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Model for Duke Ellington Memorial (1988) by Robert Graham , on view at UCLA Last year, I wrote a whole bunch of posts expressing my ad...

So, what is my favorite Duke Ellington piece? I'm happy you asked. ;-) Enjoy!!!

Continuing our celebration of Duke Ellington. The song that defines the "Jazz Age" for me is "Take the A-Train" compose...

Duke Ellington was born an April 29, 1899. His influence on 20th century American music is profound, even well beyond the confines of jazz....