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Duke Ellington (Paperback): David Bradbury

Duke Ellington (Paperback)

David Bradbury

Series: Life & Times

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Duke Ellington (1899-1974), composer and bandleader. A largely self-taught pianist, he was influenced by jazz and ragtime performers. While working as a sign painter he began to play professionally and in 1918 started his own band in his native Washington, D. C. In 1923 he moved to New York City and playing piano at the Kentucky Club, began gathering the musicians who formed the core of his famous orchestra and made his first recordings. With no formal training in composition, he nonetheless employed daring and innovative musical devices in his works; blending lush melodies with unorthodox and often dissonant harmonies and rhythmic structures based on what was then called jungle' effects, he wrote and arranged songs tailored to his own band and soloists. Radio broadcasts during an engagement at New York City's fashionable Cotton Club from 1927 to 1932 brought him and his group national recognition; and his recordings spread their fame to Europe.

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Imprint: Haus Publishing
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Life & Times
Release date: November 2005
First published: 2005
Authors: David Bradbury
Dimensions: 132 x 193 x 2mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 178
ISBN-13: 978-1-904341-66-6
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Film, television, music, theatre
Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Contemporary popular music > Jazz
Books > Biography > Film, television, music, theatre
Books > Music > Contemporary popular music > Jazz
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LSN: 1-904341-66-7
Barcode: 9781904341666

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