ISBN: 9780306806148

The analyses of both Ellington's music and his enigmatic personality are delineated with rare insight.—Leonard Feather, author of The Encyclopedia of JazzOne of the twentieth century… Mehr…

The analyses of both Ellington's music and his enigmatic personality are delineated with rare insight.—Leonard Feather, author of The Encyclopedia of JazzOne of the twentieth century's greatest composers, Duke Ellington (1899-1974) led a fascinating life. Beyond Category, the first biography to draw on the vast Duke Ellington archives at the Smithsonian Institution, recounts his remarkable career: his childhood in Washington, D.C., and his musical apprenticeship in Harlem; his long engagement at the Cotton Club; the challenging years of the depression; his tours to Europe and into America's deep South, where he helped lower racial barriers; the postwar years when television and bebop threatened to eclipse the big bands; Ellington's own triumphant comeback at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival; his collaborations with Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Hodges, and Ella Fitzgerald; as well as five decades of hits and masterpieces that constantly broke new ground.The art of Duke Ellington was a musical expression of the African-American experience, in all its pain, pride, and glory. He composed his music as he composed his life-with flair, passion, and individuality-and no book reveals the man and his artistic evolution more brilliantly than Beyond Category.Foreword by Wynton Marsalis Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Music>Blues,Jazz>Blues,Jazz, Hachette Books Core >1<

1995, ISBN: 0306806142

[EAN: 9780306806148], Neubuch, [SC: 0.0], [PU: DA CAPO PR Mrz 1995], BIOGRAPHY / AUTOBIOGRAPHY; & AUTOBIOGRAPHY COMPOSERS MUSICIANS; CULTURAL, ETHNIC REGIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN BLACK; MUSI… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780306806148], Neubuch, [SC: 0.0], [PU: DA CAPO PR Mrz 1995], BIOGRAPHY / AUTOBIOGRAPHY; & AUTOBIOGRAPHY COMPOSERS MUSICIANS; CULTURAL, ETHNIC REGIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN BLACK; MUSIC HISTORY CRITICISM; GENRES STYLES JAZZ; INDIVIDUAL COMPOSER MUSICIAN, Neuware - Unlike other great bandleaders, Ellington personally created nearly all the music played by his orchestra. Using family papers, sheet music, and original recordings, Hasse provides a complete portrait of Ellington's great achievements. 119 photos. Tie-in with the October 1993 Duke Ellington Photographic Exhibition at the Museum of New York., Books<

1995, ISBN: 0306806142

[EAN: 9780306806148], Neubuch, [PU: DA CAPO PR], BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY & CULTURAL, ETHNIC REGIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN BLACK COMPOSERS MUSICIANS MUSIC GENRES STYLES JAZZ, One of the twenti… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780306806148], Neubuch, [PU: DA CAPO PR], BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY & CULTURAL, ETHNIC REGIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN BLACK COMPOSERS MUSICIANS MUSIC GENRES STYLES JAZZ, One of the twentieth century s greatest composers, Duke Ellington (1899--1974) led a fascinating life. Beyond Category, the first biography to draw on the vast Duke Ellington archives at the Smithsonia Über den AutorrnrnMusic historian., Books<