| 单词 | Duke Ellington |
| 例句 | Duke Ellington, grandson of a former slave, began with his band a four-year residency at New York's Hollywood Club in 1923. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Today was our first music appreciation lesson, and we listened to a classical opera song, followed by some big-band jazz tunes from Duke Ellington. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z It’s as if Duke Ellington, Fats Waller and Louis Armstrong simply had never existed. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z And even Duke Ellington half raised up from his piano stool and bowed. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Duke Ellington’s band is onstage when we get to the Roseland. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I start reading the article on Duke Ellington, how he performed at Carnegie Hall, how all of New York is in love with him. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Know Sophie Tucker, know Duke Ellington, know folks I ain’t never heard of. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Famous ones, like Lionel Hampton himself, great jazz artists like Duke Ellington, and many other familiar faces from back at the Roseland. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He had his alto sax idol, Johnny Hodges, with Duke Ellington’s band, but he said he thought too many young musicians were only carbon-copying the big-band names on the same instrument. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Jazz celebrity though he was, Duke Ellington disliked his music being pigeonholed as ‘jazz’; he preferred simply to call it ‘American music’, and he experimented in many forms and genres. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The whole street is stacked with buildings that have signs advertising famous singers and jazz bands like Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Cab Calloway, and Duke Ellington. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z There were radios everywhere, and little girls jumped double Dutch to Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, and Glenn Miller. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Together they chose a record with a picture on the front of a man named Duke Ellington playing the piano. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “And we can listen to the new one my momma bought me—Duke Ellington.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z They capped off their tour of New York that evening with a trip to Loew’s State Theatre, where Duke Ellington and his orchestra were finishing up a weeklong engagement. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Duke Ellington was going to play, and she was beside herself with excitement. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He played in the prestigious Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra, and with Duke Ellington saxophonist Johnny Hodges's group in the early 50s, with the organist Jimmy Smith, and then from 1955 with Miles Davis. 50 great moments in jazz: John Coltrane's giant step for improvisation 2010-08-09T15:49:00Z Their ever-changing legend was appearing in songs by the 1920s, and has inspired artists ranging from Woody Guthrie and Duke Ellington to Bob Dylan and the Clash. Lloyd Price, singer and early rock influence, dies at 88 2021-05-08T04:00:00Z Daniela’s writing teachers at Duke Ellington School of the Arts encouraged her voracious reading and experimental writing. At 15, Daniela Shia-Sevilla’s writing has already wowed the literary community 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 2019-20 season will begin with an orchestral tribute to South Africa and end with a celebration of Duke Ellington. Jazz at Lincoln Center Plans Tributes to South Africa and Duke Ellington 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z She wrote briefly for both Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman, then became a mentor to the young bebop musicians rising up in Harlem. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Mary Lou Williams 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z Because of the challenge of recording during the pandemic, only one audition tune, Duke Ellington’s “Old King Dooji,” was required, rather than the usual three. Roosevelt High School makes final of prestigious Essential Ellington high school jazz competition 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z He discovered jazz when he was 12 and soon became a fan of Miles Davis, Duke Ellington and Charles Mingus. Charlie Watts, Bedrock Drummer for the Rolling Stones, Dies at 80 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z She began her career in Detroit, more commonly recording as Tobi Lark, and singing backing vocals for artists such as BB King and Wilson Pickett, Duke Ellington, Ben E King and Cannonball Adderley. Hail, Hail, Rock'n'Roll 2010-10-21T21:45:00Z Other listeners will no doubt find other favorites on a well-chosen program that also includes two from the Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn book, “Prelude to a Kiss” and “Lush Life.” Review: Album releases by Greta Matassa and Kelley Johnson show two Seattle jazz singers at the top of their game 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z The show’s title naturally calls to mind the era when dance bands like those of Benny Goodman and Duke Ellington flourished, cinematically epitomized in the Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers 1936 classic “Swing Time.” Art Review: ‘Swing Time,’ Reginald Marsh Show, Focuses on ’30s New York 2013-07-04T17:36:22Z Working with groups of various sizes — usually five to 10 members — he united the influence of Duke Ellington’s marbled orchestral sound with the sharp-elbowed dispatch of bebop. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z The group had a knack for showing its muscle even as it reined itself in, as with its hefty take on Duke Ellington’s “The Intimacy of the Blues.” Review | Jazz vibraphonist and drummer Chuck Redd shows a hometown audience his enduring range 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z On such albums as “Steppin’ With the World Saxophone Quartet,” “W.S.Q.” and “The World Saxophone Quartet Plays Duke Ellington,” he composed marbled harmonies that embraced and gave way like waves. David Murray: A jazz innovator leads from the center to the edge 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Jazz composer Duke Ellington was one of those who bashed the gospel, jazz and folkloric strains in Gershwin's score as "inauthentic." Gershwin classic 'Porgy and Bess' to take stage at Seattle Opera 2011-07-24T02:05:27Z Edward Ellington, son of Duke Ellington, said Robinson told him after they left the school that he is learning Spanish. Smokey Robinson visits Duke Ellington students 2012-03-03T02:46:03Z When the work premiered, in 1960, Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington watched from the wings in tears as de Lavallade brought Holiday and her agonies quietly to life. Carmen de Lavallade is 86 and still the best dancer in the room 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z Other pieces receive the ministrations of a rhythm section, suggesting late-period Duke Ellington with a languid backbeat. Playlist: Look Back at a Legend, Then Revisit Disco 2011-04-01T21:50:45Z You hear a lot of Duke Ellington, particularly the quiet Ellington of the record “Piano Reflections.” 2010-01-21T05:41:00Z Meadows, who also teaches at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, is building on the following he is developing, playing in and around Baltimore and Washington. Mark G. Meadows’s first theater jam 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z He was a student at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, where he became interested in what his mother does, but he said he wanted to be “more than a photographer.” Artist Sews Together Sports and Geopolitics 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z Mr. Drew's documentaries covered various subjects, including Duke Ellington and space explorers, but he had a special fondness for Mr. Kennedy. Robert Drew, Cinema Verite Documentarian, Dies at 90 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z Duke Ellington – Single Petal of a Rose Perhaps that single petal is like the simple phrase upon which this tune is built; delicate yet vibrant and leaving traces wherever it passes. Readers recommend: Songs about the weekend 2010-06-10T23:01:00Z And I watched the Grammy program out of interest, and when they actually announced the Duke Ellington Fargo 1940 it just took the wind out of my sails.” Jack Towers Dies at 96; Remastered Jazz Recordings 2011-01-14T02:34:03Z We didn’t get to all the highlights, which in addition to those mentioned above include Duke Ellington Circle, the Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, the Blockhouse and Fort Clinton. With Harlem as a base, a visiting family explores new corners of New York City 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z But Beyoncé’s beacon is less Wagner than Duke Ellington, in that she composes a symphony in sound and movement and media and negritude. Beyoncé’s “Homecoming” Is a Total Synthesis of the Pop Arts 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z The series made its debut this month with a Duke Ellington revue. Music Review: Remembering the Tunes That Broke Boundaries 2011-05-20T21:06:48Z Here and on a few other tunes, like “I’m Satisfied,” originally recorded by Lou Rawls, and “Tutti for Cootie,” a Duke Ellington chestnut, singer and background achieve a swinging symbiosis with the material. New Music: New Albums by Mountain Goats, Kurt Elling and Trash Talk 2012-10-09T01:10:07Z Concept “Twelfth Night” in 1940s Harlem with Duke Ellington music. In ‘Something Rotten!,’ if Music Be the Food of Farce, Play On 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z He also played on tours and recording sessions with Nat King Cole, Duke Ellington and Chico Hamilton. Paul Horn, Jazz flautist, dies at 84 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z A nonpareil composer, pianist and bandleader, he arrived in New York from Washington, D.C., just as the Harlem Renaissance was getting underway; soon, the Duke Ellington Orchestra had become the soundtrack to an epoch. Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Over the past few months, The New York Times has asked all kinds of experts to answer the question, What would you play a friend to make them fall in love with Duke Ellington? 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Jazz Piano 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z The event is a homecoming for Chappelle, who was raised in suburban Silver Spring, Maryland, attended Washington’s prestigious Duke Ellington School of the Arts and filmed his first HBO special in the capital. Boundary-pushing Dave Chappelle set to receive comedy award 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z Earshot Jazz’s annual celebration of the beautiful, uplifting and swinging sacred music composed by the great jazz-band leader Duke Ellington in the last years of his life. Arts and entertainment highlights for the week beginning Dec. 16 2012-12-13T00:52:06Z At FBR, the senior dance student at Duke Ellington School of the Arts was among many who were hearing about the free SAT prep resources for the first time. Can a free SAT prep class ever be as good as pricey in-person ones? 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z Webb was revered by competitors, many of whom — Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Duke Ellington — matched wits with him at the Savoy's legendary "battle of band" nights, but never bested him. June 9 at SIFF: William Friedkin, 'The Details' 2012-06-08T19:49:04Z One night, he was hanging out with Jones between sets when two Ellington sidemen dropped by to say hello, and, when they left, Jones said, “Duke Ellington, greatest band in the world!” Obsessed with Duke Ellington, one man is determined to illuminate the jazz composer’s stunning output 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z Ed Arrendell, who manages Mr. Marsalis, donated a copy to the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, a high school in Washington. 20 Years of Jazz Concerts, Heading to Harlem 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z As a composer, he brought the blues erudition of Duke Ellington into every group he led, whether sextets or full orchestras. The Multifaceted Mingus 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Here, Davis’ modernist classical language collided with references to Duke Ellington and Parliament-Funkadelic alike. ‘It’s Anthony’s Time’: A Composer Gets His Due 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z His rhythmic imagination inspired Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell and the Nicholas Brothers, and marked jazz musicians, including Duke Ellington. Perspective | In theaters or at home, dance is here to move you 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z He also absorbed the influence of jazz kit drummers like Gene Krupa, and composers like Duke Ellington. Bringing Tito Puente’s Fire to a New Generation 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z I remember a Duke Ellington album that we played for ever. Charlie Watts: 'Glastonbury? I don't want to do it' 2013-04-04T14:00:00Z I asked if he could apply his obvious expertise to the subject of my research, Billy Strayhorn, and his collaborator and sponsor, Duke Ellington, and we were set for the evening. Dr. Funky Butt and Me: My Friendship with the Real Donald Shirley 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z Roberts also continues his relationship with jazz music, beginning the work with “There’s Something About an Old Love,” a Duke Ellington composition. Review: At Ailey, Love Is a Battlefield, Film Noir Style 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z Bridges sang Duke Ellington’s “Heaven” and Owen performed Wotan’s farewell from “Die Walkuere.” Jessye Norman remembered as force of nature at Met memorial 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z It was his mouth, with its plush lips, that gave him away: Vian was trained as an engineer, but jazz was his religion, the trumpet his instrument, Duke Ellington the godfather to his daughter. Whimsy and War: Boris Vian’s Two Minds 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z Then it became a place for the elite: Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughan and Duke Ellington stayed there.That area became a little hub, a Harlem of the West. 'A practical solution to a horrific problem': When even Los Angeles needed havens for black drivers 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z When the magic of first touched me in the late 1960s, many pathfinding early creators of the music, including Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington, were still playing. 50 great moments in jazz: The rise of saxophone colossus Sonny Rollins 2010-05-11T14:05:00Z In the theater’s early days — it was built in 1969 — nearly all of the shows were foreign productions: Duke Ellington, Mexican folk ballets, Marcel Marceau. The Inescapable Poet of Nicaragua 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z Duke Ellington described their music as “gospel in a blues key.” Books of The Times: ‘I’ll Take You There,’ by Greg Kot 2014-02-20T13:00:01Z Sun Ra’s taste for outrageous outfits and Saturnalian mythology was central to his work, yet sometimes overshadowed his musical importance—he was the most revolutionary American big-band leader after Duke Ellington. Björk's Healing Music 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z Still, giants like George Gershwin, Duke Ellington and Stephen Sondheim are outside my purview here. The Greatest 2011-01-07T16:04:57Z Duke Ellington’s career, which had been in decline, was reinvigorated a year later when his rousing performance at Newport landed him on the cover of Time magazine. George Wein, Jazz Festival Trailblazer, Is Dead at 95 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z Previously, the festival featured only the music of Duke Ellington, but this year opened up to that of Count Basie. Seattle-area bands 2nd and 3rd at prestigious New York jazz competition 2011-05-15T03:11:59Z Pop/Jazz Ben Ratliff It is often said of Duke Ellington that his orchestra was his true instrument. The Week Ahead: Nov. 13 ? 19 2011-11-11T14:58:50Z He’s been a music professor at the University of California at Los Angeles, establishing the first college course on Duke Ellington there, and he was named an NEA jazz master in 2005. ‘To think it has come to this’: Kenny Burrell’s journey from jazz legend to GoFundMe appeal 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z Several weeks later, the civil rights activist Robert Moses stepped onstage before a performance by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra to announce that Dr. King had been shot. Robert Caro and Carnegie Hall: Revisiting the ’60s 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Somewhere in between, harmonies he admired in Duke Ellington are allowed to flow into patterns he learned from traditional Japanese court music or the lush textures he loved in Messiaen. The natural elements prove a breeze for Vicki Ray's Piano Spheres recital at REDCAT 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z And it was written for an Austrian ensemble which appreciates the chug and wail of Duke Ellington’s train-imitation music, as well as the rigors of extended-technique modernism. The 25 Best Classical Music Tracks of 2020 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z Its most recent album was a reworking of Duke Ellington’s famous “Far East Suite,” recorded at the club. New Year’s Eve: A Procrastinator’s Guide to Music and Comedy Shows 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z The United States Patent and Trademark Office lists more than 250 active trademarks which include the word Duke, including jazz legend Duke Ellington and a brand of mayonnaise. Wayne heirs sue over Duke nickname 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Other treasures include a 1999 performance of Grieg’s incidental music to Ibsen’s play “Peer Gynt,” with several movements paired with Duke Ellington’s arrangements of them. Tanglewood’s Archival Magic Still Casts a Spell 2012-06-28T15:03:28Z A fiery new music called jazz hit the airwaves, courtesy of Duke Ellington and his band in Harlem’s Cotton Club. How ‘Some Like It Hot’ Tunes In to the Jazz Age 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z The pianist developed his career first in Switzerland, and then, with Duke Ellington's help, in the United States. 50 great moments in jazz: Abdullah Ibrahim 2011-02-09T16:21:12Z What should America’s major orchestras do with the genius of Duke Ellington? Review: An Orchestra Manages to Capture That Ellington Swing 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z It was frequented by the D.C. native, composer and musician Duke Ellington, who is among those featured in the mural. Streetwise art 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z As Duke Ellington, Legend jolts the sketch to life with a few bars of an elegant, completely incongruous cafe-jazz cover of the rap anthem “Big Rings,” written, he says, by “my brother, Drake Ellington.” Review: ‘Sherman’s Showcase’ Tests Whether It’s OK to Laugh 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z But it also contains a handwritten Strayhorn essay on harmony, and a transcript of his speech to the New York Chapter of the Duke Ellington Society in 1962. Billy Strayhorn Archive Acquired by Library of Congress 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z Ms. Cafritz bequeathed over 650 works of art to the Studio Museum in Harlem and the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, the two institutions announced this week. Peggy Cooper Cafritz Leaves Collection to Two Arts Institutions 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z While working as a ditch digger, he is further confused after he exalts the blues to an African-American fellow worker, who prefers Duke Ellington and Tony Bennett to Robert Johnson. Movie Review: ‘Not Fade Away,’ Directed by David Chase 2012-12-21T00:07:53Z The Studio Museum, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, will receive more than 400 works; the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, which Ms. Cafritz was a founder of, will receive over 250. Peggy Cooper Cafritz Leaves Collection to Two Arts Institutions 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z Here, to a Duke Ellington score, Ailey’s sheer professional skill is evident, with changes of idiom, striking stage spacing, marvelously textured coordination of upper and lower body. Dance Review: A Physical Choreography, Turning Women Into Targets 2010-12-16T23:06:06Z There was more jazz with La Fosse and Reeder’s “Ad Lib City,” a zingy ballet — the best new work of the night — set to Duke Ellington. Review: Kids Dance Puts on a Show of Courage, Discipline and Heart 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z Famous performers such as James Brown and Duke Ellington stayed here, but the brown-shingled hotel has fallen into disrepair; the owners are hoping for funds to turn it into a museum. On Maryland’s Eastern Shore, walking among the spirits Chappelle attended Washington’s Duke Ellington School of the Arts, and his first hourlong comedy special was filmed in the nation’s capital. Chappelle to receive Mark Twain Prize for humor 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z The person she always credited as her main influence was not another singer but a pianist and composer, Duke Ellington's longtime associate Billy Strayhorn. Lena Horne helped integrate Hollywood 2010-05-10T05:06:00Z The same gallery contains a wall of Irving Penn “corner portraits” — in which famous figures like Spencer Tracy, Joe Louis, Duke Ellington and Salvador Dalí were photographed squeezed into the corner of a room. From Elton John, Photography’s Greatest Hits 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z He's luxuriously wayward on Duke Ellington's Solitude and swaggeringly productive on the uptempo Come, Gone – the album's standout episode, represented here in two takes. Sonny Rollins: Way Out West 2010-05-06T21:05:00Z The album even includes a brief, goofing cover of Duke Ellington’s “East St. Louis Toodle-oo.” Listen to 13 Essential Walter Becker Songs 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z On another, Duke Ellington and Kermit Parker, the first black man to run for governor as a Democrat in Louisiana, gaze toward each other from across the page. Louis Armstrong’s Life in Letters, Music and Art 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z The Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra nods to the great Duke Ellington this week with an “early music”-style concert titled “Music of the Harlem Renaissance III: Duke Ellington’s ‘Reminiscing in Tempo.’ More for jazz lovers: MMW, SRJO and Tom Baker 2013-04-11T20:45:46Z “And for some reason, Thelonious Monk and Duke Ellington just spoke to me. And even to this day, they speak to me.” 52 Years Ago, Thelonious Monk Played a High School. Now Everyone Can Hear It. 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z It remains built around the music of Duke Ellington, using Ellington’s original arrangements, performed by an ensemble directed by Wynton Marsalis, as well as the poetry of Langston Hughes. ArtsBeat: K.D. Lang to Make Debut on Broadway 2013-09-12T19:07:40Z “We studied European classical music, and Duke Ellington, along with others. So that’s the difference.” A Pair of Ahmad Jamal Live Albums Capture an Innovator in His Prime 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Over the past few months, The New York Times has asked jazz musicians, critics and scholars to answer the question, What would you play a friend to make them fall in love with Duke Ellington? Five Minutes That Will Make You Love 21st-Century Jazz 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z For more than six decades of his life, Jones has worked with music's greats: Duke Ellington, Coltrane, Count Basie, Miles Davis. Quincy Jones book schools next generation 2010-11-19T23:51:00Z She also insisted, over objections from the movie studio, that Duke Ellington and his band be hired for “It Ain’t No Sin.” PBS invites you to come up sometime and see a Mae West doc 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z Shows by singers Duke Ellington and Bing Crosby, as well as the earliest sports broadcasts, are already gone. Study: Audio recordings of US history fading fast 2010-09-29T10:09:00Z Celebrities including Duke Ellington and Lionel Trilling ordered from Smith, who was black and openly gay. Antiques: A Sotheby?s Catalog With Some Juicy Details 2011-02-24T22:29:12Z The city was typically asked only to advise and confirm the final location of monuments, which were not constructed on any deadlines — East Harlem’s Duke Ellington Memorial, for example, took nearly 20 years to complete. New York’s Race to Build Monuments Runs Into Friction on the Ground 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z After a certain time you discover the Mozart in you, the Duke Ellington or Billy Strayhorn in you. Ahmad Jamal: 'After a time you discover the Mozart in you' 2013-02-01T05:00:00Z Duke Ellington once owned two of the buildings. Four Books Explore Various Aspects of Cities Past and Present 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Parker begins with a series of dances made to period recordings of “Nutcracker” items by Duke Ellington and others, before proceeding to sections of unadulterated Tchaikovsky. Critic?s Notebook: The Smallest Dancers Steal Their Own Show 2010-12-22T23:06:19Z Bellson pioneered the use of two bass drums at once, and Duke Ellington called him “the world’s greatest musician.” In Switzerland, a musician searches for the ‘Holy Grail’ of instruments 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z They all were cookin' up a mess of tasty blues, but the sweet spot in their set was Oskar's gorgeous rendition of Duke Ellington's "In a Sentimental Mood." Bumbershoot Day Two topped by Tony Bennett 2012-09-03T02:04:03Z Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong — those were his friends. A final night in blackface: Baltimore’s Al Jolson impersonator calls it quits 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z Even the repertoire they chose – classics by Fats Waller, Duke Ellington and others – radiated optimism. Chicago's jazz artists play searing music for Japan 2011-04-02T15:11:00Z They make powerfully affecting the final break between a dispirited Moriarty, who meets up with a newly confident, smartly dressed Sal Paradise just off to a Duke Ellington concert at the Metropolitan Opera. On the Road – review 2012-10-13T23:06:07Z On another page, Keller explains that Duke Ellington rented Pullman train cars for Northwest tours so the band could avoid segregated hotels and restaurants in 1934. A look back at Seattle’s black musicians’ union 2014-01-02T18:40:56Z While Duke Ellington was jazzing up the airwaves, a new kind of architecture and design sensibility was jazzing things up visually. How ‘Some Like It Hot’ Tunes In to the Jazz Age 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z Ethel Waters, who introduced the song, took it to No. 1 in 1933, when versions by Duke Ellington, Guy Lombardo and Ted Lewis also made the top 10. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z Mr. Murphy brought a freewheeling impishness to his performances, which included the music of Duke Ellington and Cole Porter, the swaying bossa nova music of Brazil and one-of-a-kind works of bebop stream-of-consciousness. Mark Murphy, jazz singer of freewheeling virtuosity, dies at 83 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z This week the school’s Duke Ellington Ensemble was scheduled to perform a celebration of the 20th anniversary of Juilliard Jazz at the Chelsea Factory, a new arts space. After a Showdown, Juilliard’s President Retains Support of Board 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z Having hosted Jimi Hendrix, Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald in the past, the Columbia City Theater reopens Friday, debuting a full lineup of music and a week's worth of free shows. Free music this week at renovated Columbia City Theater 2010-06-24T22:11:00Z If Louis Armstrong had stopped performing after 1930, or Duke Ellington had stopped performing after 1942, their places atop jazz history would be no less secure. A Hidden Hero of Jazz 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z His piano performances are influenced by Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk ballads, gospel hymns and old African songs; they’re placid and persistent, gentle but deep. Enveloping Sound of a Serene Soul 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z The song was composed as an instrumental piece by Duke Ellington, who introduced it on record in 1933; the lyricist Mitchell Parish later added the words. In Performance: T. Oliver Reid 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z Her talents led her to the renowned Duke Ellington School of the Arts and on to study jazz in college. She Had 3 Jobs to Support Her Music. Now All Are Gone. 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z Even the standard that followed, Duke Ellington’s “In a Mellow Tone,” upheld a mandate of articulate aggression. Music Review: The Accomplished Joined by the Young and Promising 2011-02-16T22:46:42Z They addressed a selective range of his works, articulate and soulful, along with chestnuts by Armstrong, Duke Ellington and a few others. Music Review: Satchmo?s Story, Music Substituting for Words 2010-08-31T22:25:00Z He wants to do the same in his concert with Tommy Smith, in a concert of tunes and arrangements by Woody Herman and Duke Ellington, as well as Moon Dreams from Birth of the Cool. Gunther Schuller: Conducting? He wrote the book 2010-08-12T22:30:00Z The best track here is a version of “The Mystery Song” from Duke Ellington, another acknowledgment of Lacy. New Music: New Music From Webbie and Charlotte Gainsbourg 2011-12-26T21:46:38Z I could have chosen anything from Duke Ellington's wonderful suite of jazz poems inspired by Shakespearean characters, Such Sweet Thunder. Readers recommend: songs about Shakespeare – results 2013-02-14T14:00:01Z Fats Waller and Duke Ellington were regular presences in the young Bearden’s life. Review | First the New Yorker profiled Romare Bearden. Then the artist and activist decided to tell his own story, in pictures. 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Duke Ellington, because he could play piano and hold a good conversation. Colin Salmon on his favourite TV 2012-10-05T13:00:00Z The project advanced to the point that Welles had signed contracts from Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington; Armstrong was cast as himself, Ellington was to have supervised the score. Orson Welles, Musician 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z “I freely switch up,” says Chamblee, a District native who attended the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Beauvoir and National Cathedral School. Lonnae O’Neal: Why I sometimes sound blacker than others 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z At the ribbon-cutting ceremony, longtime D.C. residents were ushered past oversize, illuminated photos of Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington, past new black-walnut walls and dueling jumbo screens. Money problems and no-name acts: The Howard Theatre is struggling. Again. 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z In 1965, the Pulitzer jurors recommended awarding a special citation to Duke Ellington, but were rejected. Kendrick Lamar Wins Pulitzer in ‘Big Moment for Hip-Hop’ 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z In a career that spanned six decades, Fitzgerald recorded with other great figures including Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Louis Armstrong. Ella Fitzgerald commemorated by Google doodle 2013-04-25T00:27:26Z Mr. Miller spent several years with that band, just as he did with the trumpeter Woody Shaw, the singer Betty Carter and the Duke Ellington Orchestra, led by Ellington’s son, Mercer. Mulgrew Miller, Jazz Pianist, Dies at 57 2013-05-29T16:06:23Z Other musicians pictured include Duke Ellington, the R&B vocalist Ruth Brown, and Big Sid Catlett, an influential early drummer who played with Armstrong’s big band at the height of its popularity. Louis Armstrong’s Life in Letters, Music and Art 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z He recorded albums that honored musicians he admired — Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra and Billie Holiday — and he collaborated on standards with singers half, or less than half, his age. Tony Bennett, Champion of the Great American Songbook, Is Dead at 96 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z In a quieter mode Mr. Peplowski matched Ms. Carroll in delicacy with his unaccompanied clarinet rendition of Duke Ellington’s “Single Petal of a Rose,” exploring the outer limits of the instrument’s timbres. Music Review: A Classicist Who Enjoys Wild Flights of Imagination 2011-06-23T21:58:13Z Raised in Southeast Washington by his grandmother, he attended Duke Ellington School of the Arts where he studied dance and learned to rap alongside his friends, including longtime collaborator MartyHeemCherry. NappyNappa won’t let the noise of the world drown him out 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z The aside may have seemed casual, but Chappelle, 44, is in fact deeply devoted to the D.C. public school that he graduated from in 1991: the Duke Ellington School of the Arts. The education of Dave Chappelle: How a D.C. arts school prepared him for stardom 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z He could make his orchestras shout, bustle and swing like Count Basie, but he also gave them Duke Ellington's sumptuous tone colours and ambiguous textures. Great moments in jazz: Charles Mingus's The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady 2010-09-06T15:46:00Z He kept working well into his 80s, launching other jazz labels and reissuing multidisc sets by Monk, Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, Benny Goodman and other jazz giants. Orrin Keepnews, producer of milestone jazz albums, dies at 91 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z But as Duke Ellington said, good music is good music. Jazz and Opera Come Together in ‘Fire Shut Up in My Bones’ 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z Hair slicked and smile set to dazzle, Duke Ellington is standing at an upright piano when “Hot Chocolate” opens, conducting a band that’s already swinging. The Swinging, Jamming Musical Charms of 1940s Soundies 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z In June, concerts will highlight the music of jazz legend Duke Ellington, and the season will close with a night devoted to gospel. Noteworthy musical news: Boston Pops spring season returns 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z The moment of conversion, he wrote some 60 years later, was when he first heard the Duke Ellington band "at its most imperial". Eric Hobsbawm obituary 2012-10-01T09:59:14Z It was Mr. Vertiel who presented the concept to Mr. Marsalis, with whom he had worked in 2011 on the “Cotton Club Parade,” an celebration of Duke Ellington’s songs at City Center. ArtsBeat: Sondheim and Marsalis to Collaborate on Show for City Center 2013-04-18T17:55:27Z It included takes on pieces by Duke Ellington, Johann Sebastian Bach and Geri Allen, as well as a few twisty, centrifugal original tunes. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z "And he definitely loved Duke Ellington the best." Auctioning Chicago history: DJ Dick Buckley's collection 2011-02-14T14:51:00Z Now, we’re shifting the focus to jazz — and what better place to start than with Duke Ellington? Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z And one of the things I was thinking during this run was that I was always a fan of swing bands, of Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman. 13 Shows. No Repeats. Trey Anastasio on How Phish Pulled Off the ‘Baker’s Dozen.’ 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z The rolling bounce and swing of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. Perspective | In theaters or at home, dance is here to move you 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z But frankly, the greatest danger these celebrated writers faced Monday night was being upstaged by a 15-year-old sophomore at Duke Ellington School of the Arts. Fundraiser put on highway to the danger zone There were other bits of symphonic George Gershwin and Duke Ellington, along with jazzy Leonard Bernstein. The L.A. Phil’s opening gala at Disney Hall finds Dudamel & Co. in full jazz swing 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z His films included documentaries featuring Muhammad Ali, musician Duke Ellington, and poet Langston Hughes. US film-maker William Greaves dies 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z Like Duke Ellington said, there are only two kinds of music — good and bad. Meshell