Bøger af Horace Silver

Horace Silver is one of the last giants remaining from the incredible flowering and creative extension of bebop music that became known as "e;hard bop"e; in the 1950s. This freewheeling autobiography of the great composer, pianist, and bandleader takes us from his childhood in Norwalk, Connecticut, through his rise to fame as a musician in New York, to his comfortable life "e;after the road"e; in California. During that time, Silver composed an impressive repertoire of tunes that have become standards and recorded a number of classic albums. Well-seasoned with anecdotes about the music, the musicians, and the milieu in which he worked and prospered, Silver's narrative-like his music-is earthy, vernacular, and intimate. His stories resonate with lessons learned from hearing and playing alongside such legends as Art Blakey, Charlie Parker, and Lester Young. His irrepressible sense of humor combined with his distinctive spirituality make his account both entertaining and inspiring. Most importantly, Silver's unique take on the music and the people who play it opens a window onto the creative process of jazz and the social and cultural worlds in which it flourishes.Let's Get to the Nitty Gritty also describes Silver's spiritual awakening in the late 1970s. This transformation found its expression in the electronic and vocal music of the three-part work called The United States of Mind and eventually led the musician to start his own record label, Silveto. Silver details the economic forces that eventually persuaded him to put Silveto to rest and to return to the studios of major jazz recording labels like Columbia, Impulse, and Verve, where he continued expanding his catalogue of new compositions and recordings that are at least as impressive as his earlier work.

This explosive and shocking book written by a reformed London career criminal exposes the inner workings of one of London's most feared crime families and comes with an authenticity stamped throughout that blows all the other so-called crime books out of the water Mark Timlin'I loved Judas Pig. Violent and twisted but full of real humanity and a great story.' Maxim JakubowskiA gripping page-turner that lifts the lid on the London crime scene with much more power than the glossed-over memoirs of sundry Kray acolytes. There is no glamour here, just an ugly world of treachery, violence and dishonour, but with an odd comedy dominating the grisly proceedings. Scary indeed. MIke Stafford of BookdaggerJudas Pig is blistering with the kind of authenticity the rest of the ex-con stable couldn't dream of mustering. Tony Thompson. The Observer.Horace Silver has spent most of his life dicing with death. As a senior member of one of Britain's most successful criminal gangs, he has made tens of millions of pounds from drug trafficking, armed robbery, kidnapping and murder over the past 20 years. He has evaded repeated police sting operations, served only a few months in prison and survived at least two attempts on his life. But this week the release of his brutal and uncompromising debut novel is set to put him in the firing line like never before. Judas Pig is the gripping tale of a career criminal who reaches the top of his profession before the ghosts of his past catch up and threaten to destroy him. What sets the book apart is that all the main characters easily identifiable in the underworld and the book is set to reveal for the first time who was responsible for at least five of London's unsolved gangland murders. Book DescriptionBILLY ABRAHAMS IS A CAREER criminal who makes a very good living from violence, armed robbery, operating sex shops and stealing from other criminals. But he becomes increasingly haunted by childhood ghosts and by the ever-growing influence of Danny, his psychopathic partner in crime.Billy finds himself starting to look beyond the violence and the scams, slowly descending into a drug-fuelled netherworld that affects his judgment and his perceptions. He is finally tipped over the edge when Danny commits an act even Billy cannot stomach. And that's when things really start to go wrong... From the Publisher.'Judas Pig' is the genuine article. A briliantly written novel that describes the strak reality of violent crime. Not 'a laugh a minute' caper, but rather dark, dangerous and profoundly troubling. There is humour in there but it is dark, gallows humour. I read the manuscript in a sitting and rank it among the top twenty crime novels I have ever read.