The King of All, Sir Duke: Ellington and the Artistic RevolutionA&C Black, 1 abr 2001 - 207 páginas Twenty-five years ago in his hit song, "Sir Duke," Stevie Wonder sings: "Music knows it is and always will be one of the things that life just won't quit. / Here are some of music's basic pioneers that time will not allow us to forget: / There's Basie, Miller, Satchmo, and the King of All, Sir Duke! / And with a voice like Ella's ringing out, there's no way the band can lose! / You can feel it all over!" To say that Ellington was a prominent jazz-band leader of the twentieth century would be like saying William Shakespeare was simply a prominent English playwright of the time. This book begins with personal reflections as well as the life before going on to consider--through anecdote, musical scholarship, and personal interviews--Ellington's profound and direct influence on an amazing range of pop artists: Stevie Wonder, Steely Dan, Miles Davis (who, in the ultimate tribute, had himself interred next to The Duke in New York's Woodlawn Cemetery), Sun Ra, James Brown, Sly Stone, George Clinton, Prince, Frank Zappa, Charles Mingus, and Ravi Shankar. |
Índice
Foreword | 11 |
Miles Davis | 53 |
James Brown | 64 |
George Clinton | 72 |
Prince | 88 |
Charles Mingus | 99 |
Two Kindred Spirits | 128 |
New World AComin | 137 |
Luther Henderson | 189 |
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The King of All, Sir Duke: Ellington and the Artistic Revolution Peter Lavezzoli Vista de fragmentos - 2001 |
Términos y frases comunes
A-Train African album approach Arkestra artists audience bandleader bass bebop Becker and Fagen began big band Billy Strayhorn Black Brown Bootsy Brown & Beige Butch Ballard called career Carnegie Hall classical music Coltrane communication composer composition Cootie dance drummer drums Duke Ellington East Suite Elling Ellington recordings Ellington's music Ellingtonian expression favorite featured feel funk George Clinton guitar Gunther Schuller guys Harlem harmony Harry Carney hear heard horn Indian innovations inspired instrument James Brown jazz Jerry Johnny Hodges knew learned listen live performance melody Miles Davis Mingus modern music Mood Indigo musicians never P-Funk piano pieces play players popular music Prince Ravi Shankar rhythmic rock Sir Duke sitar Sly Stone solo song sound spiritual Steely Dan Stevie Wonder studio style Sun Ra theme things Third Sacred Concert tour tradition unique Valburn wanted wrote York Zappa
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