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A Study in Frustration: The Fletcher Henderson Story (Columbia. 4 LPs). The man who anticipated Goodman, Basie and Ellington by building the granddaddy of the great swing bands, in a sampling of the incendiary brews he poured from the bandstand for 15 wonderful years (1923-38). Composer Henderson (whose "frustration...
"This versatility, this vitality, this intellectual energy, put to the service of our country, represents our great resource. I would urge you, therefore, to recognize the contribution which you can make as educated men and women to intellectual and political leadership in these difficult days, when the problems are infinitely...
Macario. A gifted Mexican director and cameraman make a touching ceremony out of B. Traven's profound little fable of the woodcutter who sups with Death.
H. L. Mencken on Music, a selection by Louis Cheslock, and Letters of H. L. Mencken, a selection by Guy J. Forgue. The '20's most gifted student of the ridiculous is at his most eloquent and outrageous in these two well-chosen samplers.
The woodcutter's wish is the golden key that opens one of the gloomiest and loveliest volumes of European legend. Translated to a Mexican setting by B. Traven, a mysterious recluse (TIME, Aug. 16, 1948) who lives in Mexico and writes masterly proletarian novels and short stories, the legend...