The Duke Ellington Reader Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

The Duke Ellington Reader Book

This superb anthology covers the entire length of the composer's career, from his landfall in Manhattan in 1923 to the Old Master period of the early 1970s. There are dozens of reviews, essays, appreciations, and memoirs, written not only by music critics but by such heavy hitters as Ralph Ellison, Simone de Beauvoir(!), and Blaise Cendrars. The book also includes a selection of Ellington's own dicta--be sure not to overlook his 1937 polemic from "Down Beat": "Ellington Refutes Cry That Swing Started Sex Crimes!" Superbly edited and endlessly intriguing, the Reader is an essential volume for Ellington nuts and neophytes alike.Read More

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  • Product Description

    Tucker offers the first historical anthology of writings about a brilliant composer and musician. Featuring over 100 selections--interviews, critical essays, reviews, memoirs, and over a dozen writings by Ellington himself--this sourcebook illuminates Ellington's work and reveals the profound impact his music has made on listeners over the years.

  • 0195054105
  • 9780195054101
  • 24 February 1994
  • Oxford University Press Inc
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 560
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