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Owen Laster, Friend and Mentor, and a Truly Great Man
Owen Laster, 1938-2011 Like many others both inside and outside the publishing world, I owe an immeasurable debt to the great Owen Laster for his principled example of how to conduct the business of agenting (and, by extension, the affairs of living in general) with unparalleled honor and equanimity. Among the guiding lights in the publishing world, Owen was one of the brightest, and certainly the brightest for me. In the fourteen years since I left William Morris, we had
Part II of the Really, Really Excellent Will Friedwald JazzWax Interview
WF: Songwriter Jimmy Webb told me about a comment he heard from Joni Mitchell: “We used to have lyricists, we used to have composers, we used to have singers, we used to have accompanists and arrangers. Now we have one person doing all those jobs and in a half-assed way!” Thank you, Marc Myers.
The Really, Really Excellent Will Friedwald JazzWax Interview, Part I
On his really, really excellent jazz blog, Marc Myers offers up the first part of a two-part interview with Will Friedwald about his new book, A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers. …Like all solid authorities and essayists, Will wriggles into his subjects, providing sharp analysis and little-known details as he takes strong positions. This is what makes Will so pleasurable to read. That and the fact that Will strives to entertain, much like the singers he writes about.
Owen Laster, Friend and Mentor, and a Truly Great Man
Owen Laster, 1938-2011 Like many others both inside and outside the publishing world, I owe an immeasurable debt to the great Owen Laster for his principled example of how to conduct the business of agenting (and, by extension, the affairs of living in general) with unparalleled honor and equanimity. Among the guiding lights in the publishing world, Owen was one of the brightest, and certainly the brightest for me. In the fourteen years since I left William Morris, we had
Part II of the Really, Really Excellent Will Friedwald JazzWax Interview
WF: Songwriter Jimmy Webb told me about a comment he heard from Joni Mitchell: “We used to have lyricists, we used to have composers, we used to have singers, we used to have accompanists and arrangers. Now we have one person doing all those jobs and in a half-assed way!” Thank you, Marc Myers.
The Really, Really Excellent Will Friedwald JazzWax Interview, Part I
On his really, really excellent jazz blog, Marc Myers offers up the first part of a two-part interview with Will Friedwald about his new book, A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers. …Like all solid authorities and essayists, Will wriggles into his subjects, providing sharp analysis and little-known details as he takes strong positions. This is what makes Will so pleasurable to read. That and the fact that Will strives to entertain, much like the singers he writes about.
