On the night of July 7, 1956 at the Newport Jazz Festival, after a series of thunderstorms had dampened the collective spirits of the Eastern Seaboard patrons, The Duke Ellington Orchestra took the ...

July 24, 2020 • Hear historic music from the Newport Jazz Festival, hand-picked by Christian McBride. Tune in to rare sets from Ray Charles, Cannonball Adderley, Sarah Vaughan, Duke Ellington ...

Rename Washington’s bigger airport Duke Ellington International ... Me Off in Harlem” or “Festival Junction” (the Ellington at Newport version) and not tap your feet.

Newport revived Ellington’s flagging career even sooner ... a pinch of screen time in a scene set in a honky-tonk, where the Duke briefly shares the keyboard with star Jimmy Stewart.

The ’56 live version from Newport is legendary for the saxophonist ... which perfectly sets up the mood for the entire movie. Duke Ellington always had this way of pulling strong emotions ...

Christopher Newport University was being built on the ... “And she had a friend that knew Duke Ellington,” Marrow recalled with a wry smile. Ellington listened to Marrow sing “How Great ...

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 ...

Here are seven facts about the artist you may not have known. 1. Teddy Roosevelt would sometimes watch Duke Ellington play baseball. Edward Kennedy Ellington, better known as “Duke,” was born ...

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 ...

Disc Two: I Got it Bad and That Ain’t Good; Jeep’s Blues; Tulip or Turnip; Skin Deep; Mood Indigo; Festival Junction; Blues to be There; Newport Up; I Got it Bad and That Ain’t Good; Jeep’s Blues.