A major new biography of Duke Ellington from the acclaimed author of Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong Edward Kennedy ?Duke” Ellington was the greatest jazz composer of the twentieth century?and an im
Louis Armstrong was the greatest jazz musician of the twentieth century and a giant of modern American culture. He knocked the Beatles off the top of the charts, wrote the finest of all jazz autobiog
Louis Armstrong was the greatest jazz musician of the twentieth century and a giant of modern American culture. He knocked the Beatles off the top of the charts, wrote the finest of all jazz autobiog
An account of the public and private lives of the eminent jazz artist includes coverage of his slave heritage, the musical talent that inspired some 1,500 compositions and his relationships with numer
Terry Teachout, one of our most acute cultural commentators, here turns his sharp eye to every corner of the arts world?music, dance, literature, theater, film, TV, and the visual arts. This collectio
A native of Sikeston, Missouri, pays tribute to small-town life in America, discussing the things he misses and the reasons he finally left for New York City
When H.L. Mencken talked, everyone listened - like it or not. In the Roaring Twenties, he was the one critic who mattered, the champion of a generation of plain-speaking writers who redefined the Ame
Whittaker Chambers is one of the most controversial figures in modern American history - a former Communist spy who left the party, testified against Alger Hiss before the House Un-American Activities
