Happy Birthday To Duke
Happy Birthday to Duke on his 119th birthday!
By DESS
Happy Birthday to Duke on his 119th birthday!
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The second day of the conference ended with a concert by Doug Richard’s Great American Music Ensemble. It provided the audience with “A Panorama of Ellington’s Music From The Late…
Storviks järnvägsstation som den kan ha sett ut vid Ellingtons besök 1939 Många av våra medlemmar kanske är osäkra på var man kan hitta Storvik på världskartan, eftersom orten idag…
Jimmy Jones also took part in the birthday party The first part of Bob Udkoff’s birthday party ended with Duke at the piano playing New World A-Comin’, an important composition…
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The second day of the conference also had a very full program. and the President of Chapter 90 of the Ellington Society, Terrell Allen, guided the audience through it with…
Bob Udkoff was born in Chicago but moved later to California and settled in Los Angeles. He was a lifelong friend and associate of Duke Ellington, Joe Williams, Kenny Burrell…
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