Young man with a horn
By: by Dorothy Baker ; introduction by Gary Giddins
Series: New York Review Books classics
Publisher: New York Review Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 185
ISBN-13: 9781590175774
Subjects: Self-destructive behavior; Jazz musicians; Trumpet players; Fiction
Description: Rick Martin loved music and the music loved him. He could pick up a tune so quickly that it didn't matter to the Cotton Club boss that he was underage, or to the guys in the band that he was just a white kid. He started out in the slums of LA with nothing, and he ended up on top of the game in the speakeasies and nightclubs of New York. But while talent and drive are all you need to make it in music, they aren't enough to make it through a life.