The Duke Ellington Reader
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| Rating | : | 4.66 (796 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0195054105 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 560 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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A masterful piece of scholarship What do I have to say about this collection? Maybe not much, but when I saw that there was only one review I decided that I needed to add something. Why? Because if you care about Duke Ellington's music, the people who contributed to making it, and the history of its reception, then YOU CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT THIS BOOK!!! Mark Tucker'. "An excellent reference" according to Udeen. The Ellington Reader gives some fascinating insights into the career of one of the most influential figures in the history of popular music through contemporaneous writing. The texts cover the full range of opinion (including The Duke's), resulting in a far more rounded and credible portrait than Ellington's very guarded autobiogra. superb book but not for the new intitiate A Customer This is one of the finest books I have read on Duke Ellington, beautifully and intricately compiled and with the voices of many on DE. It is a superb read for the Ellington aficanado; however, for new intiates to the Duke I wouls recommend Duke Ellington: A spiritual Biography by Janna Steed, an excellent boook but not quite so hef
There are dozens of reviews, essays, appreciations, and memoirs, written not only by music critics but by such heavy hitters as Ralph Ellison, Simone de Beauvoir(!), and Blaise Cendrars. . This superb anthology covers the entire length of the composer's career, from his landfall in Manhattan in 1923 to the Old Master period of the early 1970s. The book also includes a selection of Ellington's own dicta--be sure not to overlook his 1937 polemic from "Down Beat": "Ellington Refutes Cry That Swing Started Sex Crimes!" Superbly edited and endlessly intrig
Duke Ellington is universally recognized as one of the towering figures of 20th-century music, both a brilliant composer and one of the preeminent musicians in jazz history. The writers gathered here represent a Who's Who of jazz criticism: Gunther Schuller, Whitney Balliett, Martin Williams, Gary Giddins, Stanley Crouch, Albert Murray, Nat Hentoff, Hugues Panassie, Stanley Dance, to name just a few. Now, in The Duke Ellington Reader, Mark Tucker offers the first historical anthology of writings about this major African-American musician. Finally, Tucker rounds out the collection with profiles on many of the outstanding musicians who worked with Ellington, among them Johnny Hodges, Bubber Miley, Billy Strayhorn, Ivie Anderson, Sonny Greer, Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton, and Ben Webster. The result is a unique sourcebook that illuminates Ellington's work and reveals the profound impact his music has made on listeners over the years. Louis Toodle-O, Black and Tan Fantasy, It Don't Mean a Thing, and Mood Indigo, to his more complex works such as Reminiscing in Tempo and Black, Brown and Beige, to his later suites and sacred concerts, he left an indelible mark on the musical world. The volume includes over a hundred selections--interviews, critical essays, reviews, memoirs, and over a dozen writings by Ell