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Edward Kennedy Ellington, better known as Duke Ellington, born on April 29, 1899, was a composer, pianist, and bandleader ...
The Duke Plays Ellington remains a go-to album if you want to hear Ellington’s considerable piano skills in full effect. It offers compelling evidence that the man born Edward Kennedy Ellington ...
The Jax State music department hosted Brass-a-palooza in Mason Hall on Wednesday, showcasing performances by several brass ...
In 2020, President Trump proposed a "Garden of Heroes" and set up a task force and offered some ideas of who might be capture in statue form in EO 13934.In this initial order about the Garden of ...
Moran talks about his performance, “Duke Ellington: My Heart Sings” and about his dream to create a venue in Houston where jazz musicians can find an open mic to jam. In an interview with ...
Senate Judiciary Chairman Joseph Biden (D-Del.), left, speaks with Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), during confirmations hearings for Supreme Court nominee Robert H. Bork on Capitol Hill in ...
Colleen Garry and state Sen. Edward Kennedy. The problem is not unique to Tyngsboro, and Flanagan was sharing not just his own perspective but also that of the Massachusetts Association of School ...
An elaborate box set from the Danish Storyville label: seven CDs and one DVD, paying tribute to Duke Ellington's arranger and composer Billy Strayhorn that--alas--doesn't quite live up to the ...
One source of the new attention was a tragedy involving Senator Edward Kennedy. In July 1969, Kennedy drove his car off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts. He swam to safety but his ...