Deep in a Dream : the Long Night of Chet Baker.
From his emergence in the 1950s as an uncannily beautiful young Oklahoman who became the prince of "cool" jazz seemingly overnight to his violent, drug-related death in Amsterdam in 1988, Chet Baker lived a life that has become an American myth. Drawing on hundreds of interviews and previo...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Chicago :
Chicago Review Press,
2011.
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Summary: | From his emergence in the 1950s as an uncannily beautiful young Oklahoman who became the prince of "cool" jazz seemingly overnight to his violent, drug-related death in Amsterdam in 1988, Chet Baker lived a life that has become an American myth. Drawing on hundreds of interviews and previously untapped sources, this first major biography of one of the most romanticized icons in jazz gives a thrilling account of the trumpeter's dark journey. Author James Gavin delves deeply into Baker's tormented childhood, the origins of his melancholic trumpet playing, and even reveals the long-unsolved riddl. |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (473 pages) |
ISBN: | 9781569769010 156976901X |
Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |