
Help!: The Beatles Duke Ellington and the Magic of Collaboration (Paperback)
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The Beatles and Duke Ellington s Orchestra stand as the two greatest examples of collaboration in music history. Through his highly original examination of these two musical legends Duke University musicologist Thomas Brothers delivers a portrait of the creative process at work demonstrating that the cooperative method at the foundation of these two artist- groups was the primary reason for their unmatched musical success. While clarifying the historical record of who wrote what with whom and how Brothers brings the past to life with a breadth of musical knowledge that reverberates through every page and analyses of songs from Lennon and McCartney s Strawberry Fields Forever to Billy Strayhorn s Chelsea Bridge. Help! describes in rich detail the music and mastery of two cultural leaders whose popularity has never dimmed. This is musicology with taste as well as ears. -- Wall Street Journal Adds significantly to our knowledge of popular music and iconic musicians of the 20th century. -- Philadelphia Inquirer







