Duke Ellington : his life in jazz with 21 activities / by Stein Crease, Stephanie

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Duke Ellington studies /

Table of Contents: “…: the reception of Ellington in the U.K. / by Catherine Tackley -- "Nobody was looking" : the unparalleled jazz piano legacy of Duke Ellington / by Bill Dobbins -- "People wrap their lunches in them" : Duke Ellington and his written music manuscripts / by Walter Van De Leur -- The Moor's revenge : the politics of Such sweet thunder / by David Schiff -- Duke Ellington in the LP era / by Gabriel Solis -- Authentic synthetic hybrid : Ellington's concepts of Africa and its music / by Carl Woideck -- "The mother of all albums" : revisiting Ellington's A drum is a woman / by John Wriggle.…”
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Dvor̿ák to Duke Ellington : a conductor explores America's music and its African American roots / by Peress, Maurice

Table of Contents: “…Antonin Dvor̿ák comes to America -- America and Negro music -- Dvor̿ák's symphony "From the New World" -- The Chicago World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 -- The National Conservatory of Music of America -- Paul Laurence Dunbar, Clorilindy, and "The talented tenth" -- James Reese Europe -- George Gershwin and African American music -- Leonard Bernstein -- Gershwin's "Rhapsody in blue" -- The Clef Club concert -- Will Marion Cook -- George Antheil's "Ballet mécanique" -- Bernstein's Mass -- Duke Ellington -- Ellington's "Queenie pie" -- Ellington's "Black, brown and beige".…”
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The Duke Ellington reader /

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Duke Ellington studies /

Table of Contents: “…: The Reception of Ellington in the U.K.; 4 "Nobody Was Looking": The Unparalleled Jazz Piano Legacy of Duke Ellington.…”
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Blutopia : visions of the future and revisions of the past in the work of Sun Ra, Duke Ellington, and Anthony Braxton / by Lock, Graham, 1948-

Table of Contents: “…Of Aliens and Angels: Mythic Identity -- pt. II. Duke Ellington: Tone Parallels. 3. In the Jungles of America: History Without Saying It. 4. …”
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People get ready : the future of jazz is now! /

Table of Contents: “…The antiquity of the avant-garde : a meditation on a comment by Duke Ellington /…”
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Stolen time : black fad performance and the Calypso craze / by Vogel, Shane

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : This and that, or, Swiped Calypsos -- Stolen Time : The ontology of Black fad performance -- The Calypso program : technology, performance, cinema -- Carnivalizing jazz : Duke Ellington's Calypso Theater and the diasporic instant -- Surfacing the Caribbean : Black Broadway and mock transnational performance -- Conclusion : Don't stop the carnival.…”
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Conversations in jazz : the Ralph J. Gleason interviews / by Gleason, Ralph J.

Table of Contents: “…Foreword / by Ted Gioia -- John Coltrane -- Quincy Jones -- Dizzy Gillespie -- John Lewis -- Milt Jackson -- Percy Heath -- Connie Kay -- Sonny Rollins -- "Philly" Joe Jones -- Bill Evans -- Horace Silver -- Duke Ellington -- Les McCann -- Jon Hendricks.…”
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Lonesome roads and streets of dreams : place, mobility, and race in jazz of the 1930s and '40s / by Berish, Andrew S.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- I dream of her and Avalon: Jan Garber, sweet jazz, and race at the Casino Ballroom -- From the "make-believe ballroom" to the Meadowbrook Inn: Charlie Barnet and the promise of the road -- A locomotive laboratory of place: Duke Ellington and his Orchestra -- Travels with Charlie Christian: between region and nation -- Conclusion: air spaces.…”
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Timber and prayer : the Indian Pond poems / by Weaver, Afaa M. 1951-

