Review of Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker (2013) by Phillip O — 26 Apr 2016

Between being hit by an ambulance at 9 and dying tragically young at 43, James Carroll Booker III rode music life's wildest roller coaster. A brilliant pianist who could swing with ease across the spectrum from blues to classical, a gay black man who never found his perfect place, and a proud New Orleanian born and deceased in Charity Hospital, Booker gets as good a treatment as likely possible from director Keber.