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Beyond Category: The Life and Genius of Duke Ellington"The analyses of both Ellington's music and his enigmatic personality are delineated with rare insight." Leonard Feather, author of The Encyclopedia of Jazz One of the twentieth century's greatest composers, Duke Ellington (1899 1974) led a fascinating life. Beyond Category, the first biography to draw on the vast Duke Ellington archives at the Smithsonian Institution, recounts his remarkable career: his childhood in Washington, D. C., and his musical
"The analyses of both Ellington's music and his enigmatic personality are delineated with rare insight."--Leonard Feather, author of The Encyclopedia of JazzOne of the twentieth century's greatest composers, Duke Ellington (1899-1974) led a fascinating life. Beyond Category, the first biography to draw on the vast Duke Ellington archives at the Smithsonian Institution, recounts his remarkable career: his childhood in Washington, D.C., and his musical apprenticeship in Harlem; his long engagement at the Cotton Club; the challenging years of the depression; his tours to Europe and into America's deep South, where he helped lower racial barriers; the postwar years when television and bebop threatened to eclipse the big bands; Ellington's own triumphant comeback at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival; his collaborations with Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Hodges, and Ella Fitzgerald; as well as five decades of hits and masterpieces that constantly broke new ground.
The art of Duke Ellington was a musical expression of the African-American experience, in all its pain, pride, and glory. He composed his music as he composed his life-with flair, passion, and individuality-and no book reveals the man and his artistic evolution more brilliantly than Beyond Category.
Foreword by Wynton Marsalis
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 03/22/1995
ISBN: 9780306806148
Pages: 480
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.70h x 6.00w x 1.60d
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★★★★★ 5
Good book
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Brie the trailer trash girl that went to show girl then to mob wife, well with a twist. Brie is smart not just a blonde bimbo. She is trying to figure out who killed her husband the Don Colombo. Nik is with the Consortium trying to work her why up and be strong and show loyalty, till she is older to obey Brie and helping her stay alive after someone is trying to take her out. The number one thing you don't do.... Don't get involved... Yep Nik is a goner. Good book can't wait for the next book
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Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2025
★★★★★ 5
The smut is top tier hehe
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Love seeing my two fave girls Scar and Wolf. It's like i am so happy to see the Original gang I started with. Low key missing Hadria.
On to thw next book...this series has had me in a choke hold and I didnt even start in the proper order...but ill definitely get there after the next book.
And the smut is oh so good! Oof. Living my best life through reading haha
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Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2025
★★★★★ 5
I wish the story was longer
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I wish the story was longer, there were things left hanging. Perhaps there will be a follow up book? The story was good, who doesn't love two women stranded alone on an island with nothing to do but make love all day?
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Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2024
★★★★★ 4
Sizzling
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This book has some of the hottest sex scenes I’ve read, and I’ve read a few. The beauty of it is that they were not gratuitous, or ill placed. It all worked because the characters were well developed and believable. I didn’t think stranded on a desert island could be hot and sex for all of the practical reasons you can think of. The talent of the writing is that it extends beyond that to closeness, fear, companionship in a way that rounds the storyline out. The road isn’t easy for the MCs and that makes for an exciting read. I didn’t give five stars for the copious grammar and editing errors. Also, the author had me invested hook, line, and sinker but then rushed the ending. The grand gesture is made less grand by the choppy scene that preceded it. It spoiled what could have been an extremely romantic ending.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2024
★★★★★ 5
Another winner!
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This is the 3rd book that I've read by this author, & everyone of them scored a 5 star review. The only negative on this book, is that the ending seemed rather abrupt. Hopefully, there will be a continuation of this story.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2024