Brothers, Thomas.

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.

ML 3470 / B874h 2018

781.65092