Young Man with a Horn (novel)
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Young Man with a Horn is a
Preface
Dorothy Baker explained that the inspiration for the book was jazz cornetist, pianist, and composer Bix Beiderbecke. In the Preface, she wrote: "The inspiration for the writing of this book has been the music, but not the life, of a great musician, Leon (Bix) Beiderbecke, who died in the year 1931. The characters and events of the story are entirely fictitious and do not refer to real musicians, living or dead, or to actual happenings."
Plot introduction
It is a fictionalized novel on jazz set in a world of
The racial component of jazz is addressed. Ever since the first jazz record was released in 1917 by the white band
Releases
The novel has been reprinted many times in hardcover and paperback editions and has been published in German, Italian, French, and Spanish translations. The movie version of the book has been released on VHS, DVD, and Blu-ray.[citation needed]
References
- Review of Young Man with a Horn by Jesse Kornbluth, for HeadButler.com . accessed January 2009