Table of Contents: “…. -- The Spanish Lesson -- Hamilton Place -- Harlem Dreams: The Chosen City, the Chosen People -- Harlem Society -- Parade -- Street Orator -- Pool Parlor -- Jukebox, 1946 -- Bootleg Whiskey for Twenty-five Cents -- Funeral Sermon, 1946 -- Masks -- Village Quartet -- Rock Skippin' at the Blue Note -- Willie "the Lion" Smith -- Dancers -- Billy Strayhorn -- Sidney Bechet -- Duke Ellington Remembers Josephine Baker -- Chicago -- New York -- Blues in Orbit -- Duke Ellington and His Mistress Make Love -- Duke Ellington Plays to His Mistress -- Villes Ville -- Notes.…”
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Arranging Gershwin : Rhapsody in blue and the creation of an American icon / by Bañagale, Ryan Raul

Table of Contents: “…-- Leonard Bernstein's "nice Gershwin tune" -- Rewriting the narrative one arrangement at a time : Duke Ellington and Rhapsody in blue -- "It ain't necessarily so" : Larry Adler and Rhapsody in blue -- Visualizing Rhapsody in blue : arrangements and agencies -- Epilogue : arranging on multiple levels.…”
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From Birdland to Broadway : scenes from a jazz life / by Crow, Bill

Table of Contents: “…-Gerry Mulligan. -Duke Ellington. -Garner and Monk. -Pee Wee Russell. -Judy Holliday. …”
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On jazz : a personal journey / by Shipton, Alyn

Table of Contents: “…Getting Started -- New Orleans 1976 -- Before Katrina -- Women Of New Orleans -- Finding Fats -- Swing Era Legends -- Louis Armstrong -- Count Basie -- Duke Ellington -- Dizzy And Bird -- The Modern Jazz Quartet -- The "Swing Drummer" -- Jackie McLean And Sonny Rollins -- Oscar Peterson And His Trios -- The Dawn Of Fusion -- A Taste Of Freedom -- Looking Back And Looking Forward.…”
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Composers voices from Ives to Ellington : an oral history of American music / by Perlis, Vivian, Van Cleve, Libby

Table of Contents: “…Virgil Thomson ; Aaron Copland ; Roy Harris -- Exploring the world of Duke Ellington.…”
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Antagonistic cooperation : jazz, collage, fiction, and the shaping of African American culture / by O'Meally, Robert G., 1948-

Table of Contents: “…This music demanded action : Ellison, Armstrong, and the imperatives of jazz -- We are all a collage : Armstrong's operatic blues, Bearden's Black odyssey, and Morrison's Jazz -- The "open corner" of Black community and creativity : from Romare Bearden to Duke Ellington and Toni Morrison -- Hare and bear : the racial profiles of Satchmo's smile -- The white trombone and the unruly Black cosmopolitan trumpet, or how Paris Blues came to be unfinished.…”
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Gettin' around : jazz, script, transnationalism / by Grandt, Jürgen E., 1968-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Dexter Gordon gets around -- The afro-kinetic passages of Madam Zajj : Driving jazz "home" with Manu Dibango and Duke Ellington -- Sheets of jazz : Hans Janowitz takes the Coltrane -- High fidelity on the Black Atlantic : Rocking out with Langston Hughes and Nick Hornby -- "Good morning, heartache" : Sound, script, and improvisation in Paule Marshall's The fisher king and Steven Spielberg's the terminal -- Conclusion : Jürg Wickihalder gets around.…”
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Something to live for : the music of Billy Strayhorn / by Leur, Walter van de

Table of Contents: “…Fantastic rhythm : the Pittsburgh years -- The renaissance of arranging : first works for and with Duke Ellington -- The Strayhorn effect : a new way of writing for jazz orchestra -- Thinking with the ear : Strayhorn's musical fingerprints -- Writing and arranging companion : credited and uncredited collaborations -- "He is he and I am me" : the Ellington-Strayhorn collaboration -- Wounded love : away from the Ellington organization -- Masterpieces by Strayhord : writing for albums -- The whodunit game : the mature style of Billy Strayhorn -- North by southwest : the final years.…”
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In the break : the aesthetics of the Black radical tradition / by Moten, Fred

Table of Contents: “…The sentimental avant-garde. Duke Ellington's sound of love ; Voices/forces ; Sound in florescence (Cecil Taylor Floating Garden) ; Praying with Eric -- 2. …”
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The Ellington century / by Schiff, David

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