Help! : the Beatles, Duke Ellington, and the magic of collaboration /
Thomas Brothers.
- First edition.
- 379 pages ill. 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I: The Duke Ellington Orchestra. Ellington and Early Jazz -- The Miley Method and the Ellington Problem -- The 1930s: An "Accumulation of Personalities" -- Billy Strayhorn -- Part II: The Beatles. Early Beatles and Rock and Roll -- Four-Headed Monster -- Retreat -- Grow a Little Taller.
A professor of music reveals how the cooperative method inspired the history-changing achievements of The Beatles and Duke Ellington's Orchestra.
9780393246230 (hardcover)
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 --Criticism and interpretation.
Beatles--Criticism and interpretation.
Popular music--History and criticism. Música popular --Historia y crítica Jazz--History and criticism. Composition (Music)--Collaboration.