Young Chet  -  William Claxton

the young Chet Baker

KORTE INHOUD

Chet Baker was just twenty-two when he was discovered by Charlie Parker in 1951. It was the heyday of the California jazz scene, and the handsome, brooding young trumpeter skyrocketed to fame. During a glorious period that stretched from 1952 to 1957 Baker, the "James Dean of jazz, " captured the hearts and soul of a generation that was infatuated with "cool, " yet deeply moved by the musician's underlying tone of seductive melancholy.

Among Baker's admirers was jazz photographer William Claxton, who accompa...
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1998 Uitgever: Te Neues Pub. Co. 110 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 382389966X ISBN-13: 9783823899662