not finished the book yet but from what i´ve read i think it´s an easy and good to read book, capturing the whole live of b. in chronological order from various sources, (newspapers like pittsburgh courier; Magazins (billboard, down beat,...) and with the help of the eckstine Family. two things so far: nothing new about the circumstances of stan hasselgards death. and on page 74 is a mistake as the afrs jubilee Shows from 1945 with eckstine´s band are misslabeled as coming from the Coca-cola Spotlight bands programs! the book is a good completition to Dieter salemann´s "roots of modern jazz" series vol. 19, solography, discography, band routes, Engagements, Billy eckstine (2010). and now we know that his last "rosebud"-word was: "basie"... Keep boppin´ marcel