Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn wrote "The Queen's Suite" for Queen Elizabeth II who was presented with a single pressing of the recording, which was not commercially issued during Ellington's ...

Duke Ellington was one of the most popular and successful jazz ... an event which eventually resulted in the “Queen's Suite." Earlier in the year, his strange obsession with royalty had produced a ...

Queen Elizabeth is a blues and jazz fan — and American jazz legend Duke Ellington appears to be on her playlist! The monarch, 96, made British jazz musician Gary Crosby "so happy" with her ...