Wall Street Journal and Entertainment Weekly.

( click the link for entire story and photo.)

 
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