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Who I Am & Where I Live
- Name: James Gavin
- City: New York City
- Country: United States
My Life & Work
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Bio:
James Gavin is a writer, author of Deep in a Dream: The Long Night of Chet Baker (Knopf), Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne (Simon & Schuster), Intimate Nights: The Golden Age of New York Cabaret (Grove Weidenfeld), along with numerous articles for the New York Times, Vanity Fair, Time Out New York and other publications.
He has contributed liner notes to over 400 CDs, including reissues he produced for Verve, Blue Note, and Koch Jazz. His essay for the GRP box set Ella Fitzgerald – The Legendary Decca Recordings earned a 1996 Grammy nomination.
Jim has made over two hundred radio appearances, including multiple interviews with NPR, the BBC, and Australia's ABC Network. He has appeared on the Today show, Good Morning America, and the PBS NewsHour.
His latest book is Is That All There Is?: The Strange Life of Peggy Lee, published by Simon & Schuster.
My Media & Markets
- ▶ Twitter: JamesGavinBooks
- ▶ Website: http://jamesgavin.com/
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"James Gavin has captured the essence of the rich musical era that people like my dad, Nat King Cole, and Peggy defined. In his keenly observed, scrupulously researched biography he has also illuminated something very true and touching about the woman behind the glamour. I highly recommend this book."
-Natalie Cole
“Nobody writes as eloquently, knowledgeably, and page-turningly about the midcentury music heroes who sang - and lived - our American story as James Gavin. His biography of Peggy Lee immerses us in a singular life of radiant self-invention.”
-Sheila Weller (author of Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon - and the Journey of a Generation)
“Eminently readable ... fascinating, suspenseful, musically detailed and insightful.”
-Anita Gates, New York Times Book Review
“A killer biographer"
-Tim Appelo, Hollywood Reporter
FORTHCOMING: James Gavin's biography of GEORGE MICHAEL, to be published by Abrams.