Gotham Books. As New in As New dust jacket. 2013. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover, photos. 1592407498 . Book and DJ AS NEW. NO defects. NO notes. No names or ANY markings. New DJ not price clipped ($30) ; Ships in a box, USA; 483 pages .

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A major new biography of Duke Ellington from the acclaimed author of Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington was the greatest jazz composer of the twentieth century—and an impenetrably enigmatic personality whom no one, not even his closest friends, claimed to understand. The grandson of a slave, he dropped out of high school to become one of the world’s most famous musicians, a showman of incomparable suavity who was as comfortable in Carnegie Hall as in the nightclubs where he honed his style. He wrote some fifteen hundred compositions, many of which, like “Mood Indigo” and “Sophisticated Lady,” remain beloved standards, and he sought inspiration in an endless string of transient lovers, concealing his inner self behind a smiling mask of flowery language and ironic charm. As the biographer of Louis Armstrong, Terry Teachout is uniquely qualified to tell the story of the public and private lives of Duke Ellington. Duke peels away countless layers of Ellington’s evasion and public deception to tell the unvarnished truth about the creative genius who inspired Miles Davis to say, “All the musicians should get together one certain day and get down on their knees and thank Duke.”

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Bookseller: Enterprise Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 55380
Title: Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington
Author: Teachout, Terry
Format/Binding: Hardcover, photos
Book Condition: New As New in As New dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1592407498
ISBN 13: 9781592407491
Publisher: Gotham Books
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 2013
Keywords: 1592407498
Bookseller catalogs: Jazz biography;

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