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Duke Ellington’s America by Harvey G. Cohen

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November 2010, no. 326

Duke Ellington’s America by Harvey G. Cohen

University of Chicago Press, $69 hb, 688 pp

Duke Ellington’s America by Harvey G. Cohen

by
November 2010, no. 326

Early in this magisterial and exhaustively researched examination of Duke Ellington’s role in American music and society, the author offers a succinct summary of the musician’s significance as an American artist. It is worth quoting at length, as it encapsulates most of the questions addressed over the book’s 577 pages of text and almost 100 densely packed pages of notes:

Michael Morley reviews 'Duke Ellington’s America' by Harvey G. Cohen

Duke Ellington’s America

by Harvey G. Cohen

University of Chicago Press, $69 hb, 688 pp

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