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Young Chet: The Young Chet Baker

Door William Claxton

Categorie
Jazz & Blues
Boeknummer
#394375-XQ18
Titel
Young Chet: The Young Chet Baker
Auteur
Claxton, William (photography)
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover
Uitgeverij
Te Neues Publishing Company
Jaar van uitgave
1998
ISBN10
382389966X
ISBN13
9783823899662
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original pictorial boards, illustrated with numerous (full page) photographs in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting
Chet Baker was just twenty-two when he was discovered by Charlie Parker in 1951. It was the heyday of the California jazz scene, and the handsome, brooding young trumpeter skyrocketed to fame. During a glorious period that stretched from 1952 to 1957 Baker, the "James Dean of jazz, " captured the hearts and soul of a generation that was infatuated with "cool, " yet deeply moved by the musician's underlying tone of seductive melancholy. Among Baker's admirers was jazz photographer William Claxton, who accompanied Chet to concerts, performances and studio sessions. His photos show a dreamily introverted musician whose charisma and appearance matched the suggestiveness of his art. And they document a vibrant period in our country's musical history, when youth and beauty ru... (Lees verder)led the day, and which paved the way for America's obsession with glamorous, fast-living entertainers. Reprinted in an attractive smaller format, and accompanied by Claxton's affecting, personal memories of Baker, these photographs document not just an artist at work, but friendship in the making.
Pagina's
110
Conditie
Goed — Blue permanent marker line on bottom cut.
Prijs
€ 8,00

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