Duke Ellington : a Billy Taylor salute / by Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974

“…Billy Taylor Segments: Duke Ellington's 'Love You Madly'…”
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Dvořák to Duke Ellington : a conductor explores America's music and its African American roots / by Peress, Maurice

Table of Contents: “…Antonin Dvořák comes to America -- America and Negro music -- Dvořák's symphony "From the New World" -- The Chicago World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 -- The National Conservatory of Music of America -- Paul Laurence Dunbar, Clorilindy, and "The talented tenth" -- James Reese Europe -- George Gershwin and African American music -- Leonard Bernstein -- Gershwin's "Rhapsody in blue" -- The Clef Club concert -- Will Marion Cook -- George Antheil's "Ballet mécanique" -- Bernstein's Mass -- Duke Ellington -- Ellington's "Queenie pie" -- Ellington's "Black, brown and beige."…”
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DUKE ELLINGTON IN ONS LAND /

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Duke Ellington's Music for the Theatre. by Franceschina, John

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Reminiscing in tempo

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David Bintley's Nutcracker sweeties

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Why toes tap : Marsalis on rhythm.

Table of Contents: “…Robert Sadin -- The nutcracker suite : op. 71A / Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky -- The nutcracker suite / Duke Ellington.…”
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Timber and prayer : the Indian Pond poems by Weaver, Afaa M. (Afaa Michael), 1951-

Table of Contents: “…. -- The Spanish Lesson -- Hamilton Place -- Harlem Dreams: The Chosen City, the Chosen People -- Harlem Society -- Parade -- Street Orator -- Pool Parlor -- Jukebox, 1946 -- Bootleg Whiskey for Twenty-five Cents -- Funeral Sermon, 1946 -- Masks -- Village Quartet -- Rock Skippin' at the Blue Note -- Willie "the Lion" Smith -- Dancers -- Billy Strayhorn -- Sidney Bechet -- Duke Ellington Remembers Josephine Baker -- Chicago -- New York -- Blues in Orbit -- Duke Ellington and His Mistress Make Love -- Duke Ellington Plays to His Mistress -- Villes Ville -- Notes.…”
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Conversations in Jazz. by Gleason, Ralph J.

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; Foreword; Editor's Note; Acknowledgments; John Coltrane; Quincy Jones; Dizzy Gillespie; John Lewis; Milt Jackson; Percy Heath; Connie Kay; Sonny Rollins; "Philly" Joe Jones; Bill Evans; Horace Silver; Duke Ellington; Les McCann; Jon Hendricks.…”
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The Ellington century by Schiff, David

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Composers voices from Ives to Ellington : an oral history of American music by Perlis, Vivian, Van Cleve, Libby

Table of Contents: “…Virgil Thomson ; Aaron Copland ; Roy Harris -- Exploring the world of Duke Ellington.…”
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Tackling the monster : Marsalis on practice.

Table of Contents: “…Douglas Moore -- Mood indigo / Duke Ellington ; arr. Wynton Marsalis -- Fiddle bow real / Wynton Marsalis ; arr. …”
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In the break : the aesthetics of the Black radical tradition by Moten, Fred

Table of Contents: “…The sentimental avant-garde. Duke Ellington's sound of love ; Voices/forces ; Sound in florescence (Cecil Taylor Floating Garden) ; Praying with Eric -- 2. …”
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DC jazz : stories of jazz music in Washington, DC

Table of Contents: “…Ruble -- Washington, DC's Duke Ellington / John Edward Hasse -- Bill Brower : Notes from a Key Observer and Scene Maker / Interview by Willard Jenkins -- Jazz Radio in Washington, DC / Rusty Hassan -- Legislating Jazz / Anna Harwell Celenza -- Women and Jazz in Washington, DC / Bridget Arnwine -- Howard University and Jazz in Washington, DC / Lauren Sinclair -- UDC and Jazz / Judith A. …”
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Jazz shots from the East Coast. Vol. 1.

Table of Contents: “…Strayhorn (2:01) (Duke Ellington) -- Tagore (7:35) ; Passin' thru (12:42) / C. …”
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The tenant of fire by Black, Ryan

Table of Contents: “…Goodbye, Piccadilly; 3. The Curtain; 4. Duke Ellington, Live at the Aquacade; 5. Nothing Beats a Fair…”
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Carnegie Hall 120th Anniversary Concert.

