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Book Festival Reviews: LongPen event puts Canadian in the frame: Alice Munro, Charles Spencer, Ruth Rendell in conversation with Ian Rankin, John Sutherland
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ALICE MUNRO
THE screen springs to life with a transatlantic hiss and in front
of our eyes, dea ex machina, all the way from Bayfield Bookshop,
Bayfield, Ontario, layzengentlemen ... Alice Munro!
There is an element of technological shock to these LongPen events
for any book festival audience. For some of us, it's as if we
suddenly had in our midst, say, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, live from
the Moscow Arts Theatre. What do we say when such things happen?
The answer is, we're a bit thrown, which may be why the first
question to Alice Munro was whether she was appearing via cable or
satellite, ...
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The Duke Ellington Orchestra: Visita el Jazz con titulo nobiliario.(Primera Fila)
Newspaper article from: Reforma (México D.F., México)
; ...esta orquesta dirigida por Paul Ellington La msica creada por uno de los...sonar en el Lunario a travs de la Duke Ellington Orchestra, que visitar este sbado...por todos los estilos que tuvo Duke Ellington; y habr tambin improvisacin pero...
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Duke Ellington: A man for all music.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; ...Before Edward Kennedy Ellington began playing jazz...crowd. But in the Duke's regal hands...broadcasts, the young Duke had greater ambitions...Billy Strayhorn _ Ellington evolved into one...462-track ``The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition...
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In The Village Of Harlem: Duke Ellington Circle Named In His Honor
Newspaper article from: New York Beacon, The
; ...The Village Of Harlem: Duke Ellington Circle Named In His Honor...site chosen for the Duke Ellington Memorial (at Fifth Avenue...recent recipient of a Duke Ellington Scholarship...of the Arts. Mercedes Ellington, the Duke's granddaughter...
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Was Ellington America's Greatest Composer?(Duke Ellington)
Magazine article from: Ebony
; ...name was Edward Kennedy Ellington, but everybody called him Duke, a nickname that was given...some facet of the music of Duke Ellington. Samuel A. Floyd Jr...who performed with the Duke, says that Ellington embodied an African tradition...
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Remembering A Giant.(musician Duke Ellington)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Ebony
; ...inspiration for that song." Duke inspired many entertainers...Williams, who sang at Ellington's White House party...father, leading the Ellington Orchestra for more than 20 years after Duke's death in 1974, until...s daughter, Mercedes Ellington, is carrying on the...
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Duke Ellington's legacy
Magazine article from: The Village Voice
; ...their knees to thank Duke. -Miles Davis Next...was second). Duke Ellington's life and works...associate with." An Ellington song that has haunted...Am I Here For?" Duke always knew why he...civil rights battle. Duke was irritated...think that of me," Ellington said, "haven...
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The Duke Ellington Reader.
Magazine article from: The Nation
; ...BOOKS & THE ARTS. The Duke of All Over the past few years Duke Ellington scholarship has become an...volume of a biography, Ellington: The Early Years (Oxford...man and his music, The Duke Ellington Reader. The book is just...
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New Smithsonsian Exhibit About Duke Ellington
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition
; ...exhibit on the musical genius of Duke Ellington. [News headlines] EDWARDS...players that helped shape the Duke Ellington sound. Touch a section of the...Excerpt from `Mood Indigo' by Duke Ellington] EDWARDS: `Mood Indigo...
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Profile: Duke Ellington's "Mood Indigo"
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered
; 00-00-0000 Profile: Duke Ellington's Mood Indigo Host: NOAH...I'm Noah Adams. Duke Ellington was one of the geniuses of...Mood Indigo is credited to Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard and Ellington manager Irving Mills, who...
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Duke Ellington.
Magazine article from: The Nation
; DUKE ELLINGTON. By James Lincoln Collier. Oxford...Lincoln Collier's new book, Duke Ellington, is that it attempts muckraking without...producer Irving Townsend, who worked with Ellington during Duke's later years, about The Queen...
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