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Genre/Form: | Biography Electronic books collective biographies Biographies Biografi |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Teachout, Terry. Duke. New York : Gotham Books, [2013] (DLC) 2013011138 (OCoLC)833147192 |
Named Person: | Duke Ellington; Duke Ellington; Duke Ellington |
Material Type: | Biography, Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Terry Teachout |
ISBN: | 9780698138582 0698138589 |
OCLC Number: | 859604012 |
Awards: | National Book Award Longlist, 2013 |
Description: | 1 online resource (483 pages) : illustrations |
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. |
Abstract:
An account of the public and private lives of the eminent jazz artist covers his slave heritage, the musical talent that inspired some 1,500 compositions, and his relationships with numerous lovers.
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- Ellington, Duke, -- 1899-1974.
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- African Americans.
- African Americans
- United States
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- Noirs américains.
- African American.
- Composers & Musicians.
- Jazz musicians.
- United States.
- Ellington, Duke -- 1899-1974
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