Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
Black, Brown and Beige is an extended jazz work written by Duke Ellington for his first concert at Carnegie Hall, on January 23, 1943.It tells the history of African Americans and was the composer's attempt to transform attitudes about race, elevate American music, specifically jazz, to be seen as on par with classical European music, and challenge America to live up to its founding principles ...
Ellington at Newport is a 1956 live jazz album by Duke Ellington and his band of their 1956 concert at the Newport Jazz Festival, a concert which revitalized Ellington's flagging career. Jazz promoter George Wein describes the 1956 concert as "the greatest performance of [Ellington's] career...
The Nutcracker Suite is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded for Columbia Records in 1960 featuring jazz interpretations of the 1892 ballet "The Nutcracker" by Tchaikovsky, arranged by Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. [1]
The Music Of Duke Ellington Played By Duke Ellington: Columbia Unclear if all or only some tracks were previously released 1956 In a Mellotone: RCA Victor: 1940–1942 1959 [3] Ellington Moods: Jazz Legacy The Duke's D.J. Special: Fresh Sound Records 1964 Daybreak Express: 1964 Great Times! Riverside: with Billy Strayhorn: 1965 Jumpin ' Punkins ...
All the tracks can be found in the 24-CD box set The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition: The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1927-1973). This concert is the first time Swedish singer Alice Babs recorded with the Ellington Orchestra. In the concert she sang "Heaven" and the wordless vocal "T.G.T.T. (Too Good to Title)".
The fact that Latin jazz group La Chazz was one of the longest running bands in Milwaukee says a lot about its leader, Toty Ramos. It speaks to his talent, friends and collaborators say — but ...
The monument depicts Duke Ellington at a piano, supported by three columns depicting three caryatids each, known as his nine muses. It was cast in 1997 and dedicated on July 1 of that year. [2] [3] Pianist Bobby Short conceived of the memorial in 1979; it was the first statue erected in Ellington's honor in the country. [4]