Inch and Miles by John Wooden

Inch and Miles by John Wooden

Music examples and charts illustrate the analyses, and each essay is fully annotated by the editor. In some cases, the results of the original research by the editor or by others working in the field are published here for the first time. Much of the material has never before appeared in English.

A score embodying the best available musical text.

Historical background--what is known of the circumstances surrounding the origin of the work, including (where relevant) original source material.

A detailed analysis of the music, by the editor of the volume or another well-known scholar.

Other significant analytic essays and critical comments, exposing the student to a variety of opinions about music.

Author Profiles During the course of a 12-year span, John Wooden (1910-2010) led the UCLA Bruins to ten NCAA basketball championships, including four perfect seasons and an 88-game winning run. He was selected ESPN's Greatest Coach of the 20th Century and The Sporting News' #1 Coach of All Time. There has never been a greater man in American athletics, or a finer coach, than John Wooden, according to Sports Illustrated. John Wooden received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2003. Steve Jamison is the foremost author and authority on John Wooden's life and ideas in the United States.

Jamison works as a consultant for the John Wooden Global Leadership Program at UCLA Anderson School of Management. Coach Wooden and he worked on an award-winning PBS special as well as multiple books, including Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections, a classic book on teaching and mentoring.