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" Duke Ellington's America / "
Harvey G. Cohen
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BL
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581560
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GBB036641b410779
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| Main Entry
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Cohen, Harvey G
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| Title & Author
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Duke Ellington's America /\ Harvey G. Cohen
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| Publication Statement
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Chicago :: University of Chicago Press,, 2010
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xii, 688 p. :: ill. ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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9780226112633 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 0226112632 (cloth : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Washington/New York -- The marketing plan -- Serious listening -- Credits/exit Mills -- Swingin' -- Black, brown, and beige -- Postwar struggles -- Reinvention and nadir -- Reborn -- Money -- My people -- 1963 State Department tour -- Sacred concerts -- Fighting nostalgia -- 1970s state tours -- Final days
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| Abstract
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Cultural historian Harvey G. Cohen paints a vivid picture of Ellington's life and times, taking him from his youth in black middle-class Washington, D.C., to worldwide acclaim. Mining extensive archives, many never before available, plus new interviews with Ellington's friends, family, band members, and business associates, Cohen illuminates his constantly evolving approach to composition, performance, and the music business--as well as issues of race, equality and religion.--From publisher description
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| Subject
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Ellington, Duke,1899-1974
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African American jazz musicians, Biography
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| Dewey Classification
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781.65092B
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ML410.E44C56 2010
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