Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Dali, Picasso and Man Rey and gets his novel critiqued by Gertrude Stein and Ernest Hemingway a dream come true for someone who idealizes Jazz Age Paris as a golden age for creativity.
Then he was given the opportunity of a lifetime: From 1959 to 1960, Claxton was commissioned to document the American jazz scene at the height of the "golden era" of the music genre.