{"product_id":"beyond-category-the-life-and-genius-of-duke-ellington-paperback","title":"Beyond Category: The Life and Genius of Duke Ellington - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Edward Hasse\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eThe analyses of both Ellington's music and his enigmatic personality are delineated with rare insight.\"--Leonard Feather, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Encyclopedia of Jazz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the twentieth century's greatest composers, Duke Ellington (1899-1974) led a fascinating life. \u003ci\u003eBeyond Category, \u003c\/i\u003e the first biography to draw on the vast Duke Ellington archives at the Smithsonian Institution, recounts his remarkable career: his childhood in Washington, D.C., and his musical apprenticeship in Harlem; his long engagement at the Cotton Club; the challenging years of the depression; his tours to Europe and into America's deep South, where he helped lower racial barriers; the postwar years when television and bebop threatened to eclipse the big bands; Ellington's own triumphant comeback at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival; his collaborations with Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Hodges, and Ella Fitzgerald; as well as five decades of hits and masterpieces that constantly broke new ground.\u003cbr\u003eThe art of Duke Ellington was a musical expression of the African-American experience, in all its pain, pride, and glory. He composed his music as he composed his life-with flair, passion, and individuality-and no book reveals the man and his artistic evolution more brilliantly than \u003ci\u003eBeyond Category.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword by Wynton Marsalis\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMusic historian, musician, award-winning author and record producer, \u003cb\u003eJohn Edward Hasse \u003c\/b\u003ehas served as curator of American music at the Smithsonian Institution. He is the editor of \u003ci\u003eRagtime: Its History, Composers and Music\u003c\/i\u003e, and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eDiscourse in Ethnomusicology.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 8.7 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 07, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47467951882493,"sku":"9780306806148","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/U0ZIMjJnaEF5d0JMZjJBWjJEblhqUT09.webp?v=1777281605","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/beyond-category-the-life-and-genius-of-duke-ellington-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}