The Ellington Century
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The Ellington Century
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Author : David Schiff
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2012-01-07
The Ellington Century written by David Schiff and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-07 with Music categories.
“The Ellington Century is a wonderful journey through the world of music and art. If you are already an aficionado of Ellington's music, you will enjoy the author's informative and detailed analysis of the composer's work and musical influences. If you are less familiar, this book puts Ellington's music in perspective with the great ‘classical’ composers of the twentieth century. David Schiff's remarkable insight into the historical and musical parallels between these composers is a delight to read and his references are vast, from Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire and Stravinsky’s Agon to television’s Sesame Street. Schiff writes with a sense of humor and an enthusiasm for Ellington's music that comes out on every page.”—George Manahan, Music Director, American Composers Orchestra “David Schiff points us forward, observing that ‘Ellington’s music asks us to see with our ears and hear with our eyes.’ Writing as a composer and scholar, he has a gift for making complex ideas strikingly clear. His insights move across a huge terrain of twentieth-century culture, as he builds bridges in his musical and cultural analysis where many have not seen a connection. Yet each musical work, each artist, is given his or her equal due. In this sense, he has met the spiritual and cultural challenge of Ellington’s life work.”—Marty Ehrlich, Composer/Instrumentalist, Associate Professor of Improvisation and Contemporary Music, Hampshire College
The Life And Times Of Duke Ellington
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Author : John Bankston
language : en
Publisher: Mitchell Lane
Release Date : 2019-12-05
The Life And Times Of Duke Ellington written by John Bankston and has been published by Mitchell Lane this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-05 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
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.
Louis Armstrong Duke Ellington And Miles Davis
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Author : Aaron Lefkovitz
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2018-06-20
Louis Armstrong Duke Ellington And Miles Davis written by Aaron Lefkovitz and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-20 with Music categories.
This book examines Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Miles Davis as distinctively global symbols of threatening and nonthreatening black masculinity. It centers them in debates over U.S. cultural exceptionalism, noting how they have been part of the definition of jazz as a jingoistic and exclusively American form of popular culture.
Duke Ellington S America
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Author : Harvey G. Cohen
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2010-05-15
Duke Ellington S America written by Harvey G. Cohen and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-05-15 with Music categories.
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.
Duke
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Author : Bill Gutman
language : en
Publisher: Open Road Media
Release Date : 2014-04-01
Duke written by Bill Gutman and has been published by Open Road Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington was one of jazz’s greatest innovators. Join Bill Gutman as he explores the fascinating life of this legend from his birth at the turn of the century to his death at the age of seventy‐five. Interviewing Duke’s friends, fans, and fellow musicians, Gutman documents the progress of a man who dedicated his life to crafting the ever‐changing sound of jazz. Gutman plunges into the history of jazz from its origin in the honky‐tonk sounds of the Ragtime Era to the forms that are widely enjoyed today. Jazz has evolved through the years to become one of the most popular forms of music, with Duke Ellington as chief composer, artist, and perfomer. Gutman’s account of Ellington’s life as it parallels the history of jazz provides a fascinating history for both jazz veterans and those new to the art form.
Duke
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Author : Terry Teachout
language : en
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
Release Date : 2013-11-19
Duke written by Terry Teachout and has been published by Biteback Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-19 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The story of the man who became a music legend. Edward Kennedy 'Duke' Ellington was arguably the greatest jazz composer of the twentieth century—and an impenetrably enigmatic personality whom no one, not even his closest friends, claimed to understand. His music, too, was powerful and entirely original. Andre Prévin compared him to Stravinsky and Prokofiev, Percy Grainger to Bach and Delius. But in fact he was very much his own man. The grandson of a slave, Ellington dropped out of high school to become a musical showman of incomparable suavity, as comfortable in Carnegie Hall as in the nightclubs where he honed his famous style. When he raised his fingers, the music that blazed out had its own unique richness and range. He wrote hundreds of compositions, many of which remain beloved standards, and sought inspiration in an endless string of transient lovers, concealing himself behind a smiling mask of flowery language and ironic charm. In this revealing biography, Terry Teachout skillfully peels away the countless layers of Ellington's evasion to tell the unvarnished truth about a creative genius and musical pioneer.
Duke Ellington
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Author : Steven Brower
language : en
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
Release Date : 2016-03-22
Duke Ellington written by Steven Brower and has been published by Rizzoli Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-22 with Music categories.
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.
The Cambridge Companion To Duke Ellington
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Author : Edward Green
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2014
The Cambridge Companion To Duke Ellington written by Edward Green and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This comprehensive and accessible Companion is the first collection of essays to provide an in-depth overview of Ellington's career.
Ellington Field
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Author : Mark Lardas
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2020
Ellington Field written by Mark Lardas and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with History categories.
Ellington Field was one of 32 training airfields authorized by Congress in 1917. During World War I, it became one of the most highly regarded training fields in the United States, reaching a peak of 250 aircraft and 5,000 troops. From that peak, it experienced many ups and downs. Closed by 1940, it was reopened for World War II to conduct advanced aviation training. Closed again in 1946, it reopened for the Cold War as a combat and training air base. It then became NASA's airfield for Johnson Space Center. As the Cold War wound down, in 1984 Ellington became Houston's third municipal airport. From Jennies to jets, Ellington's story mirrors America's aviation history from 1917 to the 21st century.
Duke Ellington And His World
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Author : A. H. Lawrence
language : en
Publisher: Schirmer Trade Books
Release Date : 1999-11
Duke Ellington And His World written by A. H. Lawrence and has been published by Schirmer Trade Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-11 with Jazz musicians categories.
Edward Kennedy Duke Ellington (1899-1974) was a jazz pianist, a bandleader for over 50 years, and considered by some to be the most representative American composer of the 20th century with almost 2,000 pieces to his name ranging from works for small ensemble and big bands to orchestral suites, choral works, film soundtracks and musicals.He was a great innovator who created fresh orchestration techniques and wrote parts tailored to the strengths of his musicians thus creating a highly personal band with a recognizable sound. Almost impossible to copy, his sounds nevertheless found their way into all subsequent jazz to this day.This biography is the first to be written by a black musician who knew him well. As a young man, the author (who went on to become a professor of psychiatry) befriended Duke and worked on this book with the cooperation of the composer's son, Mercer. The family secrets that Mercer shared with him provide a fascinating view of the Ellington family dynamics and their impact on his creative career.