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In 2010 the triangular park, across the street from Duke Ellington's birth site, at the intersection of New Hampshire and M Streets NW, was named the Duke Ellington Park. Ellington's residence at 2728 Sherman Avenue NW, during the years 1919–1922, [ 114 ] is marked by a bronze plaque.
The Duke Ellington Bridge, named after American jazz pianist Duke Ellington, carries Calvert Street NW over Rock Creek in Washington, D.C., United States. It connects 18th Street NW in Adams Morgan with Connecticut Avenue NW in Woodley Park , just north of the Taft Bridge .
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Ellington was born in Washington, D.C., United States. [3] He was the only child of the composer, pianist, and bandleader Duke Ellington and his high school sweetheart Edna Thompson (d. 1967), whom Duke married in 1918 and never divorced. Ellington grew up primarily in Harlem from the age of eight. By the age of eighteen, Ellington had written ...
While it is Ellington’s name on the album cover, the reason we treat his name as synonymous with jazz is because of the music his band created, writes Sammy Miller. Opinion: What made Duke ...
The song's name is often shortened to "Ghost of a Chance". [63] "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" [4] [10] [64] [65] is a jazz song that singer Ivie Anderson introduced with the Duke Ellington Band. The lyrics for the Ellington composition were written by Irving Mills. The same year, a rendition by the Mills Brothers rose to ...
Things we use daily, like Tupperware, ballpoint pens and jacuzzis, are all actually named for the person who created them. The popular workout Pilates is also named after its inventor.
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]