Duke’s first reaction was a customary “no,” yet after listening to the young people’s persistent pleas, the sixty-year-old ... Ellington Joins Sitdowners; Can’t Eat,” and photos ...

Teddy Roosevelt would sometimes watch Duke Ellington play baseball ... the first release of the song “My old Flame,” sung by West and performed by Ellington and his orchestra.

Learn more. Novel Jazz Septet will celebrate Duke Ellington at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 29, at St. Lawrence Arts in Portland. The American pianist, the greatest jazz composer and bandleader of ...

This spring marks both the 50th anniversary of Duke Ellington’s death, and what would have been his 125th birthday. Why is it that out of the hundreds of musicians who electrified the nightclub ...