Book Description
A collection of writings by and about Duke Ellington and his place in jazz history.
Author : Mark Tucker
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 12,98 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780195093919
A collection of writings by and about Duke Ellington and his place in jazz history.
Author : Stuart Nicholson
Publisher :
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 16,27 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
This anecdotal biography of the musical legend draws on reminiscences of his family, close friends, band members, and business associates, as well as the Duke himself. The quotations are presented free of authorial (or perhaps more accurately, editorial) contextualization other than brief chapter introductions. Sources for each interview quoted, many of them archival, are painstakingly notated, and an exhaustive discography is also included. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Gunther Schuller
Publisher : History of Jazz
Page : 948 pages
File Size : 11,77 MB
Release : 1989
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195071405
Focuses on the period in American musical history from 1930 to 1945 when jazz was synonymous with America's popular music.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 47,86 MB
Release : 2019
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Author : A. H. Lawrence
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 40,46 MB
Release : 2004-03-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1135880611
Based on lengthy interviews with Ellington's bandmates, family, and friends, Duke Ellington and His World offers a fresh look at this legendary composer. The first biography of the composer written by a fellow musician and African-American, the book traces Ellington's life and career in terms of the social, cultural, political, and economic realities of his times. Beginning with his birth in Washington, DC, through his first bands and work at the legendary Cotton Club, to his final great extended compositions, this book gives a thorough introduction to Ellington's music and how it was made. It also illuminates his personal life because, for Ellington, music was his life and his life was a constant inspiration for music.
Author : Stuart Nicholson
Publisher : Pan
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 32,32 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Jazz musicians
ISBN : 9780330367325
Interviewfragmenten van vrienden, musici en andere tijdgenoten over de Amerikaanse jazzcomponist en orkestleider (1899-1974).
Author : Terry Teachout
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 13,32 MB
Release : 2013-10-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0698138589
A major new biography of Duke Ellington from the acclaimed author of Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington was the greatest jazz composer of the twentieth century—and an impenetrably enigmatic personality whom no one, not even his closest friends, claimed to understand. The grandson of a slave, he dropped out of high school to become one of the world’s most famous musicians, a showman of incomparable suavity who was as comfortable in Carnegie Hall as in the nightclubs where he honed his style. He wrote some fifteen hundred compositions, many of which, like “Mood Indigo” and “Sophisticated Lady,” remain beloved standards, and he sought inspiration in an endless string of transient lovers, concealing his inner self behind a smiling mask of flowery language and ironic charm. As the biographer of Louis Armstrong, Terry Teachout is uniquely qualified to tell the story of the public and private lives of Duke Ellington. A semi-finalist for the National Book Award, Duke peels away countless layers of Ellington’s evasion and public deception to tell the unvarnished truth about the creative genius who inspired Miles Davis to say, “All the musicians should get together one certain day and get down on their knees and thank Duke.”
Author : Duke Ellington
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 17,37 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Jazz
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Author : Carin T. Ford
Publisher : Enslow Publishers, Inc.
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 43,64 MB
Release : 2007-06-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780766027022
Discusses the life and work of Duke Ellington, who remains one of the most influential jazz composers, pianists, and band leaders.
Author : John Howland
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 44,32 MB
Release : 2017-05-11
Category : Music
ISBN : 0521764041
This book surveys the breadth, richness, and meaning of Duke Ellington's celebrated career, examining his impact on jazz music and its surrounding culture.