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This book is organized by song, and while the profiles of the songwriters are full of personal memories and amusing anecdotes, the emphasis is on the craft of songs such as “All the Things You Are,” “Over the Rainbow,” “Tea for Two,” “I’m in the Mood for Love,” etc.
Wilk’s colorful profiles are fun to read and informative. Of the 26 songwriters covered, only three did not write at least a couple of songs that would become jazz standards. They’re Playing Our Song would be a better source for research information if it had an index.
Max Wilk has written television shows, musicals, plays, films and 22 books, including The Making of The Sound of Music.
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The JazzStandards.com bookstore provides you with
a catalog of 200 books associated with the jazz standards.
Organized by category, each entry has an editorial comment to aid
you in your research and guide you in your recreational reading.
The books used to research and develop JazzStandards.com are
listed at the right and the listing may be considered the site bibliography.
The primary focus of these books is not always the jazz standards
per se, so each entry is annotated indicating the book's relevance
to the subject. If there is a book you feel we have overlooked,
please let us know the title and how it supports the research or
recreational study of the jazz standards.
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