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Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899–May 24, 1974) was an American jazz composer, pianist, and bandleader who has been one of the most influential figures in jazz, if not in all American music. As a composer and a bandleader especially, Ellington's reputation has increased since his death, with thematic repackagings of his signature music often becoming best-sellers. A man of suave demeanor and puckish wit that often masked occasional brusqueness, Ellington preferred to call his ...Read More >
Duke Ellington Links
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hypem.com
Search blogs for Duke Ellington songs
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www.dukeellington.com
Official site
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ellingtonweb.ca
Ellington on the Web
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www.downbeat.com
biography
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www.depanorama.net
A Duke Ellington Panorama
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americanhistory.si.edu
Duke Ellington Collection, 1927–1988
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wiredforbooks.org
1981 Real Audio interview with Don George about Duke Ellington
Moggers' favorites by Duke Ellington
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Duke Ellington has the reputation for being a brilliant composer but his performing on the piano gets only a slight mention. Ellington, in his composition “Passion Flower,” shows the heavy influence of the two D’s (Claude Debussy and Frederick Delius) in this work of great but elusive beauty.... MORE
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Duke Ellington has the reputation for being a brilliant composer but his performing on the piano gets only a slight mention. Ellington, in his composition “Passion Flower,” shows the heavy influence of the two D’s (Claude Debussy and Frederick Delius) in this work of great but elusive beauty.... MORE
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Chihiro lee of Chippewa Falls 10:30 jamHello to one and all. I am in the Ch-Hi Jazz bands 10:30 jam and Lunch Jazz. I play trombone, and Baritone Saxophone.
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Our Blue America guest today is Rabbi Dennis Shulman from northern New Jersey. He joins us at 2pm (EDT) over at Firedoglake to answer questions for a couple of hours. He's a really remarkable guy. I got him to talk a little about his opponent, New Jersey's most reactionary congressman, Republican Scott Garrett. "Garrett is is a social conservative who has an 87% voting record with George Bush. The 13% is more conservative than Bush... on issues of immigration, on issues of vo... MORE
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crash, i never met you, but i feel like i know you. i knew we were kindred spirits when you blogged about your excitement for the new bad brains record. i was excited too. you, nine_six and i shared a laugh over some benny hill videos. it reminded me of a better time in my life. the thing this community has taught me is that we all have things in common no matter where or who we are. most of all we have the shared love for music in it's many forms. i downloaded this of... MORE
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did this a while back with Cowgirl in the Sand realized i had 8 different versions of Blood Count, the last tune Billy Strayhorn wrote before he died in 1967 of cancer. it's powerful, poignant, wistful, melancholy, angry, passionate...in short, the blues, beautifully played on the Duke's tribute to strayhorn by the great Johnny Hodges, several additional versions to follow in the comments.... MORE
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This album, or at least the Mobile Fidelity SACD , has become somewhat legendary amongst the audiophile cognoscenti. It, and the original Columbia CD, have been out of print for several years, and copies are selling for well over $100 on eBay. Most of the album was recorded in one late night session in 1959. it's a relaxed, swinging date, not as well known to the general public as some of the suites, etc. The cut here features what i thought was a trombone intro, but in ... MORE
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If my memory isn't being its usual traitorous rapscalliony self, I seem to remember that Costco had Christmas stuff in August last year. I remember this because I distinctly remember thinking, " DAMN , it's only August." So in an effort to open your parachutes early so you don't smack the pavement in late November and say, "Aw, hell, the holidays are here," I give you a Christmas tune. But this is no ordinary Christmas tune. This is a Duke Ellington-reworked Christmas tune.... MORE
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...If you’ve relegated Duke Ellington’s body of work to your Ken Burns incidental music file and consider his contributions to jazz to be a relic like, say, the Rosetta Stone, to be acknowledged as important but now rendered useless to the language because the lexicon has moved past wherever it was previously—if you park your car in that garage, then I’d suggest you pick up a copy of New Orleans Suite which was released in 1971…This LP is one of the swingin-est efforts from t... MORE
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Can anyone recommend a good starting place for Duke Ellington? I know, I know - for someone who wrote so much, it's nigh impossible. But I'm looking for something that covers the "greatest" hits. And - it's gotta sound good - or, at least as good as recordings in the late twenties and early thirties can sound! I own a few Ellington CDs, and the sound quality has always turned me off. I purchased one of the Carnegie Hall concerts, which All Music Guide once rated as "essential... MORE
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...where I got this one but it's really good. Back back in the day Duke was the man, way way ahead of his time in his own time man. Vibe with me peoples... Are we vibin? c'mon now, yo.
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December is the month of the phonograph record. I made that up. But it is. I'll be observing it all month at my Mog and I encourage you to observe it with me. For the original post announcing the month of the phonograph record, click here. Join the conversation! This five-minute documentary from 1937 on the production of a phonograph record is splendid. The whole process is documented. So many hands! Pushed to describe my allegiance to vinyl, I always fall... MORE
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I was checking out MilesTrane’s MOG and saw that he’d posted about Duke Ellington. He’s got a bunch of great quotes from Ellington, but the one that stood out for me was this:
“Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous you don’t want it.”
The great Duke Ellington. This is what I have believed for many years. Real art challenges our preconceptions about the world. It forces us to question what we believe. Real art d... MORE
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Duke Ellington was a consumate overachiever and all around master of musicality, composition, leadership, and wit. if you are not familiar with his music (and you should check some out) here's a few notable quotes to get you onboard with how cool he truly was
A man is a god in ruins. A problem is a chance for you to do your best. Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous you don't want it. By and large, jazz has... MORE
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