But Beautiful - A Book About Jazz (Paperback, Main)

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.

General

Imprint:	Canongate Books Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2012
Authors:	Geoff Dyer
Dimensions:	197 x 129 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	225
Edition:	Main
ISBN-13:	978-0-85786-402-4
Categories:	Books > Fiction > Special features > Short stories
LSN:	0-85786-402-5
Barcode:	9780857864024

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