{"product_id":"beyond-category-the-life-and-genius-of-duke-ellington-0306806142","title":"Beyond Category: The Life And Genius Of Duke Ellington","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0306806142\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hasse, John Edward\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The analyses of both Ellington's music and his enigmatic personality are delineated with rare insight.\"--Leonard Feather, author of The Encyclopedia of JazzOne of the twentieth century's greatest composers, Duke Ellington (1899-1974) led a fascinating life. Beyond Category, the first biography to draw on the vast Duke Ellington archives at the Smithsonian Institution, recounts his remarkable career: his childhood in Washington, D.C., and his musical apprenticeship in Harlem; his long engagement at the Cotton Club; the challenging years of the depression; his tours to Europe and into America's deep South, where he helped lower racial barriers; the postwar years when television and bebop threatened to eclipse the big bands; Ellington's own triumphant comeback at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival; his collaborations with Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Hodges, and Ella Fitzgerald; as well as five decades of hits and masterpieces that constantly broke new ground.The art of Duke Ellington was a musical expression of the African-American experience, in all its pain, pride, and glory. He composed his music as he composed his life-with flair, passion, and individuality-and no book reveals the man and his artistic evolution more brilliantly than Beyond Category.Foreword by Wynton Marsalis\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51735608656160,"sku":"NEW0306806142","price":18.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/714IdFq_nxL_be9459ec-4b20-4feb-86e8-d8263a833062.jpg?v=1779496920","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/beyond-category-the-life-and-genius-of-duke-ellington-0306806142","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}