Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Jump For Joy: Jazz at Lincoln Center Celebrates the Ellington Centennial, 1899-1999

Jazz at Lincoln Center, February 1999,160 pp., $24.95, ISBN 03770-0.

Join Jazz at Lincoln Center in celebrating the 100-year anniversary of the birth of revolutionary jazz musician Duke Ellington. This collection of essays, interviews, paintings and drawings of the internationally acclaimed musician provides an in-depth look into his career and the far-reaching effects of his unique talents. Publicity photographs and album and magazine covers offer additional visual references for discussions, contributed by Stanley Crouch, Wynton Marsalis and Albert Murray. This is an ideal book for those interested in the Big Band era, jazz, and the life of this amazing musician.

-Reviewed by Jonell Jaime

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