National Museum of African American History and Culture Letter to the Musicians' Protective Association from Duke Ellington National Museum of American History Bust of Duke Ellington National Museum ...

Duke Ellington, whose contours have ... Boyd also lives in fear that Ellington may fall asleep at the wrong time, and since it usually takes an hour of the most ingenious torture to put the ...

This spring marks both the 50th anniversary of Duke ... when Ellington found his charter bandmates and began incorporating ...

The composer and arranger is best known for his collaborations with Duke Ellington ... living a full life without apology or compromise at a time when it simply was not a choice for an openly ...

The Jazzmen: How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie Transformed America Larry Tye 416 pages ISBN: 035838043X Mariner Books 2024 In 1986, a guy walked into a Post Office in South ...

In 1989, 15 years after Ellington’s death, The Duke Plays Ellington was finally reissued on CD for the first time, though it was renamed Piano Reflections and appeared on the Blue Note label.

Edward Kennedy Ellington was born ... Itseemed as if young Duke was more inclined to baseball at a young age. Duke got his first job selling peanuts at Washington Senator’s baseballgames. This was the ...

Creator: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974Names: Duke Ellington OrchestraCollector: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Musical HistoryNames ...