Better Days Will Come Again: The Life of Arthur Briggs, Jazz Genius of Harlem, Paris, and a Nazi Prison Camp
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Arthur Briggs's life was Homeric in scope. Born on the tiny island of Grenada, he set sail for Harlem during the Renaissance, then to Europe in the aftermath of World War I, where he was among the first pioneers to introduce jazz music to the world. During the legendary Jazz Age in Paris, Briggs's trumpet provided the soundtrack while Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and the rest of the Lost Generation got drunk. By the 1930s, Briggs was considered "the Louis...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0914090100
ISBN13:9780914090106
Release Date:January 2020
Publisher:Chicago Review Press
Length:304 Pages
Weight:1.46 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.1" x 9.0"
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