Still, it became synonymous with the Duke Ellington Orchestra. This song served as the band’s signature tune and an ode to the New York City subway line that led to Harlem, the heart of Black ...

The best album ever made by Duke Ellington—which is to say ... the cover copy boasted “uncut concert arrangements” of four Ellington songs, including three of his biggest hits from the ...

“The beverage is in part named after one of Ellington’s songs, “Best Wishes,” and also inspired by Duke Ellington’s legendary innovation, effortless eloquence and magnetic charisma ...

You’ve heard Duke Ellington ... calls “the DNA of the song,” but with an entirely new twist. The other songs on the album are much more obscure. Even fans of Ellington’s work might ...

He wrote popular songs. He wrote suites.” Duke Ellington’s version of racial ... “But still the best way for me to be effective is through music.” Negro publications and white ones hailed ...

the Duke Ellington Orchestra had become the soundtrack to an epoch. He grew to be a Black American icon on the national stage, and then an ambassador for the best of American culture around the world.

6. Duke Ellington is one of the most recorded jazz artists of all time. Ellington wrote or collaborated on over 1000 pieces during his lifetime, ranging from short songs to full suites.

Long before the rise of the black-pride movement in the 1960s, there was the music of Duke Ellington ... ll hear his 1944 studio version of "Work Song" from the suite, celebrating the perseverance ...

Ellington is quoted in the book “Duke Ellington’s America ... members of different schools spontaneously burst into song together. “It’s like the top arts festival,” said Julius ...

Jazz luminary Duke Ellington and his posthumous achievements have been honored through various forms such as statues, murals, schools, and United States commemorative stamps and coins. The ...