DUKE: A Life of Duke Ellington
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781849546294 (1849546290)
Publish date: November 19th 2013
Publisher: The Robson Press
Pages no: 496
Edition language: English
Ellington, his life, and work, are pretty interesting, but the way this biography was written was not. The biographer established an idea of Ellington's character in the beginning, and that concept never evolved or changed, just continually stayed the same. From a narrative point of view it's more...
bookshelves: published-2013, spring-2014, biography, music, nonfiction, north-americas, fraudio, palate-cleanser, history, under-100-ratings Read from February 23 to March 06, 2014 Read by Peter Francis JamesUnabridged edition 2013 | 17 hours and 43 minutes A major new biography of Duke Ellington...
Another Consummate biography from Teachout. Duke is a well thought through nuanced warts and all Bio. Ellington is without doubt a musical genius and wounded soul who was unnecessarily cruel to the many women in his life and let no one, not even family ever become too close. He routinely stole ideas...
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