Duke Ellington was one of the most popular and successful jazz musicians of the first half of the 20th century and according to composer Gunther Schuller and musicologist and historian Barry Kernfeld, ...
Edward Kennedy Ellington was born into the world on April 29, 1899 inWashington, D.C. Duke’s parents, Daisy Kennedy Ellington and James EdwardEllington, served as ideal role models for young Duke, and ...
Contents of cassettes: Maple leaf rag / Scott Joplin (Scott Joplin, piano) -- Carolina shout / James P. Johnson (James P. Johnson, piano) -- Soda fountain rag / E.K. Ellington (Charles Covington, ...