Young Man with a Horn Paperback Dorothy Baker

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Publication Name
New York Review of Books, Incorporated, The
ISBN
9781590175774
Book Title
Young Man with a Horn
Publisher
New York Review of Books, Incorporated, T.H.E.
Item Length
8.1 in
Publication Year
2012
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.6 in
Author
Dorothy Baker
Genre
Fiction
Topic
Psychological, Literary, Biographical
Item Weight
7.1 Oz
Item Width
5.2 in
Number of Pages
192 Pages
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
New York Review of Books, Incorporated, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
1590175778
ISBN-13
9781590175774
eBay Product ID (ePID)
117171221

Product Key Features

Book Title
Young Man with a Horn
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Psychological, Literary, Biographical
Publication Year
2012
Genre
Fiction
Author
Dorothy Baker
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
7.1 Oz
Item Length
8.1 in
Item Width
5.2 in

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Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2012-013560
Reviews
" Young Man with a Horn is a great book, beautifully conceived and masterfully written. There is little else that can be said in praise of any book." New York Amsterdam News   " The Young Man with a Horn is the story of a musician, a swing trumpeter who lives only for the pounding rhythms in his blood. Yet despite its subject matter, it is not the fragment of fervid impressionism that the jazz age used to produce; despite the irrationalism of swing, the book itself is a clear-minded, informed, coldly rational study of a swing-addict." The New York Times " Young Man with a Horn is practically perfect. You feel, and feel deeply, the atmosphere Baker describes, the music Rick and his friends make, the fanatic devotion of artists who can't take their music or leave it but must take it and take it hard. Between the lines Baker somehow gets a great many true things said about American life, its tempo, its elements of frustration, its unique and unquestioning vitality." -Clifton Fadiman, The New Yorker "I first read this book when I was twelve. I loved it because it did not condescend or sugarcoat. It took me inside the music-it made me want to find an instrument and learn it." -Jesse Kornbluth, 'pulsing with the life of the jazz solos that tumble from Rick's trumpet, as well as the vibrancy and talent of his black musician friends. A pitch-perfect evocation of the music that defined an age.', " Young Man with a Horn is a great book, beautifully conceived and masterfully written. There is little else that can be said in praise of any book." New York Amsterdam News " The Young Man with a Horn is the story of a musician, a swing trumpeter who lives only for the pounding rhythms in his blood. Yet despite its subject matter, it is not the fragment of fervid impressionism that the jazz age used to produce; despite the irrationalism of swing, the book itself is a clear-minded, informed, coldly rational study of a swing-addict." The New York Times, 'these marvellous books are witty and assured. Her tone is dark and jaunty, the writing off-handedly smart.
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
813/.52
Synopsis
Rick Martin loved music and the music loved him. He could pick up a tune so quickly that it didn't matter to the Cotton Club boss that he was underage, or to the guys in the band that he was just a white kid. He started out in the slums of LA with nothing, and he ended up on top of the game in the speakeasies and nightclubs of New York. But while talent and drive are all you need to make it in music, they aren't enough to make it through a life. Dorothy Baker's Young Man with a Horn is widely regarded as the first jazz novel, and it pulses with the music that defined an era. Baker took her inspiration from the artistry--though not the life--of legendary horn player Bix Beiderbecke, and the novel went on to be adapted into a successful movie starring Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, and Doris Day., Rick Martin loved music and the music loved him. He could pick up a tune so quickly that it didn't matter to the Cotton Club boss that he was underage, or to the guys in the band that he was just a white kid. He started out in the slums of LA with nothing, and he ended up on top of the game in the speakeasies and nightclubs of New York. But while talent and drive are all you need to make it in music, they aren't enough to make it through a life. Dorothy Baker's Young Man with a Horn is widely regarded as the first jazz novel, and it pulses with the music that defined an era. Baker took her inspiration from the artistry-though not the life-of legendary horn player Bix Beiderbecke, and the novel went on to be adapted into a successful movie starring Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, and Doris Day., Dorothy Baker's Young Man with a Horn is widely regarded as the first jazz novel, and it courses with the verve and swing of the music that defined an era.
LC Classification Number
PS3503.A54156Y63

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