World of Duke Ellington

Name: World of Duke Ellington
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ISBN: 9780306810152

ISBN-10: 0306810158

ISBN-13: 9780306810152

Edition: Revised

Authors: Stanley Dance, Duke Ellington

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Stanley Dance has rightly been called Duke Ellington's Baswell by New Yorker jazz critic Whitney Balliett. The World of Duke Ellington was his first chronicle of the life and incomparable art of Duke in the words of the musicians he worked with: co-composer Billy Strayhorn; saxists Johnny Hodges, Ben Webster and Harry Carney; clarinetist Barney Bigard; drummer Sonny Greer, trumpeters Cootie Williams, Clark Terry and Mercer Ellington; and, of course, the Duke himself. There are also first-hand reports of Ellington's world tours, performances in churches and the White House, and a complete discography and chronology. The resultis a fascinating composite portrait of perhaps our greatest…

Book details

List price: $21.99
Publisher: Hachette Books
Publication date: 12/28/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 5.04" wide x 7.95" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Foreword



Introduction


The Maestro


The Art Is in the Cooking


It's Really a Twisting World


Orientations


Press Conference, Calcutta


The Aides-De-Camp


Billy Strayhorn


Mercer Ellington


Thomas L. Whaley


The Musicians


Toby Hardwick [alto saxophone]


Sonny Greer [drums]


Harry Carney [baritone saxophone and clarinets]


Barney Bigard [clarinet]


Johnny Hodges [alto saxophone]


Cootie Williams [trumpet]


Juan Tizol [valve trombone]


Lawrence Brown [trombone]


Ben Webster [tenor saxophone]


Ray Nance [cornet and violin]


Jimmy Hamilton [clarinet and tenor saxophone]


Cat Anderson [trumpet]


Russell Procope [alto saxophone and clarinet]


Shorty Baker [trumpet]


Paul Gonsalves [tenor saxophone]


Willie Cook [trumpet]


Clark Terry [trumpet and flugelhorn]


Sam Woodyard [drums]


Mitchell "Booty" Wood [trombone]


Aaron Bell [bass]


Buster Cooper [trombone]


Jimmy Jones [piano]


Jeff Castleman [bass]


Alice Babs [vocal]


Harold Ashby [tenor saxophone and clarinet]


Wild Bill Davis [organ]


Events and Occasions


Festival: Preparation and Aftermath


The Ecumenical Ellington


In Latin America


At the White House


Discography, Chronology, Index


Duke Ellington's Recordings


Duke Ellington: A Brief Chronology


Index