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Duke Ellington
October 1, 2012
David Hajdu
A Jazz Composer Turns His Grief into Devotional Music
June 25, 2012
David Hajdu
Lorenz Hart’s Street Talk and Usher’s Post-Verbal Pop
November 26, 2011
David Hajdu
The Cotton Club Parade Marches Backward
August 19, 2011
David Hajdu
When Actors Sing
August 5, 2011
David Hajdu
Spotify: Access Without Objects
August 5, 2011
David Hajdu
Spotify: Access Without Objects
March 4, 2011
David Hajdu
A Few Words in Defense of Randy Newman
November 12, 2010
David Hajdu
It’s Good to Love the Banana
September 25, 2010
David Hajdu
Memphis on Broadway
September 22, 2010
Steven Hahn
The Road to Mastery
July 22, 2010
David Hajdu
The Provincials
July 16, 2010
David Hajdu
On Harvey Pekar
January 7, 2010
David Hajdu
Pretending
March 18, 2009
David Hajdu
Keys To the Kingdom
September 10, 2007
David Hajdu
Stolen Moments
December 25, 2006
David Hajdu
Heroine
October 25, 2004
David Hajdu
God Only Knows
February 9, 2004
David Hajdu
The Body Eclectic
July 6, 1974
Bruce Cook
Duke Ellington: Master of the American Musical Idiom
December 1, 1947
Charles Miller
Jazz: Records
A review of the Duke Ellington's new recordings from 1947

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