Bouncin' With Barton: The Incomplete Works of Richard Twardzik
Toronto: The Mercury Press, 2008. Soft cover. 8vo. Near Fine. Item #004408
Soft cover. xx, 317 p.p., [18 p.p. index], [8] p.p. colour plates of photos. When the piano prodigy Richard Twardzik died of a heroin overdose in his Parsi hotel room at the age of 24, his recorded legacy amounted to just over an hour of exquisite, unique music. But his short life intersected many colourful and brilliant characters, kindred souls in the quest for truth and beauty in mid-century America including Charlie Parker, Bob Zieff, Lionel Hampton, Serge Chaloff, Crystal Joy, Chet Baker, and Reba Stewart, his first girlfriend and soulmate.
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