Ellington

The master of this "big band" or "swing" style was Duke Ellington, thought to be one of America's greatest composers in any genre.

One of Ellington's first professional gigs was a party where he played so long that his hand bled.

The Hotel Ellington is located just a short walk to the beaches in Nice.

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington is now regarded as one of the great composers of the 20th century.

The Jazz musician, Louie Bellson, described by Duke Ellington as the world's greatest drummer, has died in Los Angeles at the age of 84. Mr.

He even produced the White House concert in celebration of jazz musician Duke Ellington's seventieth birthday in nineteen sixty-nine.

Many felt that a black man of such esteem should be more outspoken, but Ellington often chose to remain quiet on the issue.

The tests will take place on a NASA airplane operating out of Ellington Field at Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Among his most famous pictures, Dizzy Gillespie swayed in clouds of cigarette smoke and Duke Ellington hunched over the keyboard.

Duke Ellington was a great artist and an elegant, articulate man.

In the last instalment of 50 great moments in jazz, I looked at how Duke Ellington moved jazz on to a new level during the 1920s.

Ellington put music-making before proselytising, but his powerful awareness of history was central to his work.

How old do you think Duke Ellington was when he started writing music?

I'm just proving that the commonality between people is one of the things that I think that Ellington wanted to accentuate.

Ellington and his band kept up their fast-paced touring schedule into the early 1970s.

"Jazz is freedom, " declared the great Duke Ellington.

Today, we tell about the great jazz musician, Edward Kennedy Ellington.

Ellington quickly picked up work as a pianist for parties and dances.

The Duke Ellington Orchestra was on the road for 50 years and kept up an incredible schedule.

This procedure is applicable to all employees of Ellington and other interested parties.

The series included songs by Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Duke Ellington, and others.

Duke Ellington certainly knew how to jive and with his music he taught the world how to swing along.

The saxophonist quoted a Duke Ellington melody in his solo.

At age 15, Ellington worked at a soda fountain and wrote his first song, "Soda Fountain Rag. "

Duke Ellington's orchestra made many innovations in jazz.

Duke Ellington was born in Washington D. C. , and from an early age he loved music.

Ellington said that by the time he was 20 he had read the Bible three times.

Ellington's group at the University of Texas at Austin has studied ligase-based switches extensively.

Mr. Bellson was a big band drummer in the 40s and 50s, who performed with Benny Goodman, Count Basie and Duke Ellington among others.

Ellington made 5 of his first 6 shots, including a 3-pointer before ending the night with 20 points.

The vortex was first seen at around 1: 00 P. M. northwest of Ellington Missouri.

Jazz took a giant step forward when pianist Mary Lou Williams performed in Duke Ellington's Washingtonians when she was 15 years old.

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