1929

by Frederick Turner

By 1929, the brief, brilliant career of Bix Beiderbecke - self-taught cornetist, pianist, and composer - had already become legend. As his genius blazed forth with a strange, doomed incandescence, Bix's career tragically reflected the chaotic impulses of the country. Colored by some of the age's most popular characters - Maurice Ravel, Bing Crosby, Al Capone, Duke Ellington - 1929 brilliantly illuminates a period in history, personified in this gifted, compelling, and melancholy figure.

534 pages, Hardcover

First published March 2, 2004

About the author

Frederick Turner is the author or editor of a dozen books, including Into the Heart of Life: Henry Miller at One Hundred. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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