Nevertheless, “The Duke Ellington Reader” is generally intriguing and further evidence that the great man’s real life was his devotion to his art.

But the Maestro, Duke Ellington, spotlighted his men apart from ... this sultry dance between a blonde woman and a muscular black man. Before Jimmy Blanton, the bass merely provided pulse and ...

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.