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| | Duke Ellington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Many of these musicians played in Ellington's orchestra for decades, and while most were noteworthy in their own right, it was Ellington's musical genius that melded them into one of the most well-known orchestral units in the history of jazz. | | | In the early 1960s, Ellington was between recording contracts, which allowed him to record with a variety of new artists. | | | Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899–May 24, 1974), also known simply as Duke (see Jazz royalty), was an American jazz composer, pianist, and bandleader. |
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| | Jazz . Jazz Greats . Duke Ellington PBS KIDS GO! |
| | Duke led an orchestra, played piano and composed over 2000 pieces of music. | | | Duke toured the world with his orchestra and composed thousands of songs. | | | Even at this early stage, musicians and music critics were noticing that Ellington's music was different. |
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| | Duke Ellington |
| | Duke who had recorded Jazz music's first two-sided, six-minute song in 1929 with his version of | | | Unlike many of their contemporaries, the Ellington Orchestra was able to make the change from the Hot Jazz of the 1920s to the Swing music of the 1930s. | | | Ellington and Bigard would later co-write one of the orchestra's signature pieces "Mood Indigo" in 1930. |
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| | Rude Interlude, a Duke Ellington home page |
| | Duke on Disc -- a listening list of more than 100 Ellington recordings on CD, with a brief description of each. | | | Ellington obligingly composed a new piece with that title, and recorded it later that year. | | | A Personal Note -- Ellington's music and memories of my daughter Amanda. |
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| | Duke Ellington: The Duke: The Essential Collection, 1927-1961 - PopMatters Music Review |
| | The Duke consist of three discs, the first of which chronicles the years 1927-1940, the second and most potent of the disc captures Ellington recordings from the post-war years of 1947-1952, and the last disc features recordings from 1956-1961. | | | For Ellington, the big band was a metaphor for Democracy and he composed and arranged songs that took advantage of the myriad of talents and styles contained within his bands | | | The second disc presents the Ellington sound as it is being challenged by the emergence of Be-Bop and Rhythm and Blues. |
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| | Duke Ellington - The Black Renaissance in Washington, DC |
| | Ellington was a multi-talented musician who wrote musical revues such as "Chocolate Kiddies" and Broadway musicals such as Florenz Ziegfield’s "Show Girl" in the 1920s and 1930s. | | | Because both of this parents played piano, Ellington was exposed to music at an early age. | | | Toward the end of his life, Ellington composed religious music, which included two jazz-style sacred concerts. |
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| | PBS - JAZZ A Film By Ken Burns: Selected Artist Biography - Duke Ellington |
| | Ellington's first great achievements came in the three-minute song form, and he later wrote music for all kinds of settings: the ballroom, the comedy stage, the nightclub, the movie house, the theater, the concert hall, and the cathedral. | | | Ellington studied piano from age seven and was influenced by stride piano masters such as James P. Johnson, Willie "the Lion" Smith, and Fats Waller. | | | He later formed the Duke Ellington Orchestra, which by 1930 had grown to include 12 musicians and achieved national prominence through radio broadcasts, recordings, and film appearances. |
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| | The Late Show - Why Duke Ellington's late work deserves our attention. By Stanley Crouch |
| | In conventional jazz writing, Ellington is said to have reached his musical peak in the three years of 1940 to 1942, when there is supposed to have been an unimpeachable balance between composition and personnel, resulting in stellar renditions and eloquent improvisation. | | | Into the face of death Duke Ellington wrote music until the end, and we are all the better for it. | | | Anyone purporting to be civilized, or who desires to be, should have as many late Ellington recordings as possible in his or her audio collection. |
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| | Ellington, Duke |
| | Ellingtons' themes were remarkable in their simplistic nature, as if he had plucked them from the trees of a musical forest. | | | The tonal qualities of the orchestra were characteristic of the Ellington sound; a breed of musicians, the sound of which, are a collection of articulated masters of their trade; all representing the sophistication of musical tonality. | | | He was one of the first black band leaders, and as well, an innovative one; the Duke wrote all types of music and styles from the solo jazz pieces for piano to 16 piece pop tunes to symphony orchestra pieces. |
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| | Essentials of Music - Composers |
