Developments in the world of Florence Mills lore may not happen at the frenetic pace of the modern media but there are plenty of things happening from time to time so I hope to update this page regularly.
The previous editions of news can be seen still at Archive No. 1, No. 2 , No.3 , No.4 , No.5 , No.6 , No.7, No.8 , NO.9, No.10, No.11, No.12, No.13, No.14 and No.15
For fans of Duke Ellington the recent publication of
The
Cambridge Companion to Duke Ellington
is great news.
It is also great news for
Florence Mills fans, as it includes Marcello Piras's scholarly article
"Duke and Descriptive Music"
which documents in technical detail, how Ellington's "Black Beauty" is
a musical portrait of Florence Mills.
For more on this topic, see News Archive No.14
The book is edited by noted Ellington, and music, scholar Edward Green
The ISBN is: 9780521707534
That's all for now, folks