Henry hudson mini biography of sylvester
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Sylvester Ahola (May 24, 1902 – February 13, 1995) was a classic jazz trumpeter and cornetist born in Gloucester, Massachusetts. He became most popular in England rather than the United State. He has played the trumpet on 2,000 records and been part of fifty orchestras and jazz bands.
Sylvester was one of the great musicians during a unique period in American musical culture-from the growth of jazz through the nedstämdhet to the development of commercial radio. After a classical training, Ahola's prolific recording career among the top bands of the age, in both amerika and England, was a tribute to the skill and mastery of his chosen instrument. His career as a first-rate studio musician funnen him equally at ease with classical trumpet solos, light orchestral music, popular dance grupp tunes, and in groups accompanying such great singers as Paul Robeson and Sophie Tucker.
He was also responsible, in no small way, for establishing a style of "hot" jazz-f
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Looking back at Francis Bacon
'Reading David Sylvester on art is like being provided for a while with the ideal companion in one's gallery of choice'
The Art Newspaper
'An extended rumination on Bacon which throws a great deal of light, not only on what made the painter so good, but also on what makes Sylvester so good … as it is, it seems most unlikely that any text will ever get closer than this to the truth about Francis Bacon, as man and artist'
Martin Gayford, The Spectator
'A triumphant distillation of Sylvester’s views on a painter he so rightly prized … Sylvester’s ability to make illuminating comparisons is superb, and he never forgets that Bacon was also nourished by photography, film and poetry. Above all, though, Sylvester focuses on the paintings themselves. No writer on art scrutinizes the work itself more closely, intently and thoughtfully. He never loses sight of his own, deeply felt response, and conveys it in words that recreate the intensity of looking at Ba
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Harry Sylvester Bird: A Novel (Paperback)
By Chinelo Okparanta
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"Disarmingly funny." - The New York Times
From the award-winning author of Under the Udala Trees and Happiness, Like Water comes a brilliant, provocative, up-to-the-minute satirical novel about a young white man’s education and miseducation in contemporary America.
Harry Sylvester Bird grows up in Edward, Pennsylvania, with his parents, Wayne and Chevy, whom he greatly dislikes. They’re racist, xenophobic, financially incompetent, and they have quite a few secrets of their own. To Harry, they represent everything wrong with this country. And his small town isn’t any better. He witnesses racial profiling, graffitied swastikas, and White Power signs on his walk home from school. He can’t wait until he’s old enough to leave. When he finally is, he moves straight to New York City, where he feels he can finally live out