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Michael Feinstein developed a passion for the history of classic American popular song as a youth when he began collecting old sheet music and records. His interest led to a meeting with the widow of Oscar Levant which, in turn, led to a job with Ira Gershwin cataloguing his collection of private recordings. Over the six years that they worked together, Gershwin became friend and mentor to the young man. The result is an insightful look at the lyricist as well as an appreciation of other songwriters such as Cole Porter, Harry Warren, Sammy Cahn, Irving Berlin and many others. The book is chock full of anecdotes, song analyses, stories behind the songs, and personal reflections.
Michael Feinstein is a singer, pianist, musical historian and archivist of classic American popular song. He is a member of the National Sound Recording Advisory Board and owner of Feinstein’s at the Regency, a Manhattan club featuring cabaret performers. He has recorded several CD’s and filmed a series on the history of American popular song for TV.
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The JazzStandards.com bookstore provides you with
a catalog of over 140 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,
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