Music is my mistress / by Edward Kennedy Ellington.
| Author/creator | Ellington, Duke |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | [1st edition]. |
| Publication Info | Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1973. |
| Description | xv, 522 pages : illustrations, portraits, facsimile ; 27 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The road -- Act one. Rollin' ; Washington ; Categories ; Music ; Dramatis Felidae ; Mercer Ellington ; Ruth Dorothea Ellington ; Sidney Bechet ; Fletcher Henderson ; Otto Hardwick ; Sonny Greer ; Elmer Snowden ; Arthur Whetsol ; Juan Tizol ; Jerry Rhea -- Act two. Night life ; New York City ; The big apple ; Willie "The Lion" Smith ; Mexico ; James P. Johnson ; Don Redman ; Will Marion Cook ; Will Vodery ; Charles Shribman ; Chick Webb ; Count Basie ; Lonnie Johnson ; Maceo Pinkard ; Paul Whiteman ; Luckeyeth Roberts ; George Gershwin ; Bubber Miley ; Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton ; Freddy Guy ; Harry Carney ; Barney Bigard and Wellman Braud ; Johnny Hodges ; Cootie Williams ; Freddy Jenkins ; Lawrence Brown ; Ivie Anderson ; Rex Stewart ; Richard Bowden Jones -- Act three. The city of jazz ; Chicago ; Toronto ; London ; Paris -- Act four. Formative years adjusted ; Billy Strayhorn ; Ray Nance ; Ben Webster ; Jimmy Blanton ; Herb Jeffries ; Lena Horne ; Mary Lou Williams ; Art Tatum ; Charlie Barnet ; Mrs. Fitzpatrick White -- Act five. Jump for joy extension ; Doctors and surgeons ; I miss ; What is music? ; I really never miss ; Cat Anderson ; Joya Sherrill ; Kay Davis ; Marie Ellington ; Jimmy Hamilton ; Paul Gonsalves ; Shorty Baker ; Russell Procope ; Betty Roche ; Al Hibbler ; Wini Brown ; Louis Bellson ; Jimmy Woode ; Sam Woodyard ; Jimmy Grissom ; John Sanders ; Willie Cook ; Clark Terry ; Ernie Shepard ; Joe Turner ; Jimmy Rushing ; Stepin Fetchit ; Jimmy Jones ; Louis Armstrong and Joe Glaser ; Ella Fitzgerald and Norman Ganz ; Frank Sinatra ; Orson Welles ; Jo Jones ; Joe Williams ; Charles Mingus ; Dizzy Gillespie, Mile, and 'Trane ; Frank Holzfeind ; Irving Townsend ; George Wein ; Jimmy Lyons ; Timme Rosenkranz ; Tony Bennett ; Coleman Hawkins ; Billy Eckstine ; Mahalia Jackson -- Act six. Civilization ; Seeing God ; The sacred concerts ; Acclaim ; Brock Peters ; Alice Babs ; Tony Watkins ; Tom Whaley -- Act seven. San Francisco ; Hooked ; Notes on the state department tour, 1963 ; Nipponese journal, 1964-70 ; Dakar journal, 1966 ; Goutelas journal, 1966 ; Latin American journal, 1968 ; Mexican journal, 1968 ; Walls ; Prague journal, 1969 ; Russian journal, 1971 ; Latin American journal, 1971 ; Pacific journal, 1975 ; The taste buds ; Rufus Jones ; Elma Lewis ; Herbie Jones ; Harold Ashby ; Wild Bill Davis ; Bob Udkoff ; James Latimer -- Act eight. Music and the future ; What's happening? ; Jazz for young people ; At the white house ; Public relations ; Music and the primeval ; Retire to what? ; Pedestrian Minstrel ; The mirrored self -- Appendices. The singers ; Arrangers and lyricists ; The symphony orchestra ; Band boys and barbers ; Honors and awards. |
| Abstract | The celebrated musician and entertainer discusses his life and travels and presents profiles of personalities he has come to know as friends. |
| General note | Contains primary source material. |
| Bibliography note | "Selected discography": pages 491-492; "compositions": pages 493-522. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (page 523). |
| LCCN | 73083189 |
| ISBN | 0385022352 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML410.E44 A3 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |