Goodbye: In Search of Gordon Jenkins

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Goodbye: In Search of Gordon Jenkins

Goodbye combines biography with a son's discovery of his father. Gordon Jenkins, one of America's most significant musical figures throughout his 50-year career, collaborated with many of the major talents in postwar pop and jazz. Modest by nature, he rarely spoke of his accomplishments, and there was much to discover when, on account of his father's death in 1984, Bruce Jenkins began his research. Paralleling the story of Gordon Jenkins's personal life is a veritable history of popular music, featuring luminaries from Irving Berlin to Billie Holiday. This richly anecdotal biography relates a wealth of heretofore untold stories of his encounters with icons like Sinatra, who was uncharacteristically awestruck by him, and Judy Garland, whom only Jenkins could convince to go onstage when she was crippled with anxiety. A concluding chapter documents Jenkins's slow, difficult death from ALS, leaving readers with an unforgettable image of a legend dying with dignity and unexpected good humor.
Country USA
Brand Frog Books
Manufacturer Frog Books
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2005-11-08
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781583941263

Country	USA
Brand	Frog Books
Manufacturer	Frog Books
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2005-11-08
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781583941263

Goodbye: In Search of Gordon Jenkins

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