Items related to But Beautiful: A Book about Jazz

But Beautiful: A Book about Jazz - Hardcover

 
9780865474901: But Beautiful: A Book about Jazz
View all copies of this ISBN edition:
 
 
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.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

Review:
Besides colorful and expressive music, jazz greats such as Lester Young, Thelonius Monk and Duke Ellington led equally colorful, albeit self-destructive, lives. Through this collection of essays, Geoff Dyer recounts some of the more vivid episodes and events these personalities engaged in and illuminates unique aspects of their character that contributed to their music. He also sheds light on the oppression of working within an atmosphere of race-alienation, a hardship that led many to abuse alcohol and drugs, and find solace only in their incredible music.
About the Author:
Geoff Dyer is the author of Out of Sheer Rage: Wrestling with D.H. Lawrence, and Ways of Telling, a critical study of John Berger; The Missing of the Somme, about World War I; and the novels Paris Trance, The Color of Memory, and The Search.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

  • PublisherNorth Point Press
  • Publication date1996
  • ISBN 10 0865474907
  • ISBN 13 9780865474901
  • BindingHardcover
  • Number of pages227
  • Rating

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9780312429478: But Beautiful: A Book About Jazz

Featured Edition

ISBN 10:  ISBN 13:  9780312429478
Publisher: Picador, 2009
Softcover

  • 9780857864024: But Beautiful

    Canong..., 2012
    Softcover

  • 9780865475083: But Beautiful: A Book About Jazz

    North ..., 1997
    Softcover

  • 9787533937850: But Beautiful: A Book about Jazz (Chinese Edition)

    Zhejia..., 2013
    Softcover

  • 9780224030960: But Beautiful

    Jonath..., 1991
    Hardcover

Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace

Stock Image

Dyer, Geoff
Published by North Point Press (1996)
ISBN 10: 0865474907 ISBN 13: 9780865474901
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
Front Cover Books
(Denver, CO, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: new. Seller Inventory # FrontCover0865474907

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 31.35
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 4.30
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Dyer, Geoff
Published by North Point Press (1996)
ISBN 10: 0865474907 ISBN 13: 9780865474901
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
GoldenWavesOfBooks
(Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.)

Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Seller Inventory # Holz_New_0865474907

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 36.65
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 4.00
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Dyer, Geoff
Published by North Point Press (1996)
ISBN 10: 0865474907 ISBN 13: 9780865474901
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
Wizard Books
(Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.)

Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New. Seller Inventory # Wizard0865474907

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 37.20
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 3.50
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Dyer, Geoff
Published by Brand: North Point Press (1996)
ISBN 10: 0865474907 ISBN 13: 9780865474901
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
LibraryMercantile
(Humble, TX, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: new. Seller Inventory # newMercantile_0865474907

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 37.73
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 3.00
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Dyer, Geoff
Published by North Point Press (1996)
ISBN 10: 0865474907 ISBN 13: 9780865474901
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
GoldBooks
(Austin, TX, U.S.A.)

Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Seller Inventory # think0865474907

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 36.65
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 4.25
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Dyer, Geoff
Published by North Point Press (1996)
ISBN 10: 0865474907 ISBN 13: 9780865474901
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
EKER BOOKS
(Bryantown, MD, U.S.A.)

Book Description hardcover. Condition: New. Seller Inventory # mon0000071932

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 36.01
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 4.99
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Dyer, Geoff
Published by North Point Press (1996)
ISBN 10: 0865474907 ISBN 13: 9780865474901
New Hardcover Quantity: 2
Seller:
Save With Sam
(North Miami, FL, U.S.A.)

Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Brand New!. Seller Inventory # VIB0865474907

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 50.64
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Dyer, Geoff
Published by North Point Press (1996)
ISBN 10: 0865474907 ISBN 13: 9780865474901
New Hardcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
GoldenDragon
(Houston, TX, U.S.A.)

Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Buy for Great customer experience. Seller Inventory # GoldenDragon0865474907

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 50.46
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 3.25
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds