Word: ellington
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...regarded that the King of It All, Duke Ellington, took in the store, and played the piano for customers...
...discovery and reflection. Duke Ellington once said that he knows his art has touched someone if they sigh as a piece ends. As Rhee's film cut to the credits, I heard an entire cinema exhale...
...getting started at Lincoln Center and oiling up hits from the 1920s, Gershon and company were playing at a self-proclaimed "Bill Walton" night at a local bar (which Celtics star Bill Walton once actually attended) and soaring through versions of King Crimson tunes and souped-up takes on Ellington and Mingus...
Jones added that the "first line" of Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Basie, should one day be regarded as the Brahmses, Beethovens and Bachs of black music...
Levin will then lecture on instruments and style. The course will also focus on the differences between the "great black bands" like those of Benny Goodman and Duke Ellington as well as comparison with "the white bands," including Glenn Miller and Artie Shaw...