Young Chet: The Young Chet Baker
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Chet Baker was twenty-one when Charlie Parker discovered him and introduced him to such stars as Stan Getz and Gerry Mulligan. It was the beginning of a meteoric rise to fame. Within a year, his... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:382389966X
ISBN13:9783823899662
Release Date:January 1998
Publisher:Te Neues Publishing Company
Length:112 Pages
Weight:0.66 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.4" x 7.2"
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Claxton saw something happening & knew what it was
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
It was William Claxton's great privilege to have known & photographed Chet Baker during the mid-Fifties. Baker was a handsome, photogenic young man, a rising jazz star whose cool vocal interpretations of standards were winning him a large, mostly female audience outside of jazz. These beautiful black & white photographs, both casual & posed, capture a cultural era as surely as do the films of James Dean, the recordings of Elvis Presley & the writings of Jack Kerouac. We often think of the Eisenhower years as a bland era in the United States, but this talented proto-punk musician was working nearer the fringes in an atmosphere of creative ferment. Claxton saw it happening & knew what was going on. Lovely book for Baker's fans & for those who appreciate fine portraits. Bob Rixon, WFMU-FM
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