Help!: The Beatles, Duke Ellington, and the Magic of Collaboration

The fascinating story of how creative cooperation inspired two of the world's most celebrated musical acts.

The Beatles and Duke Ellington's Orchestra stand as the two greatest examples of collaboration in music history. Ellington's forte was not melody-his key partners were not lyricists but his fellow musicians. His strength was in arranging, in elevating the role of a featured soloist, in selecting titles: in packaging compositions. He was also very good at taking credit when the credit w...