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Duke : a life of Duke Ellington
- Title
- Duke : a life of Duke Ellington / Terry Teachout.
- Author
- Teachout, Terry
- Publication
- New York, New York : Gotham Books, [2013]
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Details
- Description
- 483 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- 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.
- Alternative Title
- Life of Duke Ellington
- Subjects
- Note
- Color illustrations on lining papers.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes discography (pages 365-368), bibliographical references (pages 369-464), and index.
- 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 -- Appendix. Fifty key recordings by Duke Ellington.
- Call Number
- Sc E 14-157
- ISBN
- 1592407498 (hbk.)
- 9781592407491 (hbk.)
- LCCN
- 2013011138
- OCLC
- 833147192
- Author
- Teachout, Terry, author.
- Title
- Duke : a life of Duke Ellington / Terry Teachout.
- Publisher
- New York, New York : Gotham Books, [2013]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes discography (pages 365-368), bibliographical references (pages 369-464), and index.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 14-157