[78-L] Gene Lees obit

[David Lennick]

Did you learn more than you want to know about Gene himself? That was always a problem with his writing. Sorry, I refuse to join in the hosannas, although I was able to get through his Woody Herman bio.

 

Definitely not a fan..we put up with his ego and his "I was there" radio interviews and a little of him went a long way. He never heard of STFU and let the subject speak for itself.

 

dl
 
> Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:42:49 -0500
> From: bmcclung78 at gmail.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Gene Lees obit
> 
> I've only been reading Gene Lees for a couple of years and find him to be
> one of the most enjoyable and informative writers I have ever read. "Meet
> Me at Jim & Andy's" is an absolute delight. I'm writing of him in the
> present tense because he lives on my bookshelves and in the way I see him
> and the musicians he wrote about and he will for a long, long time.
> 
> On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Taylor Bowie <bowiebks at isomedia.com> wrote:
> 
> > In today's NYT:
> >
> >
> > http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/arts/27lees.html?hpw
> > _______________________________________________