Deep in a dream : the long night of Chet Baker / James Gavin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gavin, James, 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jazz musicians--United States--Biography.

Jazz musicians.

Baker, Chet.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (473 p.)

Edition:

Unabridged pbk. ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, 2011.

Summary:

From his emergence in the 1950s as an uncannily beautiful young Oklahoman who became the prince of “cool" jazz seemingly overnight to his violent, drug-related death in Amsterdam in 1988, Chet Baker lived a life that has become an American myth. Drawing on hundreds of interviews and previously untapped sources, this first major biography of one of the most romanticized icons in jazz gives a thrilling account of the trumpeter's dark journey. Author James Gavin delves deeply into Baker's tormented childhood, the origins of his melancholic trumpet playing, and even reveals the long-unsolved riddle of Baker's demise. Baker's otherworldly personal aura struck a note of menace and mystery that catapulted him to fame in the staid 1950s but as time wore on, his romance with drugs became highly publicized. Gavin narrates the harrowing spiral of dependency down which Baker tumbled and illustrates how those who dared to get close were dragged down with him. This is the portrait of a musician whose singular artistry and mystique has never lost the power to enchant and seduce.

Contents:

Cover; Additional Praise for Deep in a Dream; Also by James Gavin; Copyright Page; Contents; Prologue ; Chapter 1 ; Chapter 2 ; Chapter 3 ; Chapter 4 ; Chapter 5 ; Chapter 6 ; Chapter 7 ; Chapter 8 ; Chapter 9 ; Chapter 10 ; Chapter 11 ; Chapter 12 ; Chapter 13 ; Chapter 14 ; Chapter 15 ; Chapter 16 ; Chapter 17 ; Chapter 18 ; Chapter 19 ; Epilogue ; Acknowledgments ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Discography ; Index ; A Note About the Author; A Note on the Type

Notes:

Reprint, with minor corrections. Originally published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2002.

"An A Cappella book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes discography.

ISBN:

1-56976-901-X

OCLC:

748242169