Who Was Duke Ellington? cover

Who Was Duke Ellington?

Author: Payne, M.D.

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level 6.7
Points 1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Nonfiction
Word Count 8069
Points per Word 0.000124
Page Count 112
Points per Page 0.008929

Description

A pivotal fixture of the Harlem Renaissance, Duke Ellington was the bandleader of the historic Cotton Club and a master composer, writing close to 3,000 songs in his lifetime and capturing the spirit of the Black experience in the United States.