The Duke Ellington Reader
Author: Mark Tucker
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 564
ISBN-13: 9780195093919
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A collection of writings by and about Duke Ellington and his place in jazz history.
Author: Mark Tucker
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 564
ISBN-13: 9780195093919
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A collection of writings by and about Duke Ellington and his place in jazz history.
Author: Mark Tucker
Publisher:
Published: 2023
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780197727836
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An historical anthology of writings about the African-American musician. The volume includes interviews, critical essays, reviews, memoirs, and over a dozen writings by Ellington himself.
Author: Mark Tucker
Publisher:
Published: 199?
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A collection of writings by and about Duke Ellington and his place in jazz history.
Author: Duke Ellington
Publisher:
Published: 199?
Total Pages: 508
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A collection of writings by and about Duke Ellington and his place in jazz history.
Author: Terry Teachout
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2013-10-17
Total Pages: 498
ISBN-13: 0698138589
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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: Mark Tucker
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9780252065095
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →For nearly fifty years, Edward Kennedy 'Duke' Ellington was one of America's most famous musicians. Tucker traces Ellington's childhood and young adult years in Washington, D. C. where he got his start as a ragtime pianist, and also draws on accounts from newspapers, periodicals, and trade publications.
Author: Stephanie Stein Crease
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 162
ISBN-13: 1556527241
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Duke Ellington, one of the most influential figures in American music, comes alive in this comprehensive biography with engaging activities. Ellington was an accomplished and influential jazz pianist, composer, band leader, and cultural diplomat. Activities include creating a ragtime rhythm, making a washtub bass, writing song lyrics, thinking like an arranger, and learning to dance the Lindy Hop. It explores Ellington's life and career along with many topics related to African American history, including the Harlem Renaissance. Kids will learn about the musical evolution of jazz that coincided with Ellington's long life from ragtime through the big band era on up to the 1970s. Kids learn how music technology has changed over the years from piano rolls to record albums through CDs, television, and portable music devices. The extensive resources include a time line, glossary, list of Ellington's greatest recordings, related books, Web sites, and DVDs for further study.
Author: M. D. Payne
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2020-12-01
Total Pages: 113
ISBN-13: 039953962X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →How did a working-class young man from Washington, DC, turn the music world on its head and become the "Master Of Jazz"? Find out in this addition to the Who HQ library! A pivotal fixture of the Harlem Renaissance, Duke Ellington was the bandleader of the historic Cotton Club and a master composer -- writing close to 3,000 songs in his lifetime and capturing the spirit of the Black experience in the Unites States. Over a 50-year career, Ellington became one of the biggest names in jazz as we know it. He went on to win 13 Grammys, a Pulitzer, and receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969. Who Was Duke Ellington? follows the exciting, multifaceted journey of this musical genius and takes a look at what truly makes Ellington an artist "beyond category."
Author: Anna Harwell Celenza
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 2018-09-25
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 1570917019
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →It's a challenge to transform the "Nutcracker Suite's" romantic orchestra into jumpin' jazz melodies, but that's exactly what Duke Ellington and his collaborator, Billy Strayhorn, did. Ellington's band memebers were not so sure that a classical ballet could become a cool-cat jazz number. But Duke and Billy, inspired by their travels and by musical styles past and present, infused the composition with Vegas glitz, Hollywood glamour, and even a little New York jazz.
Author: Janna Tull Steed
Publisher: Crossroad
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Edward Kennedy Duke Ellington and his music have been an intregral part of the American scene for most of the 20th Century. Janna Tull Steed introduces the readers to the engaging, enigmatic man himself, as well as to the range of Ellington's musical achievement, with a lively mix of fact and anecdote.