{"product_id":"meet-me-at-jim-andy-s-jazz-musicians-and-their-world-by-gene-lees","title":"'Meet Me at Jim \u0026 Andy’s: Jazz Musicians and Their World' by Gene Lees","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-8 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"LR5Y_W_content markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"auto\"\u003eAcross a series of portraits and essays, Gene Lees moves through figures including Duke Ellington, Artie Shaw, Woody Herman, Frank Rosolino, Bill Evans, Billy Taylor and Art Farmer, combining biography, anecdote, interview and musical observation.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eIt's a history of jazz told through temperament as much as technique. Lees goes deep into the skill and history of improvisation, the almost absurd amount of instinct, memory and physical control required to create something coherently in real time — but also on the less romantic stuff around it. There's a lot of money, reputation, exploitation, touring, rivalry, commercial pressure and precarious lives, so the individual profiles become a larger argument about what happens when an art built on spontaneity and intimacy has to survive inside an industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOxford University Press, New York, 1990. First OUP paperback edition; first published 1988. Paperback. Light shelf wear and rubbing to covers, with mild edge and corner wear. Pages lightly age-toned but clean and unmarked; binding firm. Very good condition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46362986643539,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/womenintranslation-2026-09-18T170634.247.png?v=1789715210","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/meet-me-at-jim-andy-s-jazz-musicians-and-their-world-by-gene-lees","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}