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Deep In A Dream by James Gavin (Hardcover, 2002)
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His magnetic looks and anguished bearing entranced both sexes, but his only real romance, apart from music, was with drugs. Gavin narrates in detail the harrowing spiral of dependency down which Baker tumbled, dragging with him those who dared to get close.
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From his emergence in the 1950s - when an uncannily beautiful young man from Oklahoma appeared on the West Coast and became, seemingly overnight, the prince of 'cool' jazz - until his violent, drug-related death in Amsterdam in 1988, Chet Baker lived a life that has become an American myth. Sexy, angelic, needy, and forbidding all at once, the so-called 'James Dean of Jazz' struck a note of menace in the staid fifties. His cool mannerisms have been reincarnated in countless American teenagers. Now, drawing on hundreds of interviews and previously untapped sources, James Gavin gives a hair-raising account of the trumpeter's dark journey. The story of Baker's demise - a previously unsolved riddle - is revealed here at last. So is the truth behind his tormented childhood, the pain of which would haunt his whole life. Gavin explores the birth of the melancholy playing and fragile tenor voice that catapulted the musician to fame. Behind his icy fa-ade lay something ominous, unspoken. The mystery drove both sexes crazy. But his only real romance, apart from music, was with drugs. In mesmerising detail, Gavin narrates the harrowing spiral of dependency down which Baker tumbled, drProduct Identifiers
PublisherVintage Publishing
ISBN-139780701163815
eBay Product ID (ePID)91794856
Product Key Features
Book TitleDeep in a Dream
AuthorJames Gavin
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicMusic
Publication Year2002
GenreBiographies & True Stories
Number of Pages448 Pages
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Item Weight759g
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorJames Gavin
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 29 Oct, 2023
Well worth reading.
Very informative with good photos too.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 27 Nov, 2019
Appropriate for this book
I am a musician, so to me the book was very interesting.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 22 Sep, 2016
deep in a dream
as a jazz trumpet player myself and a major chet baker fan i found this book a wonderfull insight into the real world of chet baker and the musicians he worked with, just so sad that many of these great and talented young musicians died through taking drugs an excellent read for any jazz fan.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