| | In 1932, Ellington began touring the country with the band -- now the Duke Ellington Orchestra -- and over the years it became a mainstay of Big Band music. | | | Ellington's music also reached beyond the traditional venues of club and concert hall. | | | And Ellington arranged his music with just these sounds in mind; so much so that a change in personnel often necessitated a change in the arrangement. |
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| | Duke Ellington |
| | Ellingtonâs talents were multi-fold, as a composer, band leader, arranger, pianist, and interpreter of African-American history and culture. | | | Duke Ellingtonâs legacy in American music is unrivalled. | | | Ellington went from a sideman to taking helm of a band called the Washingtonians within a year. |
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| | Duke Ellington |
| | Live recordings cut during three different tours of Sweden: "Perdido" is from 1963, two tunes are from 1959 (title track), and the bulk of the album is from 1958. | | | This was a prolific period: according to the liner notes, this 67-song, 3-CD set represents about a quarter of the music Ellington recorded during these six years. | | | Basically this is a Johnny Hodges solo album: of the eight tunes, Ellington only appears on three (Strayhorn's on piano for the rest), and wrote two and a half: Hodges contributed the same number. |
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| | Smithsonian Jazz |
| | By the middle of the 1930s, Duke Ellington had become a celebrity, and his band was famous, playing music people loved to dance to, the new music called "swing." He had made movies in Hollywood and traveled to Europe, where he was a great success. | | | This was one of the first times the word "swing" had been used in the title of a popular song, and it became the unofficial theme of the "Swing Era," a time in the 1930s when the big dance bands were as popular as rock bands were later in the 20th century. | | | One of Duke Ellington's most popular singers was Ivie Anderson, who was with him when the band made its first trip abroad. |
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| | Gale - Free Resources - Black History - Biographies - Duke Ellington |
| | Ellington worked 20 hour days and was referred to as "the busiest man in the business." Ellington wrote in the foreword of the piano version of his Sacred Concerts: | | | The development of Ellington's band followed that of jazz bands in general. | | | The man, the music, the life that he lived, the compositions that he wrote, and the orchestra that he fronted were one and the same. |
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| | Duke Ellington |
| | Recordings are now widely available of Duke’s music from his early years at the Cotton Club to his last recorded concert at Eastbourne. | | | If you want to know Duke Ellington, all you have to do is listen. | | | Later he encouraged Mercer to become a disk jockey in New York—hosting a Duke Ellington show. |
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| | Duke Ellington |
| | However with the debut of Ellington's early theme song "East St. Louis Toodleoo" along with "Birmingham Breakdown" on the session of November 29, 1926, the Duke Ellington Orchestra was essentially born. | | | Duke also recorded albums on which he played piano in a trio with Charles Mingus and Max Roach, sat in with both the Louis Armstrong All-Stars and the John Coltrane Quartet and he had a double big-band date with Count Basie and a combo session with Coleman Hawkins. | | | Duke recorded two titles with his group in November 1924 ("Choo Choo" and "Rainy Nights") that found his band already sounding recognizable despite only having three horns (with altoist Otto Hardwicke and trombonist Charles Irvis). |
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| | Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra |
| | Duke's band which supplied music for the floor show and singers. | | | The show was a musical revue which featured dancers, singers, comedians and variety acts, as well as | | | There were two floor shows a night at midnight and 2am. |
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| | Duke |
| | Ellington, Mercer: Music Is My Mistress (The D.E. orch. | | | EP Philips 429 607 BE Stereophonic Sound of Duke Ellington, by the Members of the Duke Ellington Orchestra. | | | Duke Ellington's Incidental Music For Shakespeare's Play Timon Of Athens. |
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| | Duke Ellington |
| | Ellington did not merely revisit three of his signature songs ("Mood Indigo" and "Sophisticated Lady," with evocative vocals by Yvonne Lanauze, as well as "Solitude"), he modernized their arrangements in a concert vein. | | | Ellington (1899-1974) mixes old and new, with the orchestra in peak form, whether the material is tried-and-true (e.g. | | | The four selections comprising the original album, recorded in December 1950, catapulted the Maestro into the LP era; the still-new 33-1/3 rpm format allowed this great composer/arranger/pianist and his matchless orchestra to take full advantage for the first time of the possibilities extended, high-fidelity performances. |
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| | Duke Ellington |
