Take Five: The Public and Private Lives of Paul Desmond has been awarded second place in the performing arts category for an IPPY, a 2006 Independent Book Publishers Award.
Here are the finishers:
Winner:
Vivian Perlis and Libby Van Cleve, Composers’ Voices from Ives to Ellington (Yale University Press)
Finalists:
Doug Ramsey, Take Five: The Public and Private Lives of Paul Desmond (Parkside Publications)
Weathervane Theatre, Nights of Northern Lights:40 Seasons of the Weathervane Theatre
I don’t think that Desmond would have been discouraged about losing to Charles Ives and Duke Ellington. Nor am I. Hearty congratulations to Ms. Perlis, Ms. Van Cleve and Yale. I can’t wait to read their book.