What jazz musicians were addicted to heroin?
What jazz musicians were addicted to heroin? It's often attributed to the collision of youthful abandon, wealth and the stresses of new-found fame; yet bebop era jazz musicians like Charlie Parker and Chet Baker often lived gig to gig yet were still infamous for their heroin use. Why did so many jazz musicians use drugs? Some musicians turned to drugs in an attempt to stimulate creativity, whereas others used drugs to dampen the drudgery of smoky bars, the loneliness of being on the road and as a pathway to social camaraderie among their peers (3). Did Coltrane use heroin? Coltrane...