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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/833147192 Title: Duke : a life of Duke Ellington Author: Terry Teachout Publisher: New York : Gotham Books, [2013] ISBN/ISSN: 9781592407491 1592407498 OCLC:833147192

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Duke : a life of Duke Ellington

Author:	Terry Teachout
Publisher:	New York : Gotham Books, [2013]
Edition/Format:	Print book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
Database:	WorldCat
Summary:	An account of the public and private lives of the eminent jazz artist covers his slave heritage, the musical talent that inspired some 1,700 compositions, and his relationships with numerous lovers.
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Subjects	Ellington, Duke, -- 1899-1974. Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography. Jazz musicians. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	Biography
Named Person:	Duke Ellington; Duke Ellington; Duke Ellington; Duke Ellington
Material Type:	Biography
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Terry Teachout Find more information about:
ISBN:	9781592407491 1592407498
OCLC Number:	833147192
Description:	483 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:	"I want to tell America" -- "I just couldn't be shackled" : fortunate son, 1899-1917 -- "Soft and gut-bucket" : becoming a professional, 1917-1926 -- "Only my own music" : with Irving Mills, 1926-1927 -- "The utmost significance" : at the Cotton Club, 1927-1929 -- "I better scratch out something" : becoming a genius, 1929-1930 -- "A higher plateau" : becoming a star, 1931-1933 -- "The way the President travels" : on the road, 1933-1936 -- "Swing is stagnant" : diminuendo in blue, 1936-1939 -- "The eyes in the back of my head" : with Billy Strayhorn, 1938-1939 -- "The sea of expectancy" : the Blanton-Webster band, 1939-1940 -- "A message for the world" : jump for joy, 1941-1942 -- "I don't write jazz" : Carnegie Hall, 1942-1946 -- "More a business than an art" : into the wilderness, 1946-1955 -- "I was born in 1956" : crescendo in blue, 1955-1960 -- "Fate's being kind to me" : apotheosis, 1960-1967 -- "That big yawning void" : alone in a crowd, 1967-1974 -- Afterword -- Appendix. Fifty key recordings by Duke Ellington.
Responsibility:	Terry Teachout.

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An account of the public and private lives of the eminent jazz artist covers his slave heritage, the musical talent that inspired some 1,700 compositions, and his relationships with numerous lovers.

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