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Summary:
- An account of the public and private lives of the eminent jazz artist covers his slave heritage, the musical talent that inspired some 1,700 compositions, and his relationships with numerous lovers.
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Table of Contents:
- "I want to tell America"
- "I just couldn't be shackled" : fortunate son, 1899-1917
- "Soft and gut-bucket" : becoming a professional, 1917-1926
- "Only my own music" : with Irving Mills, 1926-1927
- "The utmost significance" : at the Cotton Club, 1927-1929
- "I better scratch out something" : becoming a genius, 1929-1930
- "A higher plateau" : becoming a star, 1931-1933
- "The way the President travels" : on the road, 1933-1936
- "Swing is stagnant" : diminuendo in blue, 1936-1939
- "The eyes in the back of my head" : with Billy Strayhorn, 1938-1939
- "The sea of expectancy" : the Blanton-Webster band, 1939-1940
- "A message for the world" : jump for joy, 1941-1942
- "I don't write jazz" : Carnegie Hall, 1942-1946
- "More a business than an art" : into the wilderness, 1946-1955
- "I was born in 1956" : crescendo in blue, 1955-1960
- "Fate's being kind to me" : apotheosis, 1960-1967
- "That big yawning void" : alone in a crowd, 1967-1974
- Appendix. Fifty key recordings by Duke Ellington.
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Language Notes:
- Item content: English
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General Notes:
- Color illustrations on lining papers.
Includes discography (pages 365-368), bibliographical references (pages 369-464), and index.
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Physical Description:
- 483 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
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Call Numbers:
- ML410.E44 T38 2013
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ISBNs:
- 1592407498 (hbk.)
9781592407491 (hbk.)
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Library of Congress Control Numbers:
- 2013011138
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OCLC Numbers:
- 833147192