A Question of Containment: Duke Ellington and Early Radio
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A Question of Containment: Duke Ellington and Early Radio
American Music
26
415-441
2008 Winter
eng
Nearly all scholars studying Duke Ellington's early period emphasize
the debt he owes radio for spreading his music and exponentially in-
creasing his fame. Yet they provide little documentation demonstrating
any impact radio may have had upon the composer's career from 1923
when Ellington arrived in New York City -one of broadcasting's early
capitals- to February 1931 when Ellington and his orchestra completed
a successful stint at Harlem's notorious Cotton Club. This dearth of information can be attributed partially to the relative scarcity of surviving
data relating to radio from that period.
the debt he owes radio for spreading his music and exponentially in-
creasing his fame. Yet they provide little documentation demonstrating
any impact radio may have had upon the composer's career from 1923
when Ellington arrived in New York City -one of broadcasting's early
capitals- to February 1931 when Ellington and his orchestra completed
a successful stint at Harlem's notorious Cotton Club. This dearth of information can be attributed partially to the relative scarcity of surviving
data relating to radio from that period.
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