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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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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The Cotton Club / by Haskins, James, 1941-2005

Table of Contents: “…Harlem comes of age -- The Cotton Club -- Duke Ellington comes to the Cotton Club -- The Depression begins -- Prohibition is repealed and the Depression deepens -- End of an era -- The Cotton Club comes to Broadway -- Hit on Broadway -- The last years -- The memory lingers on.…”

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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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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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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The Ellington century / by Schiff, David

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Latin jazz : the other jazz / by Washburne, Christopher

Table of Contents: “…Jazz : the politics of naming an intercultural music -- Caribbean and Latin American reverberations and the first birth of Latin jazz : New Orleans and the Spanish tinge -- The second birth of Latin jazz : Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington do the rumba -- El tema del Apollo : Latin American and Caribbean music in Harlem -- The "othering" of Latin jazz -- "More cowbell" : Latin jazz in the 21st century.…”

Living with music : Ralph Ellison's jazz writings / by Ellison, Ralph

Table of Contents: “…Living with music -- Ralph Ellison's territorial vantage -- The Charlie Christian story -- Remembering Jimmy -- The Golden Age, time past -- On Bird, Bird-watching, and jazz -- Homage to Duke Ellington on his birthday -- As the spirit moves Mahalia -- Flamenco -- Richard Wright's blues -- Blues people -- Homage to William L. …”

DC jazz : stories of jazz music in Washington, DC /

Table of Contents: “…Ruble -- Washington, DC's Duke Ellington / John Edward Hasse -- Bill Brower : Notes from a Key Observer and Scene Maker / Interview by Willard Jenkins -- Jazz Radio in Washington, DC / Rusty Hassan -- Legislating Jazz / Anna Harwell Celenza -- Women and Jazz in Washington, DC / Bridget Arnwine -- Howard University and Jazz in Washington, DC / Lauren Sinclair -- UDC and Jazz / Judith A. …”
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Gettin' around : jazz, script, transnationalism / by Grandt, Jürgen E., 1968-

Table of Contents: “…The Afro- kinetic Passages of Madam Zajj Driving Jazz "Home" with Manu Dibango and Duke Ellington; Chapter 2. Sheets of Jazz Hans Janowitz Takes the Coltrane; Chapter 3. …”
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Weather bird : jazz at the dawn of its second century / by Giddins, Gary

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The jazz ambassadors /

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Gastro-modernism : food, literature, culture /

Table of Contents: “…Jenkins -- Weight-loss regimes as improvisation in Louis Armstrong's and Duke Ellington's life writing / Vivian Halloran -- Kitchen talk : Marguerite Duras' experiments with culinary matter / Edwige Crucifix.…”
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The Americana revolution : from country and blues roots to the Avett Brothers, Mumford & Sons, and beyond / by Cain, Michael Scott

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Jazz : the American theme song / by Collier, James Lincoln, 1928-

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The jazz tradition / by Williams, Martin, 1924-1992

Table of Contents: “…Art Tatum: not for the left hand alone -- 10. Duke Ellington: form beyond form -- 11. Count Basie and Lester Young: style beyond swing -- 12. …”
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Jazz makers : vanguards of sound / by Shipton, Alyn

Table of Contents: “…The pioneers: Scott Joplin ; Jelly Roll Morton ; King Oliver ; Louis Armstrong ; Sidney Bechet ; Bix Beiderbecke ; Bessie Smith ; More pioneers to remember -- Swing bands and soloists: Fletcher Henderson ; Duke Ellington ; Cab Calloway ; Benny Goodman ; Artie Shaw ; Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey ; Count Basie ; Ella Fitzgerald ; Billie Holiday ; Lester Young ; Coleman Hawkins ; More swing bandleaders and soloists to remember -- The piano giants: Albert Ammons ; Fats Waller ; Earl "Fatha" Hines ; Mary Lou Williams ; Teddy Wilson ; Art Tatum ; Oscar Peterson ; More piano giants to remember -- Birth of bebop, the modern jazz revolution: Dizzy Gillespie ; Charlie Parker ; Miles Davis ; Bud Powell ; Thelonious Monk ; Art Blakey ; Charles Mingus ; Sarah Vaughan ; More modern jazz pioneers to remember -- Cool jazz, hard bop, and fusion: John Coltrane ; Sonny Rollins ; Gerry Mulligan ; Stan Getz ; Ornette Coleman ; Bill Evans ; Herbie Hancock ; Chick Corea ; John McLaughlin ; Anthony Braxton ; More cool, hard bop and fusion players to remember -- A century of jazz: David Murray ; Michael Brecker ; Jan Garbarek ; Wynton Marsalis ; Geri Allen ; Joshua Redman ; More contemporary jazz players to remember.…”
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