Stanley Dance has rightly been called Duke Ellington's Baswell by New Yorker jazz critic Whitney Balliett. The World of Duke Ellington was his first chronicle of the life and incomparable art of Duke in the words of the musicians he worked with: co-composer Billy Strayhorn; saxists Johnny Hodges, Ben Webster and Harry Carney; clarinetist Barney Bigard; drummer Sonny Greer, trumpeters Cootie Williams, Clark Terry and Mercer Ellington; and, of course, the Duke himself. There are also first-hand reports of Ellington's world tours, performances in churches and the White House, and a complete discography and chronology. The resultis a fascinating composite portrait of perhaps our greatest American composer-performer and an account of his long, extraordinarily creative career.

Includes index.

Reprint of 1970 ed. published by C. Scribner's Sons, New York.

Discography: p. [293]-294.

Foreword / Duke Ellington The Maestro The Art Is in the Cooking It's Really a Twisting World Orientations Press Conference, Calcutta The Aides-De-Camp Billy Strayhorn Mercer Ellington Thomas L. Whaley The Musicians Toby Hardwick [alto saxophone] Sonny Greer [drums] Harry Carney [baritone saxophone and clarinets] Barney Bigard [clarinet] Johnny Hodges [alto saxophone] Cootie Williams [trumpet] Juan Tizol [valve trombone] Lawrence Brown [trombone] Ben Webster [tenor saxophone] Ray Nance [cornet and violin] Jimmy Hamilton [clarinet and tenor saxophone] Cat Anderson [trumpet]

Russell Procope [alto saxophone and clarinet] Shorty Baker [trumpet] Paul Gonsalves [tenor saxophone] Willie Cook [trumpet] Clark Terry [trumpet and flugelhorn] Sam Woodyard [drums] Mitchell "Booty" Wood [trombone] Aaron Bell [bass] Buster Cooper [trombone] Jimmy Jones [piano] Jeff Castleman [bass] Alice Babs [vocal] Harold Ashby [tenor saxophone and clarinet] Wild Bill Davis [organ] Events & Occasions Festival: Preparation and Aftermath The Ecumenical Ellington In Latin America At the White House Discography, Chronology, Index Duke Ellington's Recordings Duke Ellington: A Brief Chronology.