How to pronounce “ellin” in English

Ellington, or they would run the gamut.

And Ellington started to compose for her voice.

Duke Ellington and everybody, they don't fake it at all.

The thing that Doug Ellin, who is the creator of the show, said to me was, we love this one-off gag, and we didn't

I'm Sean Elling and this is the gray area.

Remember what Duke Ellington said about a black people that made dissonance a way of life? See, we live in the C

into the music of Ellington, into the music of Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker and to the music of Miles Davis.

And Fletcher Henderson and Ellington, these guys are out there doing it.

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.

I dare say Ellington could have understood galdo and with a little practice even the other way around uh you know rhythmic Drive

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.

When he moved out of Ellingham Hall into the Ecuadorian embassy, I thought that was a very ethically dodgy move as well,

And I'd say Duke Ellington is, for me, the most prolific and most quintessential American composer.

There was one particular vocalist who Duke Ellington really discovered.

But it is particular to Ellington.

People present me with DVDs of Ellington's films.

Or are you going to stick with Ellington?

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,

They see the complexity of the work of Ellington and Strayhorn and King Oliver and Armstrong, that they start saying,

And so I did go back to Duke Ellington.

I think they're lesser known than some of Duke Ellington's other material.

Sweden, but Ellington was such a international musical figure that he really pulled his voices and inspirations much

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,

But when you're dealing with something like Ellington's music or Strayhorn, I'm sure there's a body of people out there who probably don't want any changes.

And he imparted a lot of information about Ellington and rare Ellington.

So I think anywhere that you're curious to find Ellington, you can find a lot of gems.

Harold Mabern. Kurt Elling.

Mr. Kurt Elling said something that was so eloquently put, I wish I could've recorded it to for my own teaching.

Ooh, "In a Sentimental Mood," by Duke Ellington and John Coltrane.

It's called Ooni. Vanessa Ellington, she actually was a professional basketball player.

bracelet, effectively under house arrest in Ellingham Hall, a large country house outside Bungay, of all places,

And by great fortune, Duke Ellington came to hear her perform her senior recital and discovered her talent.

And it started in 1927, when Ellington composed this tune, inspired by another song from a musical called "Indian Love Call."

but we have Mr. Kurt Elling here.

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? No, this situation, it looks there's no way out

So I'm trying to explain to her that he's using a different chord structure than the average disciple of either Duke Ellington--

Because you go to Europe, and they know more about Ellington and Strayhorn and Benny Goodman and Grant Miller than anybody

band. So Bill had given Don a copy of all these different Ellington charts.

So I was in this small town, but playing Duke Ellington's music four, five days a week, which was amazing.

no one's recorded them, many of them, since Ellington.

And whereas she was encountering those obstacles in the academy and in classical music, Ellington just saw the talent

But it's also a way of remembering Kay Davis and a way of acknowledging what Ellington did for artists like me, who don't really have a category.

Or are there other pieces done with that kind of vocals, either by Ellington or other composers?

The question is, if I had any trepidation about really putting my stamp on Duke Ellington music and Strayhorn music on my first album.