Beyond Category : The Life and Genius of Duke Ellington

By (author) Hasse, John Edward; Foreword by Marsalis, Wynton

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.

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[目次]

  • * Enjoying a Capital Childhood, 18991913
  • Ellingtons Washington: Monumental, Ironicaland Inspirational? * Starting a Career, 191323 * Seeking Special Sounds, 192327
  • Essential Ellington * Composing at the Cotton Club, 192731 * The Cotton Club: The Artistocrat of Harlem * Ellingtons Musical Sources: a Treasury of Traditions * Essential Ellington * Taking the Road, 193135
  • Essential Ellington * Swinging to a Different Drummer, 193539
  • Essential Ellington * Making Masterpieces, 193943
  • Essential Ellington * Composing for Concerts, 194351
  • Essential Ellington * Playing for Time, 195156
  • Essential Ellington * Renewing Career and Creativity, 195665
  • Essential Ellington * Achieving Final Glories, 196674
  • Essential Ellington * Elevating Ellington, 1974 * Appendices: Ellingtons Key Musicians
  • Most Essential Ellington Recordings
  • Selected Films and Videos
  • Selected Reading
  • Ellington Songbooks and Folios

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書名 Beyond Category : The Life and Genius of Duke Ellington
著作者等 Marsalis, Wynton
Hasse, John Edward
書名別名 The Life and Genius of Duke Ellington
出版元 Da Capo Press Inc
刊行年月 1995.03.01
ページ数 480p
大きさ H229 x W152
ISBN 9780306806148
言語 英語
出版国 アメリカ合衆国
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