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 ...

National Museum of American History Esquire Magazine Award, presented to Duke Ellington National Museum of American History Duke Ellington Orchestra Bandstand Case National Museum of African American ...

What Edward Kennedy Ellington should be most remembered for is the low-pitched yet assuredly subversive way he opened America’s ears and souls to the magnificence of his melodies. Adapted from ...

In an age where the term "relevance" feels like the single dominant tenant of nearly all of us in the education community, the significance of the work of Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington continues ...

For over twenty-three years, Duke, christened Edward Kennedy Ellington, has spent his days and nights on trains rattling across the continent with his band on an endless sequence of one-night ...

1. Teddy Roosevelt would sometimes watch Duke Ellington play baseball. Edward Kennedy Ellington, better known as “Duke,” was born in 1899. Though Ellington took piano lessons as a child ...

Edward Kennedy Ellington was born into black, middle-class Washington, D.C., in 1899; he acquired his nickname, Duke, in middle school. Preternaturally self-possessed, he cultivated his regal ...

Few jazz bands have been more distinctive than Duke Ellington’s, or have swung harder than Count Basie’s. And few jazz musicians have been more influential than Louis Armstrong. Ellington’s ...