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  • Duke Ellington
    member band and their popularity steadily increasing, a move was imminent. In 1923, Duke Ellington set his sights on the Big Apple and moved the band to New York...
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  • Duke Ellington
    influenced many artists to follow in his footsteps. Edward Kennedy Duke Ellington was brought into the world on April 29, 1899 in Washington, D.C. His wonderful...
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  • Duke Ellington
    things come to an end. In 1974 tragedy came upon the jazz world, Duke Ellington passed away. He said he decided to become a musician when, in his youth, he realized...
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  • The Incomparable Blossom Dearie
    jazz. Some of Blossomâs early influences included Art Tatum, Count Basie, Duke Ellington and Martha Tilton, who sang with the Benny Goodman Band. Dearie graduated...
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  • Harlem
    Club had many bands and famous singers play there, its most famous band was Duke Ellington and the Washingtonians. They broke tradition by being the first band that...
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  • The Harlem Renaissance
    Bessie Smith, Fats Waller, and one of my favorites, Duke Ellington. Edward Kennedy Ellington, formerly known as Duke was born on April 29, 1899 in Washington...
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  • 1940's In Brief
    Big Bands dominated opular music. Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman led some of the more famous bands. Eventually, many of the singers...
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  • Harlem Renissance
    Harlem Renaissance, an African American cultural movement of the 1920s and early 1930s was centered in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. The Harlem...
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  • Bebop
    and new styles. He could sound like Stride piano masters and there was a powerful Duke Ellington influence at work but what he played was angular. He played themes...
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  • Society In The 1920S
    social classes. Among some of the more prominent musicians during the Harlem Renaissance are Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, and Josephine Baker. Jazz...
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  • Benny Carter
    were much in demand and were featured on recordings by Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, Gene Krupa, and Tommy Dorsey. In 1946 Carter gave...
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  • When Jazz Changed The World
    Band style came along in the 1930s, and was lead by amazing artists such as Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, and Artie Shaw. Kansas City Jazz transformed...
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  • Rock And Roll
    1935-1945 brought us the swing era. Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, Count Bassie, and Glenn Miller were among the stars of Swing. These big bands...
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  • The Cotton Club
    Cotton Club with the performances of big stars such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Ethel Waters, and so much more (Pietrusza 59). Popularity was also...
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  • The 1940's Timeline
    Big Bands dominated popular music. Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman led some of the more famous bands. Eventually, many of the singers...
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  • The Greatest Composer
    wrote. He in a way painted us a picture, using his favorite color, blue. Duke Ellington, with his work on, Mood Indigo, not only fascinated the world at that time...
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  • Ib Theatre Arts i Sl Pitch
    Imagesp.4-10 IB Pitch I envision this piece, Mood Indigo, by Duke Ellington and Irving Mills, being portrayed through a relaxing and theatrical interpretation...
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  • Jazz Critics
    or as important to the history of ideas as Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker or Ornette Coleman, yet there is a more valid and consistent...
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  • Bio Of Celia Cruz
    band la Sonora Matancera in 1950. The group was revered as the Latin equivalent of the Duke Ellington Orchestra. Cruz remained with the group for 15 years, touring...
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  • Spanish American War
    Spanish American War * Treaty of Paris 1898 -Puerto Rico -Guam -Insular Cases 1901(they said they are willing to do whatever it takes to be a part of united...
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  • Jazz
    the original band dissolved. Paul Ellington, Mercer's youngest son and executor of the Duke Ellington estate,[5] kept the Duke Ellington Orchestra going from Mercer...
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  • The Origins Of Popular Music
    The Origins of Popular Music Introduction Popular music, strictly speaking, means music of the people. It can be defined as songs or tunes which are designed...
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  • Music Censorhip
    music censorship increased with jazz and blues growing in popularity. Count Basie and Duke Ellington were early jazz pioneers whose music was referred to as "jungle...
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  • Jazz
    jazz musicians themselves are often reluctant to define the music they play. Duke Ellington summed it up by saying, "It's all music."[10] Some critics have even...
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  • Performance Paper
    A group of six guys, called a sextet, did two songs together, Creole Love Call by Duke Ellington arr. Paul Kuhn and Danny Boy arr. Peter Knight. The first song...
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  • The Lawless Decade
    such as Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Martin, Bessie Smith, and Duke Ellington used their extraordinary to talent to travel the world with their music in order to...
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  • Historical Progression
    Historical Progression of African Americans In the American history, there is a portion that specifically addresses the African American ethnic group in the United...
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  • Music In washIngton Dc
    with Benny Goodman, Helen O'Connell with Jimmy Dorsey, Ivie Anderson with Duke Ellington, and Helen Forrest who spent time with the bands of Goodman, Harry James...
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  • Howard Theater
    theater was used as a church until 1931. Serving its initial purpose, in 1931 Duke Ellington and his band performed, putting Howards mark as a local hotspot. Shep...
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  • Ella Fitzgerald: The Bewitching Verve Years
    singing into an art form. She collaborated with some of the best in jazz including Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Dizzie Gillespie, and her idol Louis Armstrong...
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