| | It may be a stunning composition, an innovative arrangement, or an astonishing improvisational passage, but the brilliance is there.It is only fitting that the greatest figure in 20th-century popular music is the subject of this most wondrous box set. | | | As fascinating as it is to hear Duke's artistic progression as it unfolds, it is even more remarkable to digest these CDs out of order. | | | Listening to the box from start to finish in chronological order, you discover a composer, bandleader, and pianist who consistently and daringly pushed his music ever forward. |
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| | Duke Ellington |
| | Ellington made many tours of Europe, appeared in numerous jazz festivals and several films, and made hundreds of recordings. | | | Dance: the unsung element of Ellingtonia.(Special Jazz Issue)(Duke Ellington's music) | | | His music is as fresh as it ever was.(composer Duke Ellington)(Brief Article) |
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| | SPECTRUM Biographies - Duke Ellington |
| | Ellington At Newport 1956 [DOUBLE CD] (Audio CD) Duke Ellington | | | Liberia, in West Africa, commissioned Ellington to write music to celebrate its 100th anniversary. | | | His piano teacher tried to make Duke learn the piano in a conventional way. |
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| | Beyond Category |
| | Duke Ellington left the world a treasure trove of music that renews itself through every generation of musicians and music-lovers. | | | Beyond Category, a 2-cassette collection of Duke Ellington's music is available from the Smithsonian Collection of Recordings | | | His life and ingenious musical concepts are presented in this small-format exhibition, which is based on the 5,000-square-foot exhibition originally developed by SITES and the Division of Musical History, National Museum of American History. |
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| | Duke Ellington |
| | Many of Ellington's compositions deserve attention, and with as prolific career as he had, it is impossible to say listen to them all, although you should. | | | Not only a talented musician and pioneering spirit, most importantly, Ellington was a band leader and composer like no other. | | | His bands traveled the world communicating that most American of sounds, jazz. |
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| | Duke Ellington: Lesson 1 |
| | Ellington nicknamed Ray Nance "Floorshow" because of his talents with the trumpet, violin, and voice along with his skill as a dancer. | | | Largely written by Bubber Miley who joined Ellington's band in 1923, it is a variation on the blues, beginning in minor and modulating to major. | | | In Moon Mist, Ellington uses Nance to create different shadings and feelings in the music. |
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| | St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: Duke Ellington |
| | Soon the Ellington name was widely known for Duke's signature style of improvisational and ensemble jazz. | | | Harlem&; another suite, was the centerpiece of an Ellington concert at the Metropolitan Opera House in 1951. | | | The ensemble's first great recorded hit was "Mood Indigo" of 1930, which featured the band's inimitable tonal colors, made possible by the special sounds and styles of each individual musician. |
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| | Todd Peach's Duke Ellington Lyrics Page |
| | Duke Ellington: Duke Ellington For Jazz Guitar Performed by Duke Ellington. | | | Duke Ellington: Duke Ellington - Jazz Piano Performed by Duke Ellington. | | | Lee Evans Arranges Duke Ellington for Piano Solo Arranged by Lee Evans. |
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| | The Duke Ellington Society |
| | They are devoted primarily to listening to and discussing the music of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, as interpreted by Duke's band and other aggregations. | | | For our March program, member Patricia Willard will present two Ellington videos, “Love You Madly” and “A Concert of Sacred Music at Grace Cathedral.” Patricia worked on both films as assistant to the producer, Ralph J. Gleason, and will offer behind-the-scenes stories. | | | Editor, Bulletin of the Duke Ellington Music Society |
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| | Edward K. (Duke) Ellington |
| | Ellington would be among the first to focus on musical form and composition in jazz using ternary forms and "call-and-response" techniques in works like Concerto for Cootie (known in its familiar vocal version as Do Nothin' till You Hear from Me) and Cotton Tail and classic symphonic devices in his orchestral suites. | | | New to the Schirmer Rental Library are several arrangements and editions by Jeff Tyzik, including: The Nutcracker Suite and Ellington Portrait, and The Essential Ellington: Music of Ellington and Strayhorn. | | | Nicknamed "Duke" by a boyhood friend who admired his regal air, the name stuck and became indelibly associated with the finest creations in big band and vocal jazz. |
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| | Duke Ellington |
| | A pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer, Ellington and his band played together for 50 years. | | | He started playing piano at the age of seven, and by the time he was 15, he was composing. | | | Born Edward Kennedy Ellington, Duke Ellington was one of the founding fathers of jazz music. |
