Then he'd take the microphone, ask for everyone's attention and point to the man holding the trombone ... he's played with every jazz legend from Duke Ellington and Josephine Baker to Wynton ...

Duke Ellington died nearly 40 years ago ... to the ambitious longer works that often drew mixed reviews, but the man himself is still – by his own design – shrouded in mystery.

This spring marks both the 50th anniversary of Duke Ellington’s death ... was always meant to be collaborative, and that no man — not even a great man — is an island. His career is a ...

Ellington and his classmates were taught that the best way to fight injustice wasn’t through violence, but through high achievement. As described in the book “Duke ... A Black man in the ...

Duke Ellington died nearly 40 years ago ... to the ambitious longer works that often drew mixed reviews, but the man himself is still — by his own design — shrouded in mystery.