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1929

Frederick Turner

4/5 ( ratings)

By 1929, the brief, brilliant career of Bix Beiderbecke - self-taught cornetist, pianist, and composer - had already become legend. As his genius blazed forth with a strange, doomed incandescence, Bix's career tragically reflected the chaotic impulses of the country. Colored by some of the age's most popular characters - Maurice Ravel, Bing Crosby, Al Capone, Duke Ellington - 1929 brilliantly illuminates a period in history, personified in this gifted, compelling, and melancholy figure.

Language: English

Pages: 602

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Thorndike Press

Release: January 03, 2004

ISBN: 0786260629

ISBN 13: 9780786260621

1929

Frederick Turner

4/5 ( ratings)

By 1929, the brief, brilliant career of Bix Beiderbecke - self-taught cornetist, pianist, and composer - had already become legend. As his genius blazed forth with a strange, doomed incandescence, Bix's career tragically reflected the chaotic impulses of the country. Colored by some of the age's most popular characters - Maurice Ravel, Bing Crosby, Al Capone, Duke Ellington - 1929 brilliantly illuminates a period in history, personified in this gifted, compelling, and melancholy figure.

Language: English

Pages: 602

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Thorndike Press

Release: January 03, 2004

ISBN: 0786260629

ISBN 13: 9780786260621

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