A new book, Duke Ellington: An American Composer and Icon, by Mercedes Ellington and Steven Brower, with an introduction by Tony Bennett, will be published n April by Rizzoli.

According to a press release, the book draws on archives from the Smithsonian, the New York Public Library, photographer William Gottlieb and the Ellington family. Says the release, “Every stage of Ellington's career is brought to life with unseen images and artifacts, from his early days in Washington, D.C., to his beginnings on the New York jazz circuit and the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s, his triumph through the Depression and tours of Europe in the 1930s, and his pioneering explosion of form and genre in the 1940s and beyond.”

The hardcover book features more than 200 images, plus contributions from peers and acolytes such as Dave Brubeck, Cornel West, Quincy Jones and Tony Bennett.

For more information, visit Rizzoli.