David Schiff's "The Ellington Century," the movie

Now showing at My Book, the Movie: The Ellington Century by David Schiff.

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The Ellington Century is a celebration of Duke Ellington's music, not a biography. The star of a movie version could be Ellington himself since there is lots of film footage going back to 1930 and the short "Black and Tan Fantasy" where Ellington already cut quite an elegant figure playing himself as a young genius.

Ellington appeared...[read on]

Learn more about the book and author at David Schiff's website and the University of California Press.

Schiff is R.P. Wollenberg Professor of Music at Reed College. He is a composer, journalist whose articles have appeared in publications including the New York Times and the Atlantic, and the author of George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue and The Music of Elliot Carter.

My Book, the Movie: The Ellington Century.

--Marshal Zeringue