As Though I Had Wings
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A jazz legend finally speaks. The infamous Chet Baker - musician, junkie, and progenitor of West Coast cool jazz - has always been an aloof mystery and a tortured saint. Until now. This chaotic ghost's pure trumpeting, aching vocals, and now-classic renditions of standards like "My Funny Valentine" all belie the turmoil of his private life. In these memoirs, discovered after his mysterious death in 1988, Chet Baker's real voice can finally be heard. Chet Baker dominated the jazz scene of the 1950's, working closely with the likes of Charlie Parker and Stan Kenton. By the sixties, however, he found himself caught in a downward spiral of heroin, cocaine, and prescription drugs. In and out of jail, in and out of relationships, crisscrossing the Atlantic in search of some sort of redemption - this is his account. Here, lush reminiscences of his early years giving way to vivid scattered memories of women, jail terms, and of course - the one constant - the music. Throughout his life Chet returned again and again to the solace of music offered, to the haven of his trumpet's smooth notes and his voice's low croon. Until this memoir, these recordings were all we had. Finally Chet Baker has let us in, past the music and right into his soul.
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