But Beautiful e-bog
104,11 DKK
(inkl. moms 130,14 DKK)
"e;May be the best book ever written about jazz."e;-David Thomson, Los Angeles TimesIn eight poetically charged vignettes, Geoff Dyer skillfully evokes the music and the men who shaped modern jazz. Drawing on photos, anecdotes, and, most important, the way he hears the music, Dyer imaginatively reconstructs scenes from the embattled lives of some of the greats: Lester Young fading away ...
E-bog
104,11 DKK
Forlag
North Point Press
Udgivet
24 juni 2014
Længde
205 sider
Genrer
BGFA
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781466869851
"e;May be the best book ever written about jazz."e;-David Thomson, Los Angeles TimesIn eight poetically charged vignettes, Geoff Dyer skillfully evokes the music and the men who shaped modern jazz. Drawing on photos, anecdotes, and, most important, the way he hears the music, Dyer imaginatively reconstructs scenes from the embattled lives of some of the greats: Lester Young fading away in a hotel room; Charles Mingus storming down the streets of New York on a too-small bicycle; Thelonious Monk creating his own private language on the piano. However, music is the driving force of But Beautiful, and wildly metaphoric prose that mirrors the quirks, eccentricity, and brilliance of each musician's style.