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Reminiscing In Tempo: A Portrait of Duke Ellington
by Stuart. Nicholson
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/near fine
- ISBN 10
- 1555533809
- ISBN 13
- 9781555533809
- Seller
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Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1999. First American edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. First American edition/printing, from the British sheets. As new in brighht, crisp dust jacket with a short closed tear top front panel. Hardcover. xix+ 538 pp. with index, discography. Illustrated with photos. Biography of one of the mpost important figures in 20th century music, Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (1899-1974). Acclaimed by such towreing figures a sStravinsky, who call him "one of the greatest living composers', he created a body of music that defied conventional category and was acclaimed inside and outside the jazz world. This biography assembles his life story through first-hand reminiscences of those whpo know him best--his wife, sister, son, band memebers, personal friends, business associates and of course, Ellington himself.
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- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E20061
- Title
- Reminiscing In Tempo: A Portrait of Duke Ellington
- Author
- Stuart. Nicholson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition
- ISBN 10
- 1555533809
- ISBN 13
- 9781555533809
- Publisher
- Northeastern University Press
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- music, harlem, jazz, composers, african american, black, negro, band leaders, big band,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Music;
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The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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