It’s hard to underestimate the impact thaticonic composer, pianist and bandleaderDuke Ellingtonhad on the development of jazz to where it is today. Unsurprisingly, he’s a popular subject amongstjazz biographersand, in this article, we’ve highlighted six of the best books about Duke Ellington...
The Duke Ellington Renaissance: A Review of Recent Books, Recordings, and Music EditionsJohn Edward HasseCollege Music Symposium
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Even if you don’t listen a lot to the classic sounds of Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, Ella Fitzgerald, or Louis Armstrong — let alone modern jazz — this book is going to be a thrill and an education. I don’t want to give the impression that, like some titles here,...
The Duke Is Still an Enigma; A Portrait of Duke Ellington: Portrait in Tempo. by Stuart Nicholson (Pan Books, Pounds 12.99). Reviewed by Peter BaconThere's a grand tradition in jazz books compiled from direct quotes - a kind of oral history written down - from Nat Shapiro and Nat Hent...
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Painting the Maya Universe: Royal Ceramics of the Classic Period (Duke University Museum of Art) ¥1,300 2 Product Details EAN 9781597115360 ISBN 1597115363 Writer Ed Templeton, Brian Anderson, Erik Ellington, Justin Regan Publisher Aperture Other Information 400 four-color ...
Growing up in Upper Manhattan, close to Harlem, Dennis Stock was exposed to jazz at an early age. As a child, Stock would accompany his father to the famous Apollo Theatre in Harlem, where prominent jazz musicians of the time such as Duke Ellington and Dizzy Gillespie would perform. These...
Craig's first book, of which 550 copies were printed (this one is numbered 210) about half of which Craig destroyed when he tired of the process of coloring them by hand. The present copy is fully hand-colored and is, furthermore, an inscribed presentation copy of the first order, linki...
Duke Ellington – Happy Reunion. An undeservedly obscure piece of Ellingtonia: two sessions recorded in Chicago over 1957-58 when Duke was passing through, with different subgroups of the full orchestra. The small-group playing here is relaxed and beautiful, and the sound more open and spacious...