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Author:

Howland, John Louis.

Title:

"Ellington uptown" : Duke Ellington, James P. Johnson, & the birth of concert jazz / John Howland.

Publisher:

University of Michigan Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

x, 340 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., music ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Ellington, Duke,--1899-1974--Criticism and interpretation.
Johnson, James P.--(James Price),--1894-1955--Criticism and interpretation.
Big band music--New York--New York--History and criticism.
Jazz--History and criticism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-327) and index.

Contents:

From Clorindy to Carnegie Hall : the Harlem entertainment community -- Jazz rhapsodies in black and white : James P. Johnson's Yamekraw -- "The blues get glorified" : Harlem entertainment, Negro nuances, and black symphonic jazz -- Ellingtonian extended composition and the symphonic jazz model -- "Harlem love song" : the symphonic aspirations of James P. Johnson, 1930-1945 -- "Carnegie blues" and the symphonic Ellington -- Conclusion : the legacy of Harlem's concert jazz.

Series:

Jazz perspectives

ISBN:

0472033166 (paper : alk. paper)
9780472033164 (paper : alk. paper)
0472116053
9780472116058

OCLC:

(OCoLC)320427288

LCCN:

2008032105

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)