Duke Ellington

...44 years when it closed in 2006. It was kind of dark and confusing, but stuffed with treasures -- the steam locomotive John Bull, Duke Ellington's compositions and Dorothy's ruby slippers from "The Wizard of Oz." No matter how jumbled its...

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...episodes of "Trauma," which was previously reported to be canceled. ... Pittsburgh's Boilermaker Jazz Band's recording of Duke Ellington's "I've Got To Be A Rug Cutter" will be featured next week on Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance" (8...

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...Art in 1955. Around the same time, he embarked on a years-long project of photographing jazz performers such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and Thelonious Monk at work and at rest. As with many...

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Rudy's Like Duke Ellington: Do Nothing 'Till You Hear From Me Maria Comella, who was one of Rudy Giuliani's communications strategists during his presidential campaign, sends along the statement, "Rudy has a history of making up his own...

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...lyricist. Among the composers to whose work he contributed the lyrics are Harold Arlen, Hoagy Carmichael, Jimmy Van Heusen, Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn, Jerome Kern, Gordon Jenkins and Henry Manicini. I owe the estimation of the...

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...lights are dimmed. I peer beyond the front row of saxes onto the darkened dance floor. The drummer begins a quicken intro. Sounds from Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn encourage the anxious audience as our band starts it's first song. The...

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...of NASCAR's newest marketing efforts are being carried out on a college campus in Northwest Washington, up the street from where Duke Ellington played jazz and a short hike from where Bill Cosby stops for his half smokes. Howard University...

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...morning last week probably never would have guessed that one had once notched a No. 1 pop hit and performed with music royalty such as Duke Ellington. "I'm not the famous one," said Cynthia, herself a musician who taught for 35 years at Turn...

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...MOORE: I think it was probably reading Foam of the Daze by Boris Vian -- the surreality and romantic energy of it, and its love of Duke Ellington, made me want to play. Little Claw "Human Taste" from Human Taste (Ecstatic Peace): Add a...

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...for Transworld Features when he captured the image you see here (click to enlarge). I love Paul's photo of Dizzy Gillespie and Duke Ellington. In their expressions, you see all of the joy, confidence and playfulness of jazz and...

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