Ellington

Author : Steven Brower,Mercedes Ellington
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-22
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780847848133

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Duke Ellington by Steven Brower,Mercedes Ellington Pdf

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.

Author : Harvey G. Cohen
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2010-05-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780226112657

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Duke Ellington's America by Harvey G. Cohen Pdf

Few American artists in any medium have enjoyed the international and lasting cultural impact of Duke Ellington. From jazz standards such as “Mood Indigo” and “Don’t Get Around Much Anymore,” to his longer, more orchestral suites, to his leadership of the stellar big band he toured and performed with for decades after most big bands folded, Ellington represented a singular, pathbreaking force in music over the course of a half-century. At the same time, as one of the most prominent black public figures in history, Ellington demonstrated leadership on questions of civil rights, equality, and America’s role in the world. With Duke Ellington’s America, Harvey G. Cohen paints a vivid picture of Ellington’s life and times, taking him from his youth in the black middle class enclave of Washington, D.C., to the heights of worldwide acclaim. Mining extensive archives, many never before available, plus new interviews with Ellington’s friends, family, band members, and business associates, Cohen illuminates his constantly evolving approach to composition, performance, and the music business—as well as issues of race, equality and religion. Ellington’s own voice, meanwhile, animates the book throughout, giving Duke Ellington’s America an intimacy and immediacy unmatched by any previous account. By far the most thorough and nuanced portrait yet of this towering figure, Duke Ellington’s America highlights Ellington’s importance as a figure in American history as well as in American music.

Author : John Franceschina
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-06
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780786450268

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Duke Ellington's Music for the Theatre by John Franceschina Pdf

Duke Ellington's son Mercer has said that his father was frustrated in only one area of musical ambition: his desire to do his own Broadway show. Though Ellington wrote many theatrical pieces, he was never able to achieve success as a composer for the stage, and today his stage shows receive little attention from music historians. Nevertheless, these works occupied a significant place in Ellington's creative imagination, and many of the ideas he employed in their composition found their way into his other work. Here is the first book to acknowledge Duke Ellington's contribution to the stage. It offers a survey of every theater piece Ellington is known to have worked on during his lifetime, beginning with the 1925 revue The Chocolate Kiddies and ending with the unfinished "street opera" Queenie Pie. This large body of work includes full-length musicals, African American revues, ballets, and incidental music. The plot of each work is described and the score analyzed according to its dramatic function in the piece. Musical phrases are reproduced in the text, and associations with other well-known Ellington compositions are noted. An appendix provides a chronological listing of Ellington's shows with song titles conveniently listed under each.

Author : Terry Teachout
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780698138582

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Duke by Terry Teachout Pdf

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.”

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:HN2YBM

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History of the Buell Family in England by Anonim Pdf

Author : Hamilton Child
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Chautauqua County (N.Y.)
ISBN : CORNELL:31924025959184

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Gazetteer and Business Directory of Chautauqua County, N.Y., for 1873-4 by Hamilton Child Pdf

Author : M. D. Payne,Who HQ
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780399539640

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Who Was Duke Ellington? by M. D. Payne,Who HQ Pdf

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."

Author : David Schiff
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-07
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780520245877

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The Ellington Century by David Schiff Pdf

Explores music produced during the lifetime of Duke Ellington and the pursuit of musicians to keep up with constantly changing modern life.

Author : Stephanie Stein Crease
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781556527241

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Duke Ellington by Stephanie Stein Crease Pdf

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.

Author : Michael Lawrence
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0613242769

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Baby Loves by Michael Lawrence Pdf

Baby's attention is fickle to all the wonderful things he encounters during the day, but his parent's love is constant.

Author : Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Civil engineering
ISBN : UOM:39015063568797

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Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers by Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) Pdf

Author : John Bankston
Publisher : Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2004-09
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781612289298

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The Life and Times of Duke Ellington by John Bankston Pdf

More than any other musician in the early twentieth century, Duke Ellington brought jazz into nightclubs and later into the living rooms of America. The music he played sprang in part from the blues and gospel rhythms of the plantation slaves living in the mid-nineteenth century, infused with the sounds of ragtime from the turn of the century. Jazz has been called the first musical form created in the United States. It was a type of sharp improvisation for which band members played anything they wanted along a chosen key or set of chords, so every night the music was different. Duke led with his piano playing, but he allowed various other members of his band to shine, too. Embracing new technologies such as radio receivers and record players, Duke Ellington was an early pop star.

Author : Wendie C. Old
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0894906917

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Duke Ellington by Wendie C. Old Pdf

A fascinating look at the life and career of music legend Duke Ellington, from his childhood in Washington, D.C. to his eventual emergence as a trend-setter in the jazz community. The winner of eleven Grammy Awards, he also achieved success in New York's Cotton Club, wrote musical scores for stage plays and movies, and even composed his own short opera.

Author : Ken Rattenbury
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1990-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0300055072

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Duke Ellington, Jazz Composer by Ken Rattenbury Pdf

American composer, pianist and orchestra leader Duke Ellington was the first genuine jazz composer of truly international status. In this book Ken Rattenbury offers a thorough musical analysis of Ellington's works, assessing the extent to which Ellington drew on the black music traditions of blues and ragtime and the music of Tin Pan Alley, and examining how he integrated black folk music practices with elements of European art music. Rattenbury investigate's Ellington's methods of composition, focusing on works written, performed and recorded between 1939 and 1941, years that witnessed the full flowering of Ellington's genius. He also discusses the criteria Ellington used to select his musicians.

Author : Connecticut. Adjutant-General's Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1098 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Connecticut
ISBN : SRLF:D0000140178

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Record of Service of Connecticut Men in the Army and Navy of the United States During the War of the Rebellion by Connecticut. Adjutant-General's Office Pdf