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The Lineup: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest DetectivesMore to the point, the sound of the jazz saxophone. I started with the essentials-John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter-and branched out from there. Along the way I read a piece in Time magazine about a musician named Frank Morgan, a protц©gц© of Charlie ParkerБЂ™s who had overcome heroin addiction and imprisonment to record again after thirty years. It was in Frank MorganБЂ™s alto sax that I found the soundtrack of my detective. In his sad but uplifting ballad БЂњLullaby,БЂ« written by pianist George Cables, I discovered my detectiveБЂ™s anthem. For many years I played that song at the start of each writing day. My detective, like Frank Morgan, was to be a survivor, a man who overcomes his past to ensure his present-and his future. So I chose his music carefully. Pierce would listen to music created by artists who had overcome great obstacles in order to make it. Whether it was beating drug addiction, fighting racism, surmounting poverty, or rising above medical disability, the jazz musicians I drew inspiration from were survivors ...» |
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