On April 23, Shakespeare’s birthday, I left the Princeton Public Library with Duke, Terry Teachout’s biography of Duke Ellington (Penguin 2013), and Willie Nelson’s Letters to America (Harper Horizon ...
Do we need another biography of Duke Ellington? The answer is a resounding, “Yes!” Harvey G. Cohen’s biography of one of the greatest composers of the 20th century in any musical genre has much to ...
Town Topics: In a First-Name World: Hanging Out With Willie Nelson and Duke Ellington
In a First-Name World: Hanging Out With Willie Nelson and Duke Ellington
This year marks 125 years since the birth of jazz legend Duke Ellington. The bandleader, composer and pianist died 50 years ago. In the new book “The Jazzmen,” biographer Larry Tye sets out to ...
This spring marks both the 50th anniversary of Duke Ellington’s death, and what would have been his 125th birthday. Why is it that out of the hundreds of musicians who electrified the nightclubs of ...
Yahoo: Duke Ellington in London: how the jazz star’s UK tour changed Britain
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 'Calm and elegant': Duke Ellington - John Kobal Foundation Duke Ellington, one of the greatest figures of jazz, died 50 years ago ...
Duke Ellington in London: how the jazz star’s UK tour changed Britain
For traveling musicians, there are two versions of life on the road. Jazz greats Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Louis Armstrong gave their own sentimentalized retelling of their nomadic existence ...
Jazz: Duke Ellington And His Orchestra: The Duke Ellington Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1943