About the Author:
Gene Lees is the award-winning author of Meet Me at Jim & Andy's and Singers and the Song, as well as biographies of Oscar Peterson and Lerner and Loewe. He has written extensively for Down Beat, Stereo Review, High Fidelity, The New York Times, American Film, and other publications. Since 1981, he has published, edited, and written for the Jazzletter, PO Box 240, Ojai CA 93024-0240.