Duke Ellington
Subtitle: a Spiritual Biography (Lives & Legacies Series)
Publisher: Crossroad General Interest
Published: October 25, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780824523510
Subjects: Biography: film, television & music; Composers & musicians; Jazz; Religious; Ellington, Duke,; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; People of Color; Biography/Autobiography; Jazz musicians; Genres & Styles - Jazz; Composers & Musicians - Jazz; Biography & Autobiography / Composers & Musicians; Biography & Autobiography / Educators; United States; 1899-1974; Biography
Description: "Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington and his music have been an integral part of the American scene for most of the 20th Century. This interpretive biography offers insights into Ellington's enduring appeal, not only as a composer and piano-playing leader of a jazz orchestra, but as a cultural icon.

Janna Tull Steed traces Ellington's journey from a protected childhood in Washington, D.C., through his early career as a jazzman in Harlem nightclubs to the presentation of his music in the world's grandest cathedrals in his last years."--BOOK JACKET.