[Harry Carney Home Movies], Ruth Ellington Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History The Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe May Never Be Solved (03:41) Ouija Board ...

Duke, christened Edward Kennedy Ellington, has spent his days and nights on trains rattling across the continent with his band on an endless sequence of one-night stands at dances, and playing in ...

Edward Kennedy Ellington was born into the world on April 29, 1899 inWashington, D.C. Duke’s parents, Daisy Kennedy Ellington and James EdwardEllington, served as ideal role models for young Duke, and ...

Jason Moran has spent the past year immersing himself in the music of Duke Ellington ... on a [expletive],” which samples Monk playing Ellington’s “Black and Tan Fantasy.” ...

Watch one of Amelia Earhart's final takeoffs, July 2, 1937 Rare Footage of Duke Ellington Playing Baseball (00:57) Dave Shealy's 2000 Skunk Ape Footage (02:17) The World's First "Yoga" Film (02:52 ...

This year's performance will be held at Duke Ellington School of the Arts on March 15. It's not clear whether the performance was moved from the Kennedy Center because of President Donald Trump naming ...

For a Jazz lover, one precious recollection you cherish is a snippet of an interview between Michael Parkinson and Duke ...

In the mid 1950s, Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington was washed up. His musicians in disarray, his own star waning, his band had been reduced to playing obscure and tawdry gigs for cash - a far ...

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 ...