To know Duke Ellington is to know his band — although few can name its other members today. The defining sound of his charter ...

More explicitly, he is a composer of jazz music and the leader of a jazz band. For over twenty-three years, Duke, christened Edward Kennedy Ellington, has spent his days and nights on trains ...

What makes this a valuable find is that the band is in top form ... Duke Ellington hated flying so, in 1958, Ellington and Co sailed into Southampton UK to prepare for a tour of Europe. Before going ...

What makes this a valuable find is that the band is in top form ... Duke Ellington hated flying so, in 1958, Ellington and Co sailed into Southampton UK to prepare for a tour of Europe. Before going ...

Savor the sounds of big band jazz and swing with this compendium ... and the incomparably elegant pianist composer and bandleader Duke Ellington other featured artists include trombonist Jack ...

For its 30 th iteration, America’s premier high school jazz band competition ... recording three Duke Ellington songs to be judged by a committee. The schools will perform arrangements of ...

presented to Duke Ellington National Museum of African American History and Culture Duke Ellington and his Band at the Saint-Lazare Station National Museum of American History Irving Mills Trophy, ...