Duke Ellington's son Mercer has said that his father was frustrated
in only one area of musical ambition: his desire to do his own
Broadway show. Though Ellington wrote many theatrical pieces, he
was never able to achieve success as a composer for the stage, and
today his stage shows receive little attention from music
historians. Nevertheless, these works occupied a significant place
in Ellington's creative imagination, and many of the ideas he
employed in their composition found their way into his other work.
Here is the first book to acknowledge Duke Ellington's contribution
to the stage. It offers a survey of every theater piece Ellington
is known to have worked on during his lifetime, beginning with the
1925 revue The Chocolate Kiddies and ending with the unfinished
"street opera" Queenie Pie. This large body of work includes
full-length musicals, African American revues, ballets, and
incidental music. The plot of each work is described and the score
analyzed according to its dramatic function in the piece. Musical
phrases are reproduced in the text, and associations with other
well-known Ellington compositions are noted. An appendix provides a
chronological listing of Ellington's shows with song titles
conveniently listed under each.
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