Hardback
192 pages
The Crossroad Publishing Company
Illustrated.
This biography offers insights into Ellington's enduring appeal, not only as a composer and piano playing leader of a jazz orchestra, but as a cultural icon. Steed traces Ellingtons journey from a protected childhood in Washington, D.C., through his early career as a musician in Harlem nightclubs to the presentation of his music in the world's grandest cathedrals in his last years.
