Literature and Fiction · Paperback

Chet Doesn’t Play Here

Norwegian title: Chet spiller ikke her

Lars Saabye Christensen

We meet the saxophonist Daniel. Obviously, he cannot play the trumpet like Chet Baker. That is precisely the point. Ever since Daniel was 13 years old and heard Chet Baker on the radio, Daniel has had just one single goal in life: to learn how to play with just that tone, so pure no one knows where it is coming from, the tone that is right for the moment when the soul slots into place.