| Description |
xxi, 536 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Williams on "Early Ellingtonia" Irving Mills: "I Split with Duke When Music Began Sidetracking" 57. Andre Hodeir: "A Masterpiece: Concerto for Cootie" (1954). 58. An African View of Ellington (1955). 59. George Avakian: Ellington at Newport (1956) |
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I. Early Years (1899-1927). 1. Ellington on Washington, D. C. (1973). 2. The Washingtonians: First New York Review (1923). 3. Reviews from the Kentucky Club (1925). 4. The Washingtonians "Set New England Dance Crazy" (1927) -- II. Cotton Club Bandleader (1927-1932). 5. First Cotton Club Review (1927). 6. R. D. Darrell: Criticism in the Phonograph Monthly Review (1927-1931). 7. Abbe Niles on Ellington (1929). 8. Two Early Interviews (1930). Janet Mabie in the Christian Science Monitor. Florence Zunser in the New York Evening Graphic. 9. Ellington's First Article: "The Duke Steps Out" (1931). 10. The Ellington Orchestra in Cleveland (1931). 11. Ellington Crowned "King of Jazz" by the Pittsburgh Courier (1931). 12. A Landmark in Ellington Criticism: R. D. Darrell's "Black Beauty" (1932) -- III. First Trip Abroad (1933). 13. Spike Hughes: Impressions of Ellington in New York (1933). 14. Spike Hughes: "Meet the Duke!" (1933). 15. Ellington at the Palladium (1933). 16. On the Air in London (1933). 17. Ellington Defends His Music (1933). 18. Hugues Panassie: "Duke Ellington at the Salle Pleyel" (1946). 19. Ellington: "My Hunt for Song Titles" (1933) -- IV. Into the Swing Era (1933-1942). 20. Wilder Hobson: "Introducing Duke Ellington" (1933). 21. The "Secret" of the Ellington Orchestra (1933). 22. Warren W. Scholl: Profile of Ellington in the Music Lovers' Guide (1934). 23. Roger Pryor Dodge on Black and Tan Fantasy, from "Harpsichords and Jazz Trumpets" (1934). 24. Constant Lambert on Ellington (1934). 25. Ellington's Response to Lambert (1935). 26. Ellington on Gershwin's Porgy and Bess - and a Response from the Office of Irving Mills (1935/1936). 27. John Hammond: "The Tragedy of Duke Ellington" (1935). 28. Enzo Archetti: "In Defense of Ellington and His 'Reminiscing in Tempo'" (1936). 29. Helen Oakley (Dance): The Ellington Orchestra at the Apollo (1936). 30. R. D. Darrell: Ellington in an Encyclopedia (1936). 31. "Ellington Refutes Cry That Swing Started Sex Crimes!" (1937). 32. Aaron Copland on Ellington (1938). 33. Ellington: "From Where I Lie" (1938). 34. Ellington in Down Beat: On Swing and Its Critics (1939). 35. The Parting of Ellington and Irving Mills (1939). 36. Wilder Hobson on Ellington, from Jazzmen (1939). 37. A Celebrity Interview (1941). 38. Ellington: "We, Too, Sing 'America'" (1941). 39. Interview in Los Angeles: On Jump for Joy, Opera, and Dissonance as a "Way of Life" (1941) -- V. Black, Brown and Beige (1943). 40. Previews of the First Carnegie Hall Concert (1943). Helen Oakley (Dance) in Down Beat. Howard Taubman in the New York Times Magazine. 41. Program for the First Carnegie Hall Concert (23 January 1943). 42. Two Reviews (1943). Paul Bowles in the New York Herald-Tribune. Mike Levin in Down Beat. 43. The Debate in Jazz (1943). John Hammond: "Is the Duke Deserting Jazz?" Leonard Feather: Leonard Feather Rebuts Hammond. Bob Thiele: "The Case of Jazz Music" 44. Black, Brown and Beige in a List of "Classical Records" (1946). 45. Robert D. Crowley: "Black, Brown, and Beige After 16 Years" (1959). 46. Brian Priestley and Alan Cohen: "Black, Brown & Beige" (1974-1975) -- VI. The Hot Bach (1943-1949). 47. Ellington's "Defense of Jazz" (1943/1944). 48. Carnegie Revisited (1943/1944). 49. Richard O. Boyer: "The Hot Bach" (1944). 50. Ellington: "Certainly It's Music!" (1944). 51. Ellington: "Swing Is My Beat!" (1944). 52. An Ellington Solo Piano Transcription in Down Beat (1944). 53. "Why Duke Ellington Avoided Music Schools" (1945). 54. "Interpretations in Jazz: A Conference with Duke Ellington" (1947). 55. Alec Wilder on Ellington (1948) -- VII. The Fifties. 56. Ellington's Silver Jubilee in Down Beat (1952). Ellington on Career Highlights. Lists of Favorites. Billy Strayhorn: "The Ellington Effect" Ned |
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Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Jazz -- History and criticism.
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| Indexed Term |
Jazz |
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Tucker, Mark, 1954-2000.
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Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974.
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| ISBN |
0195054105 (acid-free paper) |
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9780195054101 (acid-free paper) |
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0195054105 |
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9780195054101 |
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