The Cambridge Companion to Duke EllingtonEdward Green, Evan Spring Cambridge University Press, 2014 - 294 pagine Duke Ellington is widely held to be the greatest jazz composer and one of the most significant cultural icons of the twentieth century. This comprehensive and accessible Companion is the first collection of essays to survey, in depth, Ellington's career, music, and place in popular culture. An international cast of authors includes renowned scholars, critics, composers, and jazz musicians. Organized in three parts, the Companion first sets Ellington's life and work in context, providing new information about his formative years, method of composing, interactions with other musicians, and activities abroad; its second part gives a complete artistic biography of Ellington; and the final section is a series of specific musical studies, including chapters on Ellington and song-writing, the jazz piano, descriptive music, and the blues. Featuring a chronology of the composer's life and major recordings, this book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in Ellington's enduring artistic legacy. |
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Ellington and Aesthetic Realism | 1 |
Ellingtons formative years | 21 |
composition | 31 |
Duke Ellington through | 42 |
Ellington abroad 55 | 55 |
Edward Kennedy Ellington as a cultural icon 67 | 67 |
Ellingtons AfroModernist vision in the 1920s 85 | 85 |
Duke Ellington | 106 |
Ellington and the blues 173 | 173 |
Billy Strayhorn and Duke | 186 |
Duke Ellington and the world of jazz piano 197 | 197 |
Duke and descriptive music 212 | 212 |
Sing a song of Ellington or the accidental | 228 |
Ellington and extended form 245 | 245 |
Duke Ellingtons legacy and influence 262 | 262 |
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