Oscar-, Tony- and Emmy-winning Bob Fosse (1927-1987) was one of America's greatest choreographers and directors - and he has never been more popular than he is at present. With Chicago now an acclaimed and Academy Award-winning movie, Fosse has returned to the spotlight. In All His Jazz, Fosse's life is memorably illuminated by an award-winning biographer.

Born in Chicago, Fosse began his career tap dancing in sleazy strip joints, where he encountered the erotic style that would later become his signature in pieces like Sweet Charity's Hey, Big Spender. By age nineteen he was dancing on Broadway, only to leave New York for the glitter of Hollywood, hoping to become the next Gene Kelly. Eventually returning to New York, he found unexpected success as a choreographer and director of such musical hits as The Pyjama Game, Damn Yankees, Sweet Charity, and Chicago. His movies Lenny, Cabaret and All That Jazz were all nominated for Academy Awards.

All His Jazz is the less public side of Fosse's story - from his womanising throughout three marriages to his insecurity and self-ridicule in the presence of others. He survived many addictions and two heart attacks, finally dying in the arms of Gwen Verdon, his third wife, on a street corner in Washington, D.C. Fosse's story is told here in an eloquent book that Kirkus Reviews calls "everything a biography should be."

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