Really the Blues (New York Review Books Classics)

Really the Blues (New York Review Books Classics)

Mezz Mezzrow was a boy from Chicago who learned to playÂ the sax in reform school and pursued a life in music and a life of crime. HeÂ moved from Chicago to New Orleans to New York, working in brothels andÂ bars, bootlegging, dealing drugs, getting hooked, doing time, producing records, andÂ playing with the greats, among them Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, andÂ Fats Waller. Really the Blues, the jive-talking memoir that Mezzrow wrote at theÂ insistence of, and with the help of, the novelist Bernard Wolfe, is the story of anÂ unusual and unusually American life, and a portrait of a man who moved freely across racial boundaries when few could or did, â€œthe odyssey of an individualist . . .Â the saga of a guy who wanted to make friends in a jungle where everyone was tooÂ busy making money.â€
Country USA
Brand New York Review of Books
Manufacturer NYRB Classics
Binding Paperback
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2016-02-23
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781590179451

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