Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington
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| Rating | : | 4.15 (736 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1592407498 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 496 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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Included is a list of “key recordings,” all currently downloadable, a perfect accompaniment to one’s reading of this entertaining and valuable biography. From Booklist *Starred Review* In the selective bibliography of this comprehensive and well-researched life of America’s greatest jazz and popular-music composer and orchestra leader, there are more than a dozen full biographies; memoirs by Ellington himself (however unreliable), by his son, Mercer, and by several band members; as well as innumerable profiles and a variety of ephemera. It is Ellington’s b
"Perhaps the definitive biography of Ellington to date" according to Scott Albin. With all that has been written about Duke Ellington, one should no longer expect any major or even minor revelations. What Teachout has done so well is to lucidly coalesce from numerous sources all the important information about the man and his music, while offering up some intelligent analysis and informed opinions along the way, which, o. A dispiriting exercise in knocking an idol off a pedestal An interesting read but not a particularly enjoyable one, as Teachout seems to go so far out of his way to "humanize" his subject that one of my musical heroes is portrayed as a master manipulator, heartless womanizer, habitual liar, and regular thief of other people's musical ideas who knew little about composition beyond his knack for ton. "Read this first!" according to Milton Wimmer. I am not an Ellington scholar, by any stretch of the imagination. But I have read quite a bit about him and have played and studied 100 or more of his Read this first! I am not an Ellington scholar, by any stretch of the imagination. But I have read quite a bit about him and have played and studied 100 or more of his 3 1/2 minute chestnuts. That said, I can say without reservation that this is the best single piece of Ellington scholarship I've read to date. There are opinions galore, of course, but most . 1/2 minute chestnuts. That said, I can say without reservation that this is the best single piece of Ellington scholarship I've read to date. There are opinions galore, of course, but most
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.”. 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 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 per
Terry Teachout, the drama critic at The WallStreet Journal, is the author of Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong and Satchmo at the Waldorf, a one-man play about Armstrong’s life and times. He lives in New York City.