Daisy Kennedy Ellington and James EdwardEllington, served as ideal role models for young Duke, and taught himeverything from proper table manners to an understanding of the emotionalpower of music.

Musical genius Duke Ellington crafted nearly 2,000 compositions across five remarkable decades, enchanting audiences through ...

"I don't have time. I 'live' my music!" That is the keynote of Duke Ellington's attitude towards his work. He is deeply absorbed in it, much more involved in his life-work, music, than other ...

Duke Ellington, whose contours have ... and in the steady beat of drums, bass, and piano, and Blaise Cendrars, a surrealist poet, said, “Such music is not only a new art form but a new reason ...

where Duke’s music could often be heard floating from open windows. Just as Duke Ellington’s fingers danced effortlessly ...

One of my favorite moments in John Adams’ 2008 autobiography Hallelujah Junction comes when Adams, as a teenager on the East Coast, decides to sit next to Duke Ellington ... on the piano, and the type ...