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But Beautiful: A Book About Jazz

But Beautiful: A Book About Jazz

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Lester Young fading away in a hotel room; Charles Mingus storming down the streets of New York on a too-small bicycle; Thelonius Monk creating his own private language on the piano...

In eight poet...

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Product ID:	9780857864024
Product Form:	Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:	GB
Title:	But Beautiful
Subtitle:	A Book About Jazz
Authors:	Author: Geoff Dyer
Page Count:	240
Subjects:	Popular music, Jazz, Biography and non-fiction prose, Prose: non-fiction
Description:	Select Guide Rating 'A copy ... ought to be on everybody's Desert Island' Independent Lester Young fading away in a hotel room; Charles Mingus storming down the streets of New York on a too-small bicycle; Thelonius Monk creating his own private language on the piano... In eight poetically charged vignettes, Geoff Dyer skilfully evokes the embattled lives of the players who shaped modern jazz. He draws on photos and anecdotes, but music is the driving force of But Beautiful and Dyer brings it to life in luminescent and wildly metaphoric prose that mirrors the quirks, eccentricity, and brilliance of each musician''s style.
Imprint Name:	Canongate Books
Publisher Name:	Canongate Books
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	2012-05-10

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Weight	174 g
Dimensions	197 × 129 × 16 mm