Beyond Category: The Life and Genius of Duke Ellington - Couverture rigide

Hasse, John Edward

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0671703870 ISBN 13 : 9780671703875

Editeur : Simon & Schuster, 1993

Synopsis

Book by John Edward Hasse

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Music historian, musician, award-winning author and record producer, John Edward Hasse has served as curator of American music at the Smithsonian Institution. He is the editor of Ragtime: Its History, Composers and Music, and coeditor of Discourse in Ethnomusicology.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Simon & Schuster
• Date d'édition: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0671703870
• ISBN 13: 9780671703875
• Reliure: Relié