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Stanley Dance (1910–1999)

Author of The World of Duke Ellington

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About the Author

Born in England, Stanley Dance is an eminent critic and historian of jazz, whose writings appear in Jazz Times (Washington, D.C.), Jazz Journal (London), and many other publications. He has been a student of Ellington's music and a close personal friend from the late 1920s until Duke's death in show more 1974. show less

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Cool Rock — Notes, some editions — 1 copy

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Captures Duke before he was made of marble. And fairly well. Just a facet of the complex gem that was Ellington, but interesting nonetheless.
 
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