Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington - Rilegato

Teachout, Terry

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ISBN 10: 1849546290 ISBN 13: 9781849546294

Casa editrice: Biteback Publishing, 2013

Riassunto

Edward Kennedy 'Duke' Ellington was arguably the greatest jazz composer of the twentieth century - and an impenetrably enigmatic personality whom no one, not even his closest friends, claimed to understand. His music, too, was powerful and entirely original. Andre Previn compared him to Stravinsky and Prokofiev, Percy Grainger to Bach and Delius. But in fact he was very much his own man. The grandson of a slave, Ellington dropped out of high school to become a musical showman of incomparable suavity, as comfortable in Carnegie Hall as in the nightclubs where he honed his famous style. When he raised his fingers, the music that blazed out had its own unique richness and range. He wrote hundreds of compositions, many of which remain beloved standards, and sought inspiration in an endless string of transient lovers, concealing himself behind a smiling mask of flowery language and ironic charm. In this revealing biography, Terry Teachout skillfully peels away the countless layers of Ellington's evasion to tell the unvarnished truth about a creative genius and musical pioneer

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Mr Teachout adroitly chronicles how Ellington coaxed from his ensemble such timeless hits as "Mood Indigo". And he adeptly evokes the personalities of the ducal band. --The Economist

Drawing on candid, unpublished interviews, Teachout tells a compelling story. --Choice Magazine Terry Teachout [...] chronicles this life in meticulous detail... probably gets as close to the Duke as we'll ever get. --The Times

This impeccably written and researched tome gives us vivid glimpses of the real man behind the mask. --Record Collector There are dozens of books about Ellington, this is among the most remarkable. --Mojo

He keeps his psychoanalysis within safe limits; he contextualises historically without sounding contrived, and honours his subject's musical achievements through just the right amount of close analysis. --Scotsman Magazine

This impeccably written and researched tome gives us vivid glimpses of the real man behind the mask. --Record Collector

Excellent, revelatory and, with eighty-one pages of source notes, copiously documented book. --Times Literary Supplement

This impeccably written and researched tome gives us vivid glimpses of the real man behind the mask. --Record Collector There are dozens of books about Ellington, this is among the most remarkable. --Mojo

L'autore:

Terry Teachout is the drama critic for The Wall Street Journal. He blogs about the arts at www.terryteachout.com. His previous books include Pops: The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong, All in the Dances: A Brief Life of George Balanchine, The Skeptic: A Life of H.L. Mencken, and A Terry Teachout Reader. A trained musician who has played jazz professionally, he has also written two plays, Satchmo at the Waldorf and Breaking and Entering, and the libretti for three operas by Paul Moravec, The Letter, Danse Russe, and The King's Man.

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• Editore: Biteback Publishing
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1849546290
• ISBN 13: 9781849546294
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 496