Duke Ellington and everybody, they don't fake it at all.
And Duke Ellington actually had a very specific bond with one particular musician throughout his entire-- well,
And Duke Ellington was playing piano, Oscar Peterson was playing piano, Ray Charles and Dave Brubeck-- and I saw this on the schedule.
Remember what Duke Ellington said about a black people that made dissonance a way of life?
And I'd say Duke Ellington is, for me, the most prolific and most quintessential American composer.
I think it was Duke Ellington who's often quoted as saying, "There are two kinds of music; good music and bad in music."
Frank was asked to join Duke Ellington 's orchestra when he was 18.
But it's also where Duke Ellington parked his car, it used to be a car park there all the time.
And so I did go back to Duke Ellington .
There was one particular vocalist who Duke Ellington really discovered.
Your job is not to be Duke Ellington or Oscar Peterson or Dave Brubeck.
But with the exception of a portrait of Duke Ellington hanging on the wall and glimpsed very briefly near the end of both app and film,
I think they're lesser known than some of Duke Ellington 's other material.
And by great fortune, Duke Ellington came to hear her perform her senior recital and discovered her talent.
And this tune is very special because it's actually Duke Ellington 's first international hit.
So I went to the National Archive and researched Duke Ellington and had his manuscripts in my hand, the actual penciled manuscripts, transcribed, some,
Ooh, "In a Sentimental Mood," by Duke Ellington and John Coltrane.
no more different from our music than Carlo galdo is different from Duke Ellington I mean you can understand both
to some, uh, Duke Ellington Ella Fitzgerald, he would have said, How you how you people been dealing with?
So I'm trying to explain to her that he's using a different chord structure than the average disciple of either Duke Ellington --
So I was in this small town, but playing Duke Ellington 's music four, five days a week, which was amazing.
And every time I tour and every time I go to a new place, it's Duke Ellington .
The question is, if I had any trepidation about really putting my stamp on Duke Ellington music and Strayhorn music on my first album.
Another person will say, well, my honoring of Duke Ellington .
you have a handful of giants starting with Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington , Charlie Parker,
Name was Don Keller, trumpet player who had been best friends with Bill Berry in the Navy, who was also a trumpet player who played in Duke Ellington 's
On the album, Candice interprets some very rare Duke Ellington
So she really was coming from the conservatory environment and just hit the road, traveled through the Jim Crow South with the Duke Ellington band, the only lady
Well, Alice Babs and her collaborator added lyrics to this melody to make it a tribute to Duke Ellington .