[TPIN] gozzo

[Robert H. Strickland]

Mike,

My book "Goz and Other Greats" will be available at the end of summer 2007. 
I wanted to write it as early as 1968, but I realized, after communicating 
with Gozzo's mother, that there were a lot of bad feelings about his 
decline and death. I waited several years before taking up the project 
again in 1991, with a trip to the Kenton reunion. Over the years since, I 
have interviewed Billy May, Les Brown, Dave Pell, Maynard Ferguson, Ray 
Conniff, Jimmy Rowles, etc., etc., and my book will be more than just a 
chronology or a perfunctory look at his life and training. I "live" Gozzo 
every day and have a visceral reaction to his work that I derive from no 
other. Many folks have expressed the notion of writing a book about Gozzo, 
but for reason that I discovered, such cannot convey the reasons why he 
played the way he did and what he brought to the art without handling the 
story very kindly.

Bob Strickland

At 02:52 PM 2/1/07 -0800, mike magers wrote:
>I'd be interested in that book.  I have both CD sets of Frank Sinatra, 
>Capital and Columbia and always assumed that the lead player on many of 
>these dates was Gozzo.  Does anyone have any insight on how much Gozzo 
>worked with Sinatra?  I really know very little about him from a 
>biographical standpoint. Mike ----- Original Message ---- From: 
>"ackman13 at bellsouth.net" <ackman13 at bellsouth.net> Nick, I received a reply 
>from Del Lyren yesterday after I had emailed him concerning any 
>information on the Goz. He is trying to do a book and has been working 
>with Summit Records to cary it. However, his teaching and performance 
>schedule has just made it difficult for him to complete it. I hope he does 
>because I know several people who would purchase it. Goozo is indeed a 
>legend and maybe the best lead player ever. I know that he is a hero of 
>players like George Graham and Wayne Bergeron. I have heard both of them 
>mention him as one of their favorite all-time players. Mike 
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