The jazzmen : how Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie transformed America / Larry Tye.

"This is the story of three revolutionary American musicians, the maestro jazzmen who orchestrated the chords that throb at the soul of twentieth-century America. Duke Ellington, the grandson of slaves who was christened Edward Kennedy Ellington, was a man whose story is as layered and nuanced as hi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tye, Larry (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Mariner Books, [2024]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Ellington, Duke, > 1899-1974.
Armstrong, Louis, > 1901-1971.
Basie, Count, > 1904-1984.
African American jazz musicians > Biography.
Jazz musicians > United States > Biography.
Musiciens de jazz > États-Unis > Biographies.
Musiciens de jazz noirs américains > Biographies.
Jazz musicians > Biography.
Biography.
Biographies.
Genre:
Biography.
Biographies.
Physical Description:xviii, 393 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Variant Title:
Jazz men
Format: Book

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