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1 online resource (1 audio file (5hr., 07 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Cast |
Read by Dion Graham. |
| Summary |
In eight poetically charged vignettes, Geoff Dyer skillfully evokes the music and the men who shaped modern jazz. Drawing on photos, anecdotes, and, most important, the way he hears the music, Dyer imaginatively reconstructs scenes from the embattled lives of some of the greats: Lester Young fading away in a hotel room; Charles Mingus storming down the streets of New York on a too-small bicycle; Thelonious Monk creating his own private language on the piano. However, music is the driving force of But Beautiful, and wildly metaphoric prose that mirrors the quirks, eccentricity, and brilliance of each musician's style. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Jazz musicians -- Fiction.
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Jazz -- Fiction.
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Jazz -- Fiction.
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| Genre |
Biographical fiction.
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| Added Author |
Graham, Dion.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781977390684 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1977390684 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT12332708 |
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