1929
By 1929, the brief, brilliant career of Bix Beiderbecke--self-taught cornetist, pianist, and composer--had already become legend. From the summer of '26 at Hudson Lake, Indiana, when his genius blazed forth with a strange, doomed incandescence, Bix's career tragically reflected the chaotic impulses of a country suddenly awash in wealth, power, and a profound cynicism. Shy, elusive, inarticulate, Bix was beloved by both the raccoon-coated campus crowd and the men who nightly played alongside him. He is still celebrated in a yearly festival in his hometown of Davenport, Iowa.And that is where the novel begins, Davenport and the Bix Fest. Then i…
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- ISBN: 978-1-58243-309-7
- EAN: 9781582433097
- Produktnummer: 27154161
- Verlag: Counterpoint Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
- Seitenangabe: 390 S.
- Masse: H20.4 cm x B13.5 cm x D2.7 cm 422 g
- Gewicht: 422
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