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Gunther schuller, described prelude to a kiss as one of ellington s finest ballads, although too sophisticated in its weaving melody and chromatic harmonies to gain wide public acceptance. Prelude to a kiss sheet music duke ellington real book. Theres a wonderful moment in the bridge where the music and lyric are truly married. The chromatic scale is wellknown to obscure a sense of key and can all too readily disorient the. Oscar peterson plays the duke ellington song book is a 1959 album by pianist oscar peterson of compositions written or performed by duke ellington. The story of one of americas greatest composers, duke ellington, is lavishly told here in jazzinspired prose. Explore releases from the duke ellington trio at discogs. Prelude to a kiss duke ellington classical piano music. Duke ellington piano in the foreground releases discogs. Duke ellington prelude to a kiss sheet music in c major. Prelude to a kiss is a 1938 ballad composed by duke ellington, with lyrics by irving gordon and irving mills. With chord names does not include words to the songs.
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The piano prince and his orchestra is a childrens picture book written by andrea davis pinkney and illustrated by brian pinkney. It also includes interactive sheet music for realtime transposition. Edward kennedy duke ellington, king of the keys, was born on april 29, 1899, in washington, d. At his parents insistence, he took piano lessons and, by the time he was 19, music was his passion. He was able to earn his living by playing his own compositions a type of music no one had ever heard before. A story of john james audubon outstanding science trade books for students k12 brave girl.
Although his talents at the piano sometimes have been overshadowed by his many accomplishments as a composer, arranger, and bandleader, ellington was actually one of the very few stride pianists along with mary lou williams to effectively make the transition into more. Kids will love learning about a fun musical style while also learning about one of the most influential africanamerican musicians of the mid1900s. Sarah vaughan duke ellington song book two discogs. The music of duke ellington pianist, composer, bandleaderis a uniquely american treasure. Jul 20, 2004 the first is yet another nice little ellington blues, the second a piece of harlem stride piano, the third begins with the bassist doing a little jigwalk over the drummers brushes, with. A small group session that features duke s piano as much as hodges, it has a charming, loose, afterhours feel. Prelude to a kiss duke ellington piano sheet music guitar chords jazz blues. If you hear a song in blue, like a flower crying for the dew, that was my heart serenading you, my prelude to a kiss. But one day, when he heard someone playing ragtime on the piano, his interest was captured and he had to learn. Prelude to a kiss, much like the last song i explored for this column, provides some rather satisfying outcomes for the eager theorist anxious to ascertain balance between creativity and logic, chaos and order. When he was a boy, edward kennedy ellington s first love was baseball. Bass jimmy blanton drums sonny greer guitar fred guy lyrics by james w.
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Musical accompaniment in g by fernando diaz with score. True to ellingtons style, the melody is highly chromatic and the bridge goes to new harmonic territory. Wilder, in his definitive book on american popular song, offers a pithy. The piano prince and his orchestra by andrea davis pinkney. Prelude to a kiss is one of the most famous of duke ellingtons ballads. Aug 12, 2004 duke ellington, piano in the foreground 4 5 stars 4 out of 5 stars. Peterson, oscar plays the duke ellington song book music. Duke ellington was born at the turn of the century 1899 in washington, d. Duke ellington prelude to a kiss sheet music notes, chords. Provided to youtube by universal music group prelude to a kiss duke ellington piano reflections. Duke ellington sheet music to download top quality pdfs. Altoist johnny hodges was one of duke s longest serving band members, in almost unbroken service from 1928 to his death in 1970. The true story of the puppeteer of macys parade bank street college of education flora stieglitz straus award awards.
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