(Low)life

A Memoir of Jazz, Fight-Fixing, and The Mob

(Low)life
Charles Farrell
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Hardback
h229 x 152mm - 256pg
23 Jul 2020 US
International import eta 7-19 days
9781949590197
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(Low)life is a gripping memoir from Charles Farrell, a world-class jazz musician and self-admitted "fight fixer" and "gangster. "Farrell trades in the world of jazz for boxing, and becomes business partners with the legendary boxer Floyd Patterson. He is eventually is forced to flee to a farm in Puerto Rico, with a mob contract on his life. After he returns home, with the help of boxing legend Al Braverman, he goes back to jazz and collaborates frequently with his friend Ornette Coleman, the godfather of "Free Jazz. "A world-class jazz pianist, Charles Farrell made his living working in Mob-controlled Boston clubs from the time he was a teenager in the 1960s. He later traded music for the shady world of professional boxing, managing dozens of fighters, including the notorious Mitch "Blood" Green, who famously lost twice to Mike Tyson-once in the ring, and once in the street. A self-admitted "fight-fixer" and "gangster, " but not a "tough guy," Farrell ran afoul of the actual tough guys in the 1990s, and fled to a farm in Puerto Rico, coming home only after an aging boxing legend brokered his safe return. Retired from the fight game, he returned to jazz and, among other collaborators, played frequently with his friend, Ornette Coleman, the godfather of "Free Jazz" and one of the greatest jazz musicians of the 20th century. (Low)life is a singular book by a singular man.
Charles Farrell has spent his professional life moving between music and boxing, with occasional detours. He has managed five world champions, and has played and recorded with many of the musicians he most admires--Evan Parker and Ornette Coleman among them.

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