false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175562997m/529980.jpg 529980 2 <div>Written with gritty honesty, <i>Low Down</i> is an extended improvisation on growing up among jazz royalty, a moving tour through the dope and deviance of the late-1960s and early-1970s jazz scene in Hollywood's underbelly and beyond. <br></div> 517621 2003 Low Down: Junk, Jazz, and Other Fairy Tales From Childhood (Tin House) total:14|5:5|4:7|3:1|2:1|1:0| 14 58 17 3 4 0 false false Thu Jan 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Aug 11 23:49:33 -0700 2008 Mon Jan 26 09:08:33 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 true false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sat Jul 21 16:18:54 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 21 16:38:27 -0700 2007
Its about the forgotten jazz icon, Joe Albany. Written by his daughter, a childs eye view of living in hollywood land, L.A, just when Jazz & poetry was blowing up in the last 50s while having a very amazingly, talented father who is also a drug addict. It ver...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Aug 29 21:24:41 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 09:24:58 -0700 2009
i cannot describe in words how gripping and sometimes sickening these tales are to read at times.

a must read for everyone.

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