Deep in a Dream - by James Gavin (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Reprint, with minor corrections. Originally published: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>This first major biography of the most romanticized icon in jazz thrillingly recounts his wild ride. From his emergence in the 1950s--when an uncannily beautiful young man from Oklahoma appeared on the West Coast to become, seemingly overnight, the prince of cool jazz--until his violent, drug-related death in Amsterdam in 1988, Chet Baker lived a life that has become an American myth. Here, drawing on hundreds of interviews and previously untapped sources, James Gavin gives a hair-raising account of the trumpeter's dark journey.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"A landmark in entertainment biography." --<strong>Tony Gieske</b>, <i>Hollywood Reporter</i><br></p><br><br>"Almost unbearably vivid ... James Gavin has brought us as close as life to his subject." --<b>David Hajdu, </b> <b><i>New York Times Book Review</i></b><br><br>"Cringingly fine ... a really scary story." --<i>Kirkus Reviews</i><br><br>"Definitive ... a haunting prose poem that's every bit as affecting as one of Baker's solos." --<i>Entertainment Weekly</i> - "A" rating<br><br>"Gripping ... fascinating ... brings Baker's personality vividly to life ... resonates on a level far deeper than most biographies of musicians." --<b>Carlo Wolff, </b> <b><i>Boston Globe</i></b><b> </b><br><br>"Harrowing ... chilling." --<strong>Richard Sudhalter</b>, <i>Baltimore Sun</i><br><br>"Savagely honest ... impeccably researched, elegantly written." --<strong>Joel Selvin</b>, <i>San Francisco Chronicle</i><br><br>"So thorough, gripping and well-written that once the pages start to turn, you're hooked ... a journalistic gem." --<strong>Jason Koransky</b>, <i>Down Beat</i> <p/><br><br>"Splendid, fascinatingly thorough ... a book that remains a page-turner long after it's obvious what's coming next." --<strong>K. Leander Williams</b>, <i>Time Out New York</i> <p/><br><br>"Superb ... unerring ... a stark, troubling portrait of both the artist and his times." --<i>Publisher's Weekly</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><strong>James Gavin</b> is the author of <i>Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne</i> and <i>Intimate Nights: The Golden Age of New York Cabaret</i>. His journalism has appeared in the <i>New York Times, Vanity Fair, Time Out New York</i>, and the <i>Huffington Post</i>.</p>
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