There are rare insights into Duke Ellington in this ... had a deleterious effect on Ellington's confidence. During the course of the book, Chambers gradually identifies critics of Ellington. One ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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.

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.

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