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  1. Vor 5 Tagen · Duke Ellington grew up in Washington, D.C., in a secure middle-class family that encouraged his interests in the fine arts. He began studying piano at age seven, studied art during his high-school years, and was awarded (but did not accept) a scholarship to the Pratt Institute .

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      Harry Howell Carney was an American musician, featured...

    • Billy Strayhorn

      Billy Strayhorn was an American pianist and composer who...

    • Jimmy Blanton

      Jimmy Blanton (born October 1918, Chattanooga, Tennessee,...

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      Rex Stewart (born February 22, 1907, Philadelphia,...

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      Williams left Ellington in 1940 and spent a year in Benny...

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      Charles Ives (born October 20, 1874, Danbury, Connecticut,...

  2. Vor 19 Stunden · Duke Ellington, a commanding figure in music and cultural history, especially in the jazz world, died 50 years ago, on May 24, 1974. Edward Kennedy Ellington was born into a lower middle-class ...

  3. Vor einem Tag · And I think the audience loved him madly right back." Ed Neumeister, Posaunist im D. Ellington Orchestra (1981-1996) ORF-CD 3262. 2 LPs (inkl. DL-Code) Spieldauer: 61:23. Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juni 2023. Liner Notes von Ed Neumeister & Andreas Felber.

  4. Vor einem Tag · Der Duke und der Jazz. Jazz ist unvorstellbar ohne Duke Ellington. Als Pianist, Komponist und Bandleader war er kreativ und produktiv wie kaum ein anderer. Viele seiner 2000 Kompositionen prägen ...

  5. Vor einem Tag · Jazz ist unvorstellbar ohne Duke Ellington. Als Pianist, Komponist und Bandleader war er kreativ und produktiv wie kaum ein anderer. Viele seiner 2000 Kompositionen prägen das American Songbook bis heute.

  6. Vor 2 Tagen · Duke Ellington hated flying so, in 1958, Ellington and Co sailed into Southampton UK to prepare for a tour of Europe. Before going on to Copenhagen, Ellington completed a tour of the UK, taking in Leeds where he met Queen Elizabeth, an event which eventually resulted in the "Queen's Suite." Earlier in the year, his strange obsession with royalty had produced a piece for Princess Margaret ...

  7. Vor 17 Stunden · Duke Ellington, one of the greatest figures of jazz, died 50 years ago today. The highest form of praise he would apply to others was to call them ‘beyond category’, and Ellington’s own New ...