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A major new biography of Duke Ellington from the acclaimed writer of Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong. Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was the best jazz author of the twentieth century - and an impenetrably enigmatic personality whom nobody, not his closest friends, stated to comprehend. The grandson of a slave, he fallen out of high school to be one of the world's most well-known musicians, a showman of matchless suavity who was simply as comfortable in Carnegie Hall such as the nightclubs where he honed his style. He composed some fifteen hundred compositions, a lot of which, like "Feeling Indigo" and "Superior Lady," stay beloved requirements, and he wanted inspiration in an limitless string of transient fans, concealing his internal self behind a smiling mask of flowery dialect and ironic charm. As the biographer of Louis Armstrong, Terry Teachout is exclusively qualified to tell the storyline of the public and private lives of Duke Ellington. Duke peels away countless layers of Ellington's evasion and public deception to tell the unvarnished real truth about the creative genius who inspired Miles Davis to state, "All the musicians should get together one certain day and get down on the knees and give thanks to Duke."
