Description: Ellington's music with fresh thematic explorations to delight music lovers
Brief description: Jack Chambers is professor at the University of Toronto and an acclaimed author and teacher of music and language. He is a longtime contributor to the Globe and Mail (Toronto), Coda magazine, and other jazz journals. His jazz writings include the prizewinning biography Milestones: The Music and Times of Miles Davis, Bouncin' with Bartok: The Incomplete Works of Richard Twardzik, and A Tone Parallel to Duke Ellington: The Man in the Music, the latter published by University Press of Mississippi.
Review Quotes: As we mark the 125th anniversary of Duke Ellington's birth, and the 50th year since his passing, Jack Chambers's book will be a focal point for the attention generated about Ellington. It is a valuable entry point for new Ellington fans.--Steven C. Bowie, author of Concerto for Cootie: The Life and Times of Cootie Williams