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Who Was Duke Ellington?

 Series: Who Was?  Author: M. D. Payne  Category: Biographies and Non-Fiction, Black History, Elementary School, Inventions and Innovations, Music, Upper Elementary  Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group  Country: United States  Language: English  Reading Age: Elementary School, Upper Elementary  Illustrator: Gregory Copeland More Details  Amazon  Bookshop org
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How did a working-class young man from Washington, DC, turn the music world on its head and become the “Master Of Jazz”? Find out in this addition to the Who HQ library! A pivotal fixture of the Harlem Renaissance, Duke Ellington was the bandleader of the historic Cotton Club and a master composer — writing close to 3,000 songs in his lifetime and capturing the spirit of the Black experience in the Unites States. Over a 50-year career, Ellington became one of the biggest names in jazz as we know it. He went on to win 13 Grammys, a Pulitzer, and receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969. Who Was Duke Ellington? follows the exciting, multifaceted journey of this musical genius and takes a look at what truly makes Ellington an artist “beyond category.”

Who Was Duke Ellington?
Written by M. D. Payne and Who HQ
Illustrated by Gregory Copeland

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