Posted on Jun 20, 2024
Celebrating late jazz icon Duke Ellington on his 125th birthday
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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 discover the men behind the music of Ellington, Louis Armstrong and Count Basie.
The bandleader, composer and pianist died 50 years ago. In the new book “The Jazzmen,” biographer Larry Tye sets out to discover the men behind the music of Ellington, Louis Armstrong and Count Basie.
Celebrating late jazz icon Duke Ellington on his 125th birthday
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Duke Ellington, "Take the A Train"
This is a segment from the film Reveille with Beverly from 1943; the song was composed in 1939.
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