Ernest did not paint a very pretty picture of the woman, so I came into the book a little prejudiced against her.
NOTE: Before reading this book, what little I knew about Zelda was mostly from reading A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway. The book is a fictionalized first-person narrative of Zelda’s life from her days as a teenage southern belle to the iconic 20s flapper to the mental-health struggles that followed. So begins the absolute whirlwind life of Zelda Fitzgerald. After months of on-again, off-again courting, Scott’s first book is sold to a publisher and Zelda finally agrees to marry him. Zelda is taken by Scott in a way she hasn’t been by any other man. When a group of American soldiers stays in Montgomery while awaiting deployment, Zelda first meets a young aspiring writer named Scott. She enjoys dancing, smoking cigarettes, and spending time with boys-much to the chagrin of her State Supreme Court justice father.
Zelda Sayre, a daring and vivacious debutante of WWI era Montgomery, Alabama, likes to stand out. Genre: Historical Fiction Biographical Fiction SIDE-SIDE NOTE: I received a NetGalley edition of this book in exchange for an honest review. Now that I’m living near Vegas, I find out they’re playing in Redding, CA! I have not yet despaired, though. When I was living near Redding, CA, they played in Green Bay. When I was living in Green Bay, they had a show in Vegas. Unfortunately, Fate has been very cruel so far. SIDE NOTE: Someday I hope to attend a live show. As it turned out, there was a whole lot more where that came from. I was blown away by how a song I knew very well could suddenly sound so different yet familiar. I first discovered the group sometime in 2015 when I stumbled across their “Grease”-style cover of Taylor Swift’s “Style” featuring Annie Goodchild and Von Smith. NOTE: I’ve been a fan of PMJ for a couple years now. ( Tambourine Guy, this means you.) Scott also includes valuable insights he picked up as a musician, YouTuber, promoter, producer, and people manager. As a PMJ fan, I found it really fun to learn about the genesis of the group as well as how some of its best-loved members came aboard. In his memoir, Scott Bradlee traces his journey from jazz piano-obsessed teenager to struggling artist and beyond. They have released more than 15 albums and hundreds of YouTube videos. Now based in L.A., PMJ regularly sends multiple groups on simultaneous tours around the world.
Within a few short years, the group has transformed into a rotating cast of dozens of talented singers, dancers, and musicians. Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox (PMJ) started out as a YouTube channel recording vintage covers of pop hits in a small basement apartment in Queens. A sad clown with a golden voice? Umm, Yeah! A Jazz version of Macklemore’s “Thrift Shop”? Sure.
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