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Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life.
The Quander family is believed to be the oldest documented African-American family that has come from African ancestry to present day America. Historians believe so because they cannot find any records of any other African-American family whose ancestry has been consistently kept and published.
In the late 1950s, he joined Barbara Dane's trio alongside pianist/cornetist Kenny Whitson, turning down opportunities to return to Duke Ellington's band or tour with Louis Armstrong. [3] He is a distant relative of the Marsalis brothers on their mother's side. [4] He died in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 76. [2]
Wilson was a dancer who, as a young woman, toured with Duke Ellington and his band. She maintained that she had inspired Ellington's hit song “Satin Doll .” She often went by the "Satin Doll ...
(She appears in the documentary Duke Ellington: Reminiscing in Tempo, 1991, American Experience, PBS.) [12] Arthur and Marian had one child, Warren Arthur Logan (born 1963). [13] In 1991 Warren Arthur Logan married Julie Lizabeth Wagman of New York City; she is the daughter of Karen Kronenberg of New York and Martin Wagman of Roslyn, Long Island.
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After moving for a short period of time to North Cambridge, [3] the family moved to Hammond Street in the South End of Boston, where he grew up with saxophonists Harry Carney (who would also become a long-term member of Duke Ellington’s big band), Charlie Holmes and Howard E. Johnson. His first instruments were drums and piano.
Dave Chappelle's alma mater, the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, is standing by the comedian despite recent backlash.In a statement issued on Sunday, the school said it will rename its theater ...