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Author Howland, John, 1964-

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

Publication Info. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2009]
©2009

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  ML3518 .H68 2009    Available  ---
 Talbott: Circulating Collection  ML3518 .H68 2009    Available  ---
Description x, 340 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, music ; 23 cm.
Series Jazz perspectives
Jazz perspectives (Ann Arbor, Mich.)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.
Subject Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974.
Criticism and interpretation.
Johnson, James P. (James Price), 1894-1955 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Johnson, James P. (James Price), 1894-1955.
Big band music -- New York (State) -- New York -- History and criticism.
Big band music.
New York (State) -- New York.
Genre/Form Big band music.
Subject Jazz -- History and criticism.
Jazz.
ISBN 9780472116058 cloth alkaline paper
0472116053 cloth alkaline paper
9780472033164 paper alkaline paper
0472033166 paper alkaline paper