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| | Duke Ellington |
| | The Sensible Thing (1996) (TV) (song "Moon Indigo&;) (as Kennedy Edward 'Duke' Ellington) | | | Ben Webster (2003) (TV) (song & a Mellow Tone") (as Ellington) | | | Duke Ellington Swinging at His Best (2005) (V).... |
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| | Duke Ellington Fellowship at Yale |
| | The Duke Ellington Fellowship's concerts are listed on the Yale School of Music Concert Calendar. | | | While our major focus has been on jazz music played by great orchestras and soloists, Ellington Fellows also inlcude the master singer of spirituals, William Warfield; Joe Williams of the mighty blues tradition; great folk artists such as Odetta and Bessie Jones; and major performers of the American tap school. | | | Since that time, 16 other great jazz musicians have received the medal. |
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| | Beyond Category: Duke Ellington |
| | The travelling big band was another possibility of migration for the most talented southern musicians. | | | Born on April 29, 1899, Duke spent his first twenty-four years in Washington, D.C. As a teenager his main musical interest was ragtime piano, but he was hardly a virtuoso at this point. | | | Ellington made himself famous for his perpetually travelling big band. |
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| | Ellington - allura ellington :: a national treasure |
| | Rolling Stone : Duke Ellington: Love You Madly/Sacred Music : Review | | | Ellington at The Colonies is a new master-planned neighborhood in the community of Upland, | | | Ellington was one of the leading figures in jazz history. |
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| | Artists: Duke Ellington |
| | Rude Interlude, a Duke Ellington Homepage by Robb Holmes | | | The Musical Genius of Duke Ellington, an exhibit of the National Civil Rights Museum | | | The Edward Kennedy Ellington Pages edited and hosted by David N. Smith |
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| | Crockett Johnson Homepage: Duke Ellington's Letter to PM |
| | Sizzling but solid -- as we cognizant felidae say --" | | | In the strip to which Ellington refers, O'Malley and Barnaby are at the radio station. | | | This letter was published in PM on December 1, 1942, page 21. |
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| | Artists: Duke Ellington |
| | In 1927 his band became house band at the Cotton Club, a position he kept for five years. | | | Edward Kennedy (Duke) Ellington began as a stride pianist, and matured into a composer/arranger who was comfortable in a wide range of ensembles from piano and bass duo, to large orchestras. |
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| | artnet.com Magazine News - Duke Ellington Revival |
| | The work features an eight-foot-tall sculpture of Ellington standing next to an open grand piano. | | | A pleasanter gathering could hardly have been imagined, as the Loren Schoenberg Big Band played selections from the Ellington repertoire, including Jack the Bear and Take the A Train, while dignitaries and residents of the Harlem neighborhood mingled in the noon-time sun. | | | The Ellington project has been in the works since 1979, when the pianist Bobby Short conceived of the memorial and began raising the approximately $1 million in funds for it. |
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| | Amazon.com: Duke Ellington: Books: Scott Yanow |
| | Its an in depth look and takes you into the life of Duke, his music, his life...If you "madly love" Duke, you'll madly love this book. | | | Customers interested in this title may also be interested in: | | | One of the best books about Duke, April 16, 2001 |
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| | Duke Ellington School of the Arts |
| | Our vision is to meet the needs of talented students who are considering careers in the arts by providing intensive arts instruction through arts programs of the highest quality and strong academic programs that help each student meet the intellectual and artistic challenges of their future. | | | ©2003 Copyright Duke Ellington School of the Arts, All rights reserved. | | | Supported by The Ellington Fund, Ellington is a vital community resource that contributes to the growth and development of arts activity throughout the District of Columbia. |
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| | Duke Ellington |
| | Video of Duke Ellington and His Orchestra 1935! | | | Duke Ellington For This Millenium-a digital portrait gallery. |
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| | TDES: Celebrating 100 Years of Duke Ellington |
| | Founded in New York in 1959, The Duke Ellington Jazz Society was one of the first of many non-profit Ellington societies worldwide. | | | Today, TDES, Inc. devotes itself to promoting the appreciation of Ellington in every way... |
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| | NMAH Archives Center |
| | To avoid seeing this message again, click on the following line | | | Go to the Duke Ellington Collection finding aid. |
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