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(1939-2004) Author, novelist. Leslie Gourse was born in Fall River, Massachusetts, and died in Manhattan, New York.

Full Name

Leslie Gourse

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1939

BIRTH

Roberta Leslie Gourse was born in Fall River, Massachusetts, on January 1, 1939.

1960

OTHER

Ms. Gourse graduated from Columbia University in 1960.

1961

LITWORK

With Gall and Honey
Barrie and Rockliff

Novel.

1984

LITWORK

Louis' Children: American Jazz Singers
Morrow

Collection of biographical sketches.

1991

LITWORK

Unforgettable: The Life and Mystique of Nat King Cole
St. Martin's Press
0312059825 / 978-0312059828
Biography.

1993

LITWORK

Sassy: The Life of Sarah Vaughan
Scribner
0684193175 / 978-0684193175
Biography.

1997

LITWORK

Straight, No Chaser: The Life and Genius of Thelonious Monk
Schirmer Trade Books
0028646568 / 978-0028646565
Biography.

1998

LITWORK

Deep Down in Music: The Art of the Great Jazz Bassists
Franklin Watts
0531159043 / 978-0531159040
Nonfiction.

1999

LITWORK

Wynton Marsalis: Skain's Domain: A Biography
Schirmer Trade Books
0028648633 / 978-0028648637
Biography written with Wynton Marsalis.

2001

LITWORK

Art Blakey: Jazz Messenger
Omnibus Press & Schirmer Trade Books
0825672724 / 978-0825672729
Biography.

2002

LITWORK

Carmen McRae: Miss Jazz
Watson-Guptill Publications
082307904X / 978-0823079049
Biography.

2004

DEATH

Leslie Gourse died at her home in Manhattan, New York, on December 23, 2004.

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