The men in Ellington’s band, which was playing when Benny ... up as if he were in pain. Duke’s face is dominated by an absorbed, sensual scowl as he plays his piano. Sonny Greer, a cigarette ...

The score is “my love of Duke Ellington through the ... why she can’t engage with the piano,” the director explains, “that her mother used to play, and it will wake these spirits up.

Jason Moran has spent the past year immersing himself in the music of Duke Ellington ... performed solo piano interpretations of Ellington compositions, augmented by Gordon Parks photographs ...