OCTOBER BOOK
October's book will be Young Man with a Horn by Dorothy Baker (https://www.amazon.com/Young-Horn-Review-Books-Classics/dp/1590175778), another volume in the excellent series of NYRB Classics. Join us on the evening of Tuesday, October 1 at the Sylvia Hotel Lounge for an informal evening of drink, dining and discussion, beginning at 7pm. As always, new members and the idly curious are always welcome.
Dorothy Baker's Young Man with a Horn is widely regarded as the first jazz novel, and it pulses with the music that defined an era. Baker took her inspiration from the artistry - though not the life - of legendary horn player Bix Beiderbecke, and the novel went on to be adapted into a successful movie starring Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall and Doris Day.
