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Duke Ellington : a spiritual biography / Janna Tull Steed.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML410.E44 S74 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Steed, Janna Tull.
- Series:
- Lives and legacies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974.
- Jazz musicians--United States--Biography.
- Jazz musicians.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 192 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Crossroad Pub. Co., 1999.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 1. Recapitulation 3
- 2. The Road Taken 15
- 3. Washington Days 29
- 4. Harlem and Hollywood 45
- 5. Lost and Found 63
- 6. Dreams and Realities 81
- 7. Rebirth, Rejection, and Sweet Revenge 99
- 8. Wider Horizons 115
- 9. God's Messenger 133
- 10. Coda 155.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0824523512
- OCLC:
- 42027498
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