Who Was Duke Ellington?

Who Was Duke Ellington?
Title Who Was Duke Ellington? PDF eBook
Author M. D. Payne
Publisher Penguin
Pages 113
Release 2020-12-01
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 039953962X

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How did a working-class young man from Washington, DC, turn the music world on its head and become the "Master Of Jazz"? Find out in this addition to the Who HQ library! A pivotal fixture of the Harlem Renaissance, Duke Ellington was the bandleader of the historic Cotton Club and a master composer -- writing close to 3,000 songs in his lifetime and capturing the spirit of the Black experience in the Unites States. Over a 50-year career, Ellington became one of the biggest names in jazz as we know it. He went on to win 13 Grammys, a Pulitzer, and receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969. Who Was Duke Ellington? follows the exciting, multifaceted journey of this musical genius and takes a look at what truly makes Ellington an artist "beyond category."

Duke

Duke
Title Duke PDF eBook
Author Terry Teachout
Publisher Penguin
Pages 498
Release 2013-10-17
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0698138589

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A major new biography of Duke Ellington from the acclaimed author of Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington was the greatest jazz composer of the twentieth century—and an impenetrably enigmatic personality whom no one, not even his closest friends, claimed to understand. The grandson of a slave, he dropped out of high school to become one of the world’s most famous musicians, a showman of incomparable suavity who was as comfortable in Carnegie Hall as in the nightclubs where he honed his style. He wrote some fifteen hundred compositions, many of which, like “Mood Indigo” and “Sophisticated Lady,” remain beloved standards, and he sought inspiration in an endless string of transient lovers, concealing his inner self behind a smiling mask of flowery language and ironic charm. As the biographer of Louis Armstrong, Terry Teachout is uniquely qualified to tell the story of the public and private lives of Duke Ellington. A semi-finalist for the National Book Award, Duke peels away countless layers of Ellington’s evasion and public deception to tell the unvarnished truth about the creative genius who inspired Miles Davis to say, “All the musicians should get together one certain day and get down on their knees and thank Duke.”

Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington
Title Duke Ellington PDF eBook
Author Steven Brower
Publisher Rizzoli Publications
Pages 229
Release 2016-03-22
Genre Music
ISBN 0847848132

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Beautifully illustrated and unparalleled in scope, this is an elegant visual celebration befitting the life and work of the "prince of the piano." Duke Ellington was the undisputed father of the American songbook. A prolific writer and consummate performer, Ellington was the author of such standards as "Solitude," "Prelude to a Kiss," and "It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got that Swing)." With a career that spanned five decades, he is one of the defining composers of the Jazz Age. With unprecedented access to the Ellington family archives, this long overdue book illuminates the life and work of an icon of twentieth-century music from his humble beginnings to his long-lasting success. Every stage of Ellington’s career is brought to life, from sepia photographs of his early days in Washington, DC, to colorful playbills from the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s, his triumphant tours of Europe in the 1930s, and his pioneering explosion of form and genre in the 1940s and beyond. Alongside more than two hundred stunning images, contributions from peers such as Dave Brubeck, Cornel West, Quincy Jones, and Tony Bennett shed light on Ellington’s musical legacy, while the voice of his granddaughter Mercedes reveals the character behind the charisma, and the man behind the piano.

Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington
Title Duke Ellington PDF eBook
Author Stephanie Stein Crease
Publisher Chicago Review Press
Pages 162
Release 2009
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 1556527241

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Duke Ellington, one of the most influential figures in American music, comes alive in this comprehensive biography with engaging activities. Ellington was an accomplished and influential jazz pianist, composer, band leader, and cultural diplomat. Activities include creating a ragtime rhythm, making a washtub bass, writing song lyrics, thinking like an arranger, and learning to dance the Lindy Hop. It explores Ellington's life and career along with many topics related to African American history, including the Harlem Renaissance. Kids will learn about the musical evolution of jazz that coincided with Ellington's long life from ragtime through the big band era on up to the 1970s. Kids learn how music technology has changed over the years from piano rolls to record albums through CDs, television, and portable music devices. The extensive resources include a time line, glossary, list of Ellington's greatest recordings, related books, Web sites, and DVDs for further study.

Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington
Title Duke Ellington PDF eBook
Author Janna Tull Steed
Publisher Crossroad
Pages 208
Release 1999
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN

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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.

Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington
Title Duke Ellington PDF eBook
Author Andrea Davis Pinkney
Publisher Turtleback Books
Pages
Release 2006-12-12
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 9781417728831

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A brief recounting of the career of this jazz musician and composer who, along with his orchestra, created music that was beyond category.

The Duke Ellington Reader

The Duke Ellington Reader
Title The Duke Ellington Reader PDF eBook
Author Mark Tucker
Publisher Oxford University Press, USA
Pages 564
Release 1993
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 9780195093919

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A collection of writings by and about Duke Ellington and his place in jazz history.