Swing from a Small Island – the story of Leslie ThompsonThe life story of a swing era trumpeter from Jamaica, a vivid and frank account of the remarkable life of a religious man with few axes to grind. Leslie Thompson (190187) was born in Jamaica, raised there at Alpha Cottage School, and joined the West India Regiment as a bandsman. He moved permanently to England in 1929 and played in dance and jazz bands in clubs and theatres, toured with Louis Armstrong, and worked with the most significant black

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Yet this complicated man continued to feel alienated from literary London by his lowly background

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published in 2000

translated from the Dutch

Hartmut Fähndrich on al-Koni The Desert – our Life

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Why Did You Leave The Horse Alone

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The pictures are brought to life by the author’s own account of the process by which his lino-cuts are made

He was born and raised in Depression-struck south Wales and

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