Edward Kennedy Ellington was born into the world on April 29, 1899 inWashington, D.C. Duke’s parents, Daisy Kennedy Ellington and James EdwardEllington, served as ideal role models for young Duke, and ...

Duke Ellington, whose contours have something of ... “and as he sounded the gamut, girls wept and young chaps sank to their knees.” The American counterparts of these European devotees prefer ...

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