Good Things Happen SlowlyGood Things Happen Slowly
a Life in and Out of Jazz
Title rated 0 out of 5 stars, based on 0 ratings(0 ratings)
Book, 2017
Current format, Book, 2017, First edition., Available .Book, 2017
Current format, Book, 2017, First edition., Available . Offered in 0 more formatsHersch’s prodigious talent as a sideman; a pianist who played with the giants of the twentieth century in the autumn of their careers, including Art Farmer and Joe Henderson, blossomed further in the eighties and beyond into a compositional genius that defied the boundaries of bop, sweeping in elements of pop, classical, and folk to create a wholly new music. Good Things Happen Slowly is his memoir. It’s the story of the first openly gay, HIV-positive jazz player; a deep look into the cloistered jazz culture that made such a status both transgressive and groundbreaking; and a profound exploration of how Hersch’s two-month-long coma in 2007 led to his creating some of the finest, most direct, and most emotionally compelling music of his career. Remarkable, and at times lyrical, Good Things Happen Slowly is an evocation of the twilight of Post-Stonewall New York, and a powerfully brave narrative of illness, recovery, music, creativity, and the glorious reward of finally becoming oneself.
Title availability
About
Subject and genre
Details
Publication
- New York : Crown Archetype, [2017], ©2017
Opinion
More from the community
Community lists featuring this title
There are no community lists featuring this title
Community contributions
Community quotations are the opinions of contributing users. These quotations do not represent the opinions of Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi.
There are no quotations from this title
Community quotations are the opinions of contributing users. These quotations do not represent the opinions of Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi.
There are no quotations from this title
From the community