Search results
5 days ago · Duke Ellington Day commemorates the life of jazz musician Edward Kennedy Ellington. Born April 29th, 1899 in Washington D.C., Ellington was a famous American composer, pianist, and bandleader of a jazz orchestra that performed at Harlem's Cotton Club during the 1920s. In the 1930s, his music spread internationally as he and his orchestra toured ...
3 days ago · Recording date: May 1, 1945. New York. RCA-Victor recording session at Studio 2. Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra: Rex Stewart, c; Cat Anderson, Shelton Hemphill ...
4 days ago · On April 29—Edward Kennedy Ellington’s 125th birthday—Jazz at Lincoln Center kicks off a two-week celebration of the Duke. Through Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra concerts in Rose Theater, pre-concert lectures, sets and jam sessions in Dizzy’s Club, and the national Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition and Festival, we honor the life and work of Duke Ellington, one ...
5 days ago · On April 29, 1889, Duke Ellington, an accomplished jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader, was born in Washington, D.C. Over a career spanning 50 years, he composed around 3,000 songs and performed worldwide. Duke Ellington at the piano and Louis Armstrong on trumpet rehearse Leonard Feather’s “Long, Long Journey” during a session at the ...
3 days ago · This article is adapted from a chapter in his forthcoming book, The Jazzmen: How Duke Ellington, Satchmo Armstrong and Count Basie Transformed America, to be published by HarperCollins. From 1986 to 2001, Tye was an award-winning reporter at The Boston Globe, where his primary beat was medicine.
3 days ago · Recording date: May 1, 1943. New York. NBC broadcast of Duke Ellington performing at a war bond rally at Radio City. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra: Rex Stewart, c; Shorty Baker, Wallace Jones, Ray...
8 hours ago · As KCSM wraps up a week-long tribute to Duke Ellington, this episode of "Just Jazz" shines the spotlight on a pair of jazz pianists nicknamed "Duke" but neither of whom is Ellington. Tune in to hear a dozen items by Duke Jordan and Duke Pearson, both as leaders and also as sidemen with such as Charlie Parker, Gigi Gryce, Stan Getz, and Thad Jones & Pepper Adams.
