[78-L] Gene Lees obit

[Cary Ginell]

I enjoyed his Woody Herman book and thought it was the best thing he ever did. I also have his two "Singers and the Song" books, which he was able to add a lot of personal insight to, since he did know more as a musician than most writers. 

Cary Ginell

> Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:54:01 -0500
> From: bmcclung78 at gmail.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Gene Lees obit
> 
> He never gets in the way when I read him.   I guess I am so focused on the
> musicians he is writing about that things just unfold through his eyes and I
> usually don't see him at all.  I simply enjoy his writing and since I never
> met him I'm not having to see through anything else.  As I read my mind just
> edits him out.
> 
> The first two books of his I read were "Meet Me at Jim & Andy's" from 1988
> and "Waiting for Dizzy" from 1991 in which he is pretty transparent.  With
> his later books you do see more of him so maybe I just learned to see
> through him early and just kept on seeing through him.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 4:25 PM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:
> 
> >
> > 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
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