Article: A Talent for Genius: The Life and Times of Oscar Levant.

Biography is a peculiar literary form. It is justified on two counts. First it must meet the criteria of accuracy and elegance of literary style. Having met or failed these, the work must then be subjected to the question of whether or not the subject, the biographee, is of sufficient interest or importance to have warranted the effort. Evaluation on both of these counts is essential to the assessment of the present work.

Had Oscar Levant not lived, his "life" would be immediately derided as being so improbable as to be utterly unreal. But Levant not only lived (1906-1972), he also had significant impact on numerous currents of American music in the first six ...

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