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 ...

Queen Elizabeth is a blues and jazz fan — and American jazz legend Duke Ellington appears to be ... family previously revealed that showtunes, big band sounds, songs from the WWII era and ...

Duke Ellington, whose contours have something of the swell and sweep of a large, erect bear and whose color is that ... he is a composer of jazz music and the leader of a jazz band.

Edward Kennedy Ellington, better known as Duke Ellington, born on April 29, 1899, was a composer, pianist, and bandleader whose contributions shaped the very fabric of jazz.

"I don't get 'round to hearing those other bands much," he declared. "I don't have time. I 'live' my music!" That is the keynote of Duke ... swing piece and those jazz critics will pan it right ...