<p>”Music is my mistress, and she plays second fiddle to no one.” This is the story of Duke Ellingtonthe story of Jazz itself. Told in his own way, in his own words, a symphony written by the King of Jazz. His story spans and defines a half-century of modern music.This man who created over 1500 compositions was as much at home in Harlem's Cotton Club in the 20s as he was at a White House birthday celebration in his honor in the 60s. For Duke knew everyone and savored them all. Passionate about his music and the people who made music, he counted as his friends hundreds of the musicians who changed the face of music throughout the world: Bechet, Basie, Armstrong, Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald, Sinatra, to name a few of them. Here are 100 photographs to give us an intimate view of Duke's worldhis family, his friends, his associates.What emerges most strongly in his commitment to music, the mistress for whom he saves the fullest intensity of his passion. ”Lovers have come and gone, but only my mistress stays,” he says. He composed not only songs that all the world has sung, but also suites, sacred works, music for stage and screen and symphonies. This rich book, the embodiment of the life and works of the Duke, is replete with appendices listing singers, arrangers, lyricists and the symphony orchestras with whom the Duke played. There is a book to own and cherish by all who love Jazz and the contributions made to it by the Duke.</p>

Music Is My Mistress

Arts & Photography

Ellington, Edward Kennedy

Music

Da Capo Press

One of the foremost composers of the 20th century, Duke Ellington presided over a band that included talents such as Johnny Hodges, Cootie Williams, and Tricky Sam Nanton, and counted among his friends and acquaintances musical heavyweights such as Louie Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Charlie Parker, and Frank Sinatra. In these candid and occasionally philosophical memoirs, Ellington describes his relationships with these famous contemporaries and a career that would take him from Washington, D.C. to cities including New York, Chicago, Paris, Prague, Tokyo, Dakar, and Sao Paulo. What results is as much the biography of a musical genius as it is the definition of a half-century of modern music itself. Uno de los más destacados compositores del siglo XX, Duke Ellington presidió sobre un grupo de jazz que incluía los talentos de Johnny Hodges, Cootie Williams y Tricky Sam Nanton, y contaba entre sus amigos y conocidos a pesos pesados de la música como Louie Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Charlie Parker y Frank Sinatra. En estas memorias cándidas y ocasionalmente filosóficas, Ellington describe sus relaciones con estos contemporáneos famosos y una carrera que lo llevo desde Washington D. C. a ciudades como Nueva York, Chicago, París, Praga, Tokio, Dakar y Sao Paulo. El resultado es tanto una biografía de un genio musical así como la definición de un medio siglo de música moderna.

La música es mi amante: Duke Ellington (Memorias) (Spanish Edition)

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Global Rhythm Press

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Ellington, Edward Kennedy. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Ellington, Edward Kennedy