Who Was Duke Ellington?
Payne, M. D. / Who HQ / Copeland, Gregory
How did a working-class young man from Washington, DC, turn the music world on its head and become the "Master Of Jazz"? Find out in this addition to the Who HQ library!A pivotal fixture of the Harlem Renaissance, Duke Ellington was the bandleader of the historic Cotton Club and a master composer -- writing close to 3, 000 songs in his lifetime and capturing the spirit of the Black experience in the Unites States. Over a 50-year career, Elling...
