(ThyBlackMan.com) Duke Ellington, a giant in jazz history, was more than just a composer and bandleader—he was a cultural architect whose music told the stories of Black excellence, struggle ...

Curious too, to see Ellington holding the sheet music for soloist Johnny Hodges ... The rise of swing and jazz's sophisticated elegance starts with Duke Ellington. His first recordings were with ...

My Heart Sings” and about his dream to create a venue in Houston where jazz musicians can find an open mic to jam.

Formerly Senior Editor of music content, she's also covered ... about in the 2020 book — being serenaded by the late jazz legend Duke Ellington on his 5th birthday. “I was very fortunate ...

"Ellington came up, and her appreciation of music and instruments and ... Queen Elizabeth is a blues and jazz fan — and American jazz legend Duke Ellington appears to be on her playlist!

I 'live' my music!" That is the keynote of Duke Ellington's attitude towards his ... "You get a really well-developed swing piece and those jazz critics will pan it right off.

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 rattling across the ...

In 1925 the Jazz Age was in full swing. It was the year Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington made their first ... In 1921 she said in a speech, "We now have music by machines, we travel by machines ...