Who Was Duke Ellington?

• Author(s): M. D. Payne, Who HQ,
• Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
• Pages: 112
• ISBN_10: 0399539638
  ISBN_13: 9780399539633
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Music , Juvenile Nonfiction / People & Places / United States / African American & Black , Juvenile Nonfiction / Music / Jazz ,

Description:... 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, Ellington became one of the biggest names in jazz as we know it. He went on to win 13 Grammys, a Pulitzer, and receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969. Who Was Duke Ellington? follows the exciting, multifaceted journey of this musical genius and takes a look at what truly makes Ellington an artist "beyond category."