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Duke Ellington encompassed multitudes ... He led his ensemble through 10,000 recordings, an estimated 20,000 performances and 10 million miles of travels across 65 countries.
Duke Ellington. The Clash. Bruce Springsteen. They’re all internationally famous musicians, but they have something else in common — each one has performed at Dartmouth. On campus, live music is a ...
The American Tap Dance Foundation and the Duke Ellington Center for the Arts will present an exciting lineup of tap dance and ...
Ellington is quoted in the book “Duke Ellington’s America” as saying the club “demanded absolutely silence” during performances, and that anybody making noise would quickly be ushered ...
National Museum of American History Esquire Magazine Award, presented to Duke Ellington National Museum of American History Duke Ellington Orchestra Bandstand Case National Museum of African American ...
In an age where the term "relevance" feels like the single dominant tenant of nearly all of us in the education community, the significance of the work of Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington continues ...
“Duke Ellington has just helped me grow so much ... “I’d ask him (Chancellor Lewis Ferebee) to listen to all the performances that we had in this protest,” said Montague.
Jason Moran has spent the past year immersing himself in the music of Duke ... of Ellington compositions, augmented by Gordon Parks photographs of Ellington. Other performances have followed ...
“Performances are held in the main hall ... as diverse and as vibrant as you can imagine,” Zamora told WTOP. “The Duke Ellington High School jazzers are going to be bringing all kinds ...
WASHINGTON (7News) — Dave Chappelle is set to make an appearance Monday at the Duke Ellington School of ... a theatre dedication, performances and a conversation with Chappelle.