The fascinating life of producer Tommy LiPuma is evocatively captured by raconteur writer Ben Sidran in this rich musico-biography. As a musician and composer himself, Sidran is able to give insight into the musical mind of LiPuma from his early days as a frustrated barber to the man who appreciated the likes of George Benson’s singing voice to turn the jazz guitarist into a world famous singer. The accounts of his work with Diana Ross, Van Morrison, Diana Krall, Willie Nelson and Paul McCartney (to name just a handful) is itself a reason to get this delicious smorgasbord of background to the soundtrack of your mind. His accounts of his starting Blue Thumb Records, working in other labels such as Elektra and his accounts of many popular hits and misses makes for a real page turner. There is a plethora of fresh and fun material in this 250+ page recount of one of the most important musical minds of the 20th Century. Dig in!