Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Duke Ellington
- Series page
- Frontispiece
- The Cambridge Companion to Duke Ellington
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Duke Ellington chronology
- Editor’s introduction: Ellington and Aesthetic Realism
- Part I Ellington in context
- Part II Duke through the decades: the music and its reception
- Part III Ellington and the jazz tradition
- 11 Ellington and the blues
- 12 “Seldom seen, but always heard”: Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington
- 13 Duke Ellington and the world of jazz piano
- 14 Duke and descriptive music
- 15 Sing a song of Ellington; or, the accidental songwriter
- 16 The land of suites: Ellington and extended form
- 17 Duke Ellington’s legacy and influence
- Select bibliography
- Index
16 - The land of suites: Ellington and extended form
from Part III - Ellington and the jazz tradition
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 December 2014
- The Cambridge Companion to Duke Ellington
- Series page
- Frontispiece
- The Cambridge Companion to Duke Ellington
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Duke Ellington chronology
- Editor’s introduction: Ellington and Aesthetic Realism
- Part I Ellington in context
- Part II Duke through the decades: the music and its reception
- Part III Ellington and the jazz tradition
- 11 Ellington and the blues
- 12 “Seldom seen, but always heard”: Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington
- 13 Duke Ellington and the world of jazz piano
- 14 Duke and descriptive music
- 15 Sing a song of Ellington; or, the accidental songwriter
- 16 The land of suites: Ellington and extended form
- 17 Duke Ellington’s legacy and influence
- Select bibliography
- Index
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- The Cambridge Companion to Duke Ellington , pp. 245 - 261Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015