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jazzy_daveJames Lincoln Collier "Duke Ellington" (Pan)
Sir Duke is one of the most popular jazz musicians that has ever lived and that can be a problem for a biographer as his range and styles of music within jazz can be daunting. Ellington was a fascinating, complex, and inspiring historical figure nontheless and this biography does him proud. This book manages to distill the complexity of Ellington and the world he lived in down to an understandable, but nonetheless vivid portrait of the artist.
Sir Duke is one of the most popular jazz musicians that has ever lived and that can be a problem for a biographer as his range and styles of music within jazz can be daunting. Ellington was a fascinating, complex, and inspiring historical figure nontheless and this biography does him proud. This book manages to distill the complexity of Ellington and the world he lived in down to an understandable, but nonetheless vivid portrait of the artist.
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