TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword: Further Conversations with Duke, by Robert E. Johnson

Preface

Introduction

1.  Jazz Prehistory

2.  Ellington: Origins and Early Development

3.  Mercer Ellington, 1979

4.  The Mills Regime

5.  Lawrence Brown, 1982

6.   Shades of Gray   

7.  Ellington Meets Chicago, 1931

8.  Russell Woodward, 1933

9.. Henry Blankfort, 1982

10.  Golden Age

11.  A Crooked Thing

12.  Blue Note Memories 

13.  Nadir

14.   Resurrection

15.  Alice Babs, 1983

16.  Duke's People

17.  Stanley and Helen Dance, 1982

18.  Coda

Bibliography

Appendix:  recommended reading, recordings and filmography