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; Thelonius Monk creating his own private language on the piano. However, music is the driving force of But Beautiful, and Dyer brings it to life in luminescent and wildly metaphoric prose that mirrors the quirks, eccentricity, and brilliance of each musician's style.
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Hardback Editions
January 1996 : Hardback
| Title: But Beautiful: A Book about Jazz Author(s): Geoff Dyer ISBN: 0-86547-490-7 / 978-0-86547-490-1 (USA edition) Publisher: North Point Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
June 1991 : Hardback
| Title: But Beautiful: A Book About Jazz Author(s): Geoff Dyer ISBN: 0-224-03096-5 / 978-0-224-03096-0 (UK edition) Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
August 2003 : Paperback
| Title: But Beautiful: A Book About Jazz Author(s): Geoff Dyer ISBN: 0-349-11005-0 / 978-0-349-11005-9 (UK edition) Publisher: Abacus Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
June 1997 : Paperback
| Title: But Beautiful: A Book about Jazz Author(s): Geoff Dyer ISBN: 0-86547-508-3 / 978-0-86547-508-3 (USA edition) Publisher: North Point Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
August 1992 : Paperback
| Title: But Beautiful: A Book About Jazz Author(s): Geoff Dyer ISBN: 0-09-977780-0 / 978-0-09-977780-9 (UK edition) Publisher: Vintage Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
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