A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers

摘要

Far from rebarbative, Will Friedwald’s latest book, despite its three pounds and eight-nhundred plus pages of fne double-columned print, is an intoxicating invitation to learn nmore about jazz and pop vocalists. Expert and novice alike will each fnd what he is look-ning for. A feast to read, this vast compendium allows one to discover hidden nuggets of ncareers – I did not know that Bing Crosby recorded “Gigi” – and tempts one to run listen nto them right away. Like a vast box of dark chocolates one can choose from without mod-neration, Friedwald’s massive opus, through his extraordinarily lucid writing, is not just na tribute to the people he has chosen to write about, but a tribute to writing itself.