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While it is Ellington’s name on the album cover, the reason we treat his name as synonymous with jazz is because of the music his band created, writes Sammy Miller.
Few American public high schools are anything like the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, D.C. It has been educating future artists and entertainers for 47 years. It also ranks in ...
Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Louis Armstrong created a template for what it means for a musician to be 'on tour.' How much of their accounts was pure myth?
Duke's Men: Ellington's Loyal Improvisers : A Blog Supreme Every successful big band leader featured brilliant soloists, but Duke Ellington spotlighted his men apart from the rest. Ellington ...
A new book by Larry Tye -- The Jazzmen -- traces how the popularity of musicians Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and Count Basie affected the civil rights movement.
Teachout peeks behind Ellington's elegant if enigmatic persona, explores the strengths and weaknesses of his celebrated musical craft in great technical detail (which might be frustrating to ...
Duke Ellington Morris, a 14-year-old black-and-white cat, became the first feline to join the San Francisco International Airport's (SFO) team of therapy animals known as the "Wag Brigade" at the ...
Duke Ellington celebrated his 70th birthday on April 29, 1969 as a guest of President Richard Nixon at the White House. In addition to receiving the distinguished Medal of Freedom, Ellington witnessed ...
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