Duke Ellington and His World (Hardcover)

Based on lengthy interviews with Ellington's bandmates, family, and friends, Duke Ellington and His World offers a fresh look at this legendary composer. A.H. Lawrence gives us the first biography of the composer written by a fellow musician and African American. This fascinating book traces Ellington's life, from his early years in Washington, D.C. to his death in New York in 1974, and career, from the brothel to the cathedral, in terms of the social, cultural, political and economic realities of his times.