Ellington: The Early Years, Mark Tucker

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Ellington The Early Years

Mark Tucker
University of Illinois Press, 1995 (first published in 1991)
Hardback. 364pp. b&w & musical illustrations
£14.99

This is the definitive work on Ellington's early years.

CONTENTS:
part one: Washington 1899-1923
part two: New York 1923-1927
Appendix: compositions and recordings of Duke Ellington 1914 - Nov 1927

"The best guide we have to just exactly how the maestro arrived at the threshold of greatness." - JOHN LITWEILER, Chicago Tribune

MARK TUCKER is associate professor of music at Columbia University, and is co-author of Jazz From the Beginning with Garvin Bushell.

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