Will has been called “the poet laureate of vintage pop music” and is America’s foremost chronicler of the musical arts. He has written ten books including the definitive works on Frank Sinatra (“The Song is You,”  which was hailed by “The New York Times Book Review” as the “single most important book on Sinatra ever published”), Tony Bennett (“The Good Life”), and Nat King Cole (“Straighten Up and Fly Right”). His other highly acclaimed books include the award-winning “A Biographical Dictionary of the Great Jazz and Pop Vocalists” and “The Great Jazz and Pop Vocal Albums.” In thousands of articles for the “Wall Street Journal,” “Vanity Fair,” “Playboy,” “The New York Times” and “The Village Voice,” as well as other publications, he has covered all the major figures of jazz, Broadway and popular music. In addition, he is a consultant to Apple Music and has received 11 Grammy nominations. He has also appeared on numerous television and radio programs, including NPR’s “Fresh Air,” ABC’s “Nightline,” “Good Morning America,” “The Today Show,” “CBS Sunday Morning,” and A&E Biography’s profiles of Sinatra, Bennett, Perry Como, and Mel Tormé. He has consulted and appeared in many documentaries, including “Louis Prima: The Wildest!,” “’Tis Autumn: The Search For Jackie Paris,” and “Anita O’Day: The Life of A Jazz Singer,” as well as PBS’s “Soundtrack of the Century,” “American Masters – Sammy Davis Jr.: I Gotta Be Me,” and, most recently “Ella Fitzgerald – Just One Of Those Things,” and “Count Basie – Through His Own Eyes.”