Duke Ellington beyond Genius by Hasse

Duke Ellington beyond Genius by Hasse

One of the twentieth century's greatest composers, Duke Ellington (1899-1974) led a fascinating life. Beyond Category, the first biography to draw on the vast Duke Ellington archives at the Smithsonian Institution, recounts his remarkable career: his childhood in Washington, D.C., and his musical apprenticeship in Harlem; his long engagement at the Cotton Club; the challenging years of the depression; his tours to Europe and into America's deep South, where he helped lower racial barriers; the postwar years when television and bebop threatened to eclipse the big bands; Ellington's own triumphant comeback at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival; his collaborations with Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Hodges, and Ella Fitzgerald; as well as five decades of hits and masterpieces that constantly broke new ground. The art of Duke Ellington was a musical expression of the African-American experience, in all its pain, pride, and glory. He composed his music as he composed his life-with flair, passion, and individuality-and no book reveals the man and his artistic evolution more brilliantly than Beyond Category.

John Edward Hasse is a music historian, performer, award-winning author, and record producer who has served as the Smithsonian Institution's curator of American music. He is the coeditor of Dialogue in Ethnomusicology and the editor of Ragtime: Its History, Composers, and Music.

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ISBN 13	9780671703875
ISBN 10	0671703870
Title	Duke Ellington beyond Genius
Author	Hasse
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
Year published	1993-10-01
Number of pages	479
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