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Billie Holiday : un spectacle musical by Lazlo, Viktor

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Weather bird : jazz at the dawn of its second century by Giddins, Gary

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The Imperfect Art : Reflections on Jazz and Modern Culture. by Gioia, Ted

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Sophie Maslow : poem

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Gil Evans - Out of the Cool : His Life and Music. by Stein Crease, Stephanie

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Clark : the autobiography of Clark Terry by Terry, Clark, Terry, Gwen

Table of Contents: “…Big dreams -- First instruments -- Kicked out -- The Vashon High Swingsters -- First road gig -- Nigga -- Ida Cox -- Stranded -- Lincoln Inn -- On the road again -- Tennis shoe pimp -- Jailed -- Len Bowden -- Navy days -- Gray clouds -- The Big Apple -- George Hudson -- The Club Plantation -- Galloping dominoes -- Tempting offers -- Lionel Hampton -- Road lessons -- Pauline -- Charlie Barnet -- Count Basie -- Big debt -- Duke Ellington -- Leaving Basie -- The University of Ellingtonia -- Working with Duke -- Duke's team -- Duke's management arts -- Miles and Bird -- Billy Strayhorn -- Endurances -- Flugelhorn -- Europe -- Norman Granz -- Norman's battles -- Q -- NBC -- Jim and Andy's -- Johnny and Ed -- Mumbles -- First house -- Big bad band -- Carnegie Hall -- Etoile -- Jazz education arena -- Those NBC years -- Storms -- Black clouds -- Keep on keepin' on -- New love -- Whirlwinds -- Through the storm -- Second chance -- The biggest surprise.…”
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Tribute to Lester Horton

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The jazz ambassadors

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The Jazz Tradition. by Williams, Martin

Table of Contents: “…ART TATUM: Not for the Left Hand Alone; 10. DUKE ELLINGTON: Form Beyond Form; 11. COUNT BASIE AND LESTER YOUNG: Style Beyond Swing; 12. …”
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Two dollars and a dream

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The pleasures of being out of step

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Big band jazz in black West Virginia, 1930-1942 by Wilkinson, Christopher, 1946-

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At the jazz band ball : sixty years on the jazz scene by Hentoff, Nat

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Jazz makers : vanguards of sound by Shipton, Alyn

Table of Contents: “…The pioneers: Scott Joplin ; Jelly Roll Morton ; King Oliver ; Louis Armstrong ; Sidney Bechet ; Bix Beiderbecke ; Bessie Smith ; More pioneers to remember -- Swing bands and soloists: Fletcher Henderson ; Duke Ellington ; Cab Calloway ; Benny Goodman ; Artie Shaw ; Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey ; Count Basie ; Ella Fitzgerald ; Billie Holiday ; Lester Young ; Coleman Hawkins ; More swing bandleaders and soloists to remember -- The piano giants: Albert Ammons ; Fats Waller ; Earl "Fatha" Hines ; Mary Lou Williams ; Teddy Wilson ; Art Tatum ; Oscar Peterson ; More piano giants to remember -- Birth of bebop, the modern jazz revolution: Dizzy Gillespie ; Charlie Parker ; Miles Davis ; Bud Powell ; Thelonious Monk ; Art Blakey ; Charles Mingus ; Sarah Vaughan ; More modern jazz pioneers to remember -- Cool jazz, hard bop, and fusion: John Coltrane ; Sonny Rollins ; Gerry Mulligan ; Stan Getz ; Ornette Coleman ; Bill Evans ; Herbie Hancock ; Chick Corea ; John McLaughlin ; Anthony Braxton ; More cool, hard bop and fusion players to remember -- A century of jazz: David Murray ; Michael Brecker ; Jan Garbarek ; Wynton Marsalis ; Geri Allen ; Joshua Redman ; More contemporary jazz players to remember.…”
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The musical work : reality or invention?

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The musical work : reality or invention?

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The Americana revolution : from country and blues roots to the Avett Brothers, Mumford & Sons, and beyond by Cain, Michael Scott

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Jelly Roll, Bix, and Hoagy : Gennett Records and the rise of America's musical grassroots by Kennedy, Rick, 1956-

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Jelly Roll, Bix, and Hoagy : Gennett Records and the rise of America's musical grassroots by Kennedy, Rick, 1956-

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The Sounds of Place Music and the American Cultural Landscape. by Von Glahn, Denise

Table of Contents: “…Chapter Three: Urban Places: Iconic New York -- Aaron Copland: Quiet City and Music for a Great City -- Edgard Varèse: Amériques -- Duke Ellington: Harlem Air Shaft and Harlem -- Chapter Four: Beyond the City: Rivers, Canyons, and Plains -- William Grant Still: Kaintuck' and American Scenes -- Roy Harris: Cimarron -- Ferde Grofé: Mississippi Suite, Grand Canyon Suite, Hudson River Suite, and Niagara Falls Suite -- Chapter Five: Return to Nature: Recent Reconsiderations -- Robert Starer: Hudson Valley Suite -- Dana Paul Perna: Prout's Neck and Three Places on Long Island…”
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The Lesley Garrett Show. Programme 5 : notes from New York

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Atlantic crossing

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Solos. Andrew Hill, piano

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