Sylvester Ahola

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Sylvester Ahola (May 24, 1902 – February 13, 1995),^[1] a.k.a. Hooley, was a classic jazz trumpeter and cornetist born in Gloucester, Massachusetts. He became most popular in England rather than the United States, and first began performing with Frank Ward and His Orchestra. In 1925 he started playing with Paul Specht and His Orchestra, with whom he did a two month long tour of England that following year. For the next couple of years he performed with bands like The California Ramblers and Adrian Rollini and his band.

In 1927 he moved to England and landed a job playing with the Savoy Orpheans and then gigged with Bert Firman and Bert Ambrose. The British Musicians' Union, unhappy to see a foreigner land so many jobs and attain so much success, effectively prohibited him from playing with anyone other than Bert Ambrose. This forced him to eventually leave in 1931 and return to New York City, where he never again achieved the level of success he had enjoyed during his time in England.^[2]

References

↑ Gronow, Pekka (2002). "Ahola, Sylvester". In Barry Kernfeld. The new Grove dictionary of jazz, vol. 1 (2nd ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries Inc. p. 20. ISBN 1-56159-284-6.
↑ Yanow, Scott (2001). Trumpet Kings. Backbeat Books. pp. 10–11. ISBN 0-87930-640-8.

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 13112291 LCCN: n93052922 GND: 119186608

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Name	Ahola, Sylvester
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Short description	Trumpeter and cornetist
Date of birth	May 24, 1902
Place of birth	Worcester MA
Date of death	February 13, 1995
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