"I don't have time. I 'live' my music!" That is the keynote of Duke Ellington's attitude towards his work. He is deeply absorbed in it, much more involved in his life-work, music, than other ...

Long before the rise of the black-pride movement in the 1960s, there was the music of Duke Ellington ... amounted to an ongoing Ellington project. In his book Duke Ellington's America Harvey ...

Thus the music career of Duke Ellington wasborn. Duke was taken under the wings of Oliver "Doc" Perry and Louis Brown, whotaught Duke how to read music and helped improve his overall piano ...

Pianist Jason Moran and bassist Marcus Shelby promise they will go deep into the catalogue of the legendary Duke Ellington ...

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 ...

Editor’s Note: Sammy Miller is a Juilliard-trained jazz drummer and music ... are his. View more opinion at CNN. This spring ...

When you think of Duke Ellington ... deserves a little spotlight—his white Triumph Herald. Ready to take a peek? The Triumph Herald, much like Ellington’s music, was all about charm and ...

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, ...