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 ...

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Houston native Jason Moran has spent the past several months playing the works of Duke Ellington, marking last year’s 125th anniversary of the composer's birth. Last Thanksgiving I saw him play ...