a-hull
Overview page. Subjects: Maritime History.
The condition of a sailing vessel which is obliged, because of heavy weather, to heave to under bare poles with its helm a-lee in order to ride out the storm.
Ruther, Wyatt
in Oxford Music Online
January 2002; p ublished online January 2003 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Jazz; Contemporary Music. 623 words.
(Robert) [Bull]
(b Pittsburgh, Feb 5, 1923; d San Francisco, Oct 31, 1999). American double bass player. He played trombone in high school, then took up double bass, and he...
Hodes, Art(hur W.)
in Oxford Music Online
January 2002; p ublished online January 2003 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Jazz; Contemporary Music. 1067 words.
(b Nikoliev [now Nikolayev], Ukraine, 14 Nov ? 1904; d Harvey, IL, March 4, 1993). American pianist, broadcaster, and writer. He told Balliett (1981): “I’m not completely correct on...
Marsala, Joe
in American National Biography Online
January 1999; p ublished online February 2000 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Woodwinds; Blues; Jazz. 1713 words.
Marsala, Joe (04 January 1907–03 March 1978), jazz clarinetist and saxophonist, was born Joseph Francis Marsala in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Pete Marsala, a valve-trombonist. His...
Hodes, Art
in American National Biography Online
January 1999; p ublished online February 2000 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Literature; Literary Studies (Fiction, Novelists, and Prose Writers); Blues; Jazz; Keyboard. 1343 words.
Hodes, Art (14 November 1904?–04 March 1993), jazz pianist and writer, was born in Nikolaev, Russia, the son of William Hodes, a tinsmith, and Dorothy (maiden name unknown). “I’m not...
