There will one day come a black Beethoven, burned to the bone by the African sun.

                Will Marion Cook

1. 1. Such Sweet Thunder
   

https://www.npr.org/sections/music-news/

The Duke at His Best

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4555233

2.  Duke Ellington:  The Maestro Pt 1

http://www.npr.org/2007/11/07/16054497/duke-ellington-the-maestro-pt-1

3.  Duke Ellington:  The Maestro Pt 2

http://www.npr.org/2007/11/14/16254195/duke-ellington-the-maestro-pt-2

4.   Poem:  “Boola”

1. a. Excert from  Duke Ellington’s Poem Boola
   

Boola.pdf

2. b. Complete text of Black and Brown
   

AC0301-S04B3F8. Boola Typescript.pdf

c.   Duke Ellington on Boola

Duke Ellington on Boola

d.  About Boola

http://www.depanorama.net/desociety/200403.pdf

5. 5. BBB Fragments for Rehearsal
   

Black Fragments.pdf

Brown Fragments.pdf

Beige Fragments.pdf

ellington quotes.pages

6. 6. Performance Information
   

Book of Boola Promo.pdf

7. 7. Ellington Photos
   

DE Photos.pdf

8. 8. Anecdotes about Duke Ellington/Historical Background for solo readings
   

ellington quotes.pdf

Winthrop Sargeant:  Is Jazz Music1943.pdf

Readings

1Jonathan Yardley, The Duke:  Our Unrecognized Royalty

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1989/05/01/the-duke-our-unrecognized-royalty/4996dbfd-2d18-4988-8578-c031ff91823f/?utm_term=.69375532662c

2.  Duke Ellington’s America

Chapter 1 excerpt

http://press.u.chicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/112633.html

3.  Roth Claudia Pierpont, “Black Brown and Beige”

http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2010/05/17/100517crat_atlarge_pierpont

4.  Harvey Cohen, “In HIs Own Words”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37099-2005Feb19.html

6. 6. The Importance and Significance of BBB by Duke Ellington, 1943.
   

The Importance and Significance of Black, Brown and Beige

7. 7. Rockin in Rhythm  Village Voice 1999
   

https://www.villagevoice.com/1999/06/08/rockin-in-rhythm/

8. 8. Duke Ellington Really Just Wanted to be a Writer
   

https://lithub.com/duke-ellington-really-just-wanted-to-be-a-writer/

Miscellaneous

1.  Duke Ellington Official Web Site

http://www.dukeellington.com/home.html

2. 2. Smithsonian Guide to the Duke Ellington Collection
   

http://sova.si.edu/record/NMAH.AC.0301

3. 3. Recording of Black Brown and Beige
   

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GM2N8_H4me0

*************************************************

  Duke Ellington:  Symphony in Black

http://www.openculture.com/2013/05/duke_ellingtons_isymphony_in_blacki_starring_a_19-year-old_billie_holiday.html

Black Brown and Beige: Tone Parallel  to the History of Negro in America, 1943 (BBB)

Score published at G Schirmer, arr Peress

https://issuu.com/scoresondemand/docs/black_brown_and_beige_ellington_per/6?ff=true&e=8906278/4626812

  Duke Ellington solo piano in Australia 1980s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa6uaE2oYj4

  Albert Murray, ...Duke Ellington, the Culture of Washington DC and the Blues as Representative Anecdote

http://www.conjunctions.com/archives/c16-am.htm