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Once again, a mere 99 cents gets you the latest piano piece, 'Melancholic Hope,' from the founder of RE/Search Publications. Composed for a friend whose mother had just passed away, these seven minutes from V. Vale are what I'd want to hear should heaven ever allow me entry. Duke Ellington's Jazz Opera 'Queenie Pie' Proves Difficult for the Stage, Just Not for Chicago Opera Theater
It wasn't enough for Duke Ellington to contribute some 3,000 songs to the Great American Fakebook. No, towards the end of his life, he began composing a jazz opera: Queenie Pie.
