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Deep In A Dream: The Long Night of Chet Baker
James Gavin
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Description for Deep In A Dream: The Long Night of Chet Baker
Paperback. James Gavin gives the reader a full account of the dark journey that was trumpet-player Chet Baker's life, from his emergence in the 1950s on the West Coast, to his becoming, virtually overnight, a giant of "cool" jazz, until his mysterious death in Amsterdam in 1988. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGJ; AVGK; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 340.
From his emergence in the 1950s - when an uncannily beautiful young man from Oklahoma appeared in the West Coast and became, seemingly overnight, the prince of 'cool' jazz - until his violent, drug-related death in Amsterdam in 1988, Chet Baker lived a life that has become an American myth. At once sexy and forbidding, the so-called 'James Dean of Jazz' struck a note of menace in the staid fifties.
In this first major biography, the story of Baker's demise is finally revealed. So is the truth behind his tormented childhood. Behind Baker's icy façade lay something ominous, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099590514
SKU
V9780099590514
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-22
About James Gavin
James Gavin is the author of Intimate Nights: The Golden Age of New York Cabaret and a frequent contributor to the New York Times and other publications. He lives in New York.
Reviews for Deep In A Dream: The Long Night of Chet Baker
Much of Baker's work was unique and remains haunting. All the more haunting after reading this book
Sunday Independent
Detailed and perceptive
Economist
It reads like true life... Gavin is very good
Time Out
Detailed... Critically assured and never allows the cool of the icon to occlude the venality of the individual
Scotland ... Read more
Sunday Independent
Detailed and perceptive
Economist
It reads like true life... Gavin is very good
Time Out
Detailed... Critically assured and never allows the cool of the icon to occlude the venality of the individual
Scotland ... Read more