Duke Ellington Studies

Herausgeber: Howland, John

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the rich and influential career of one of jazz music's central figures, from his work as a composer to his cultural legacy in jazz, popular music and modern media. Leading authors offer clear, engaging, and scholarly insights into Duke Ellington's work and critical reception, from musical, historical, and international perspectives.

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Produktdetails

• Cambridge Composer Studies
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 572g
• ISBN-13: 9781108792530
• ISBN-10: 1108792537
• Artikelnr.: 58688090

Inhaltsangabe

1. Ellington the entertainer: pageantry and prophecy in Duke Ellington's
films Phil Ford; 2. Marketing to the middlebrow: reconsidering Ellingtonia,
the legacy of early Ellington criticism, and the idea of a 'serious' jazz
composer John Howland; 3. 'Art or debauchery?': the reception of Ellington
in the UK Catherine Tackley; 4. 'Nobody was looking': the unparalleled jazz
piano legacy of Duke Ellington Bill Dobbins; 5. 'People wrap their lunches
in them': Duke Ellington and his written music manuscripts Walter van de
Leur; 6. The moor's revenge: the politics of Such Sweet Thunder David
Schiff; 7. Duke Ellington in the LP era Gabriel Solis; 8. Authentic
synthetic hybrid: Ellington's concepts of Africa and its music Carl
Woideck; 9. 'The mother of all albums': revisiting Ellington's A Drum is a
Woman John Wriggle.