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...sweat's on the record, and the century's greatest pop singer at last has a book that fits his personality and takes full measure of his stature," says TIME's Jay Cocks. "Blithe, respectful, snappy and smart, Will Friedwald catches the creative fire of the singer, the implacable perfectionism that made his music seem both effortless and passionate and that ensured it would not just endure but remain definitive." The writer spoke with dozens of Sinatra sidemen, contemporaries (like Jo Stafford and Tony Bennett) and songwriters. "But this book is in no sense an authorized religious journey," Cocks says...
...Cole was that good. He could sing up there with Sinatra, Billy Eckstine, Tony Bennett; "one of our four or five most awe-inspiring and most popular mainstream vocalists" is the way Will Friedwald sums it up in his kinetic and knowledgeable essays accompanying the set. Along with that considerable distinction, Cole was also a superb keyboard man, mightily influenced by the great Earl Hines and able to hold his own against -- if not precisely surpass -- his mentor and the likes of Art Tatum. When he became a pop superstar, he gradually shed the bass and guitar that had been...
JAZZ SINGING: AMERICA'S GREAT VOICES FROM BESSIE SMITH TO BEBOP AND BEYOND by Will Friedwald (Scribners; $29.95). A hip, informative look at the men and women who turned singing and swinging into synonyms...