Ndegeocello plays Triple Door 2012-01-05T21:45:05Z Duke Ellington and his big band performed; the pianist Mary Lou Williams performed solo; Max Roach was there with a quintet that included the bright-toned and innovative twenty-year-old trumpeter Booker Little. A Classic Jazz Documentary That Honors and Insults the Art Form 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z Everything special about Ms. Stewart was encapsulated in her version of “Solitude,” the bitingly bitter Duke Ellington lament about finding yourself alone without love. Music Review: Sandy Stewart and Bill Charlap at the Oak Room - Review 2011-11-04T22:29:44Z Ibrahim, who recorded both unaccompanied and with his own trio under Duke Ellington's wing in the previous decade, began to compose his most enduring themes and perform all over the world. 50 great moments in jazz: Abdullah Ibrahim 2011-02-09T16:21:12Z She recently recorded an album of Duke Ellington songs, to be released this year. Jane Harvey, Jazz Singer, Dies at 88 2013-08-21T02:40:34Z A harmonically adventurous pianist whose primary influences were Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk, Mr. Tracey was self-taught and began his professional career as an accordionist while still in his teens. Stan Tracey, Who Helped Pluck British Jazz From American Shadow, Dies at 86 2013-12-10T04:13:07Z The big bands of Duke Ellington and Count Basie were at full strength. The World’s Greatest Living Jazz Composer Celebrates His Eighty-fifth Birthday 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z The repertory will draw from historic arrangements by Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton and others; the big idea is that this music was always meant for such a purpose. Songs and Laughs for the New Year’s Eve Countdown 2012-12-27T23:59:25Z Sixty years ago, jazz pianist Dave Brubeck apologized to Duke Ellington for getting on the cover of Time magazine before Ellington. Analysis: Macklemore apology for win over fellow rapper raises race issue 2014-01-29T05:32:49Z Mr. Parker and his company, the Bang Group, create movement based in percussion, using a mix of versions of Tchaikovsky’s music, by Duke Ellington and Glenn Miller, among others. Dance Review: ‘Nut/Cracked,’ a Holiday Ballet by David Parker 2012-12-21T22:15:45Z The 86-year-old once shared the stage with Josephine Baker in Paris; Duke Ellington, Bill Evans and Benny Goodman — along with their bands — accompanied her solo performances. LL Cool J becomes the first rapper to be Kennedy Center Honors recipient 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z In 1941, Welles wanted to make a film called “The Story of Jazz,” in collaboration with Duke Ellington. The Art of Billie Holiday’s Life 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z Clay, who also teaches acting at the District’s Duke Ellington School of the Arts, is an actress of formidable range. Black actresses still have to play maids on Broadway. How do they feel about it? 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Baker introduced listeners to familiar classics and to little-known fare, from early swing music to the sacred works of Duke Ellington to experimental jazz-classical hybrids from the 1940s to the present. David Baker, jazz scholar, composer and conductor, dies at 84 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z According to one of Duke Ellington’s best-known compositions, “it don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.” 8 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z He's recently showed an interest in Hammond organ blues, and in partnership with British virtuosi like Alan Barnes, has swept freely across the jazz composers' landscape, notably Duke Ellington's. This week's new live music 2011-01-01T00:05:40Z “SUGAR HILL: THE ELLINGTON/STRAYHORN NUTCRACKER” Like Tchaikovsky’s original, Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s jazzy, swinging arrangement of the “Nutcracker Suite,” cries out for choreography. 54 Dance Programs, Festivals and More Coming This Fall 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z A lifelong admirer of Duke Ellington, the Cannes native was a professional musician by his teens and over the following decades would perform with everyone from Lionel Hampton to Yo-Yo Ma. Claude Bolling, popular jazz-classical musician, dead at 90 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z Die-hard New Yorkers will also appreciate the book’s frequent odes to the city as the center of everything, a place charged with “the immediate excitement of starshine,” in Duke Ellington’s words. ‘Supreme City,’ by Donald L. Miller 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z While striking in their differences, these interpretations together point to the quality and artistic farsightedness of a musician that Duke Ellington once complimented as being “perpetually contemporary.” With ‘Zodiac,’ Mary Lou Williams Spanned Classical and Jazz 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z They were preparing for “After Midnight,” a musical celebrating Duke Ellington’s years at the famous Cotton Club nightclub. Fantasia Prepares for Broadway Under Watchful Eye 2013-09-04T13:39:08Z I have Duke Ellington's, the famous Sonny Greer drum kit, it's fantastic. Charlie Watts: 'Glastonbury? I don't want to do it' 2013-04-04T14:00:00Z Ella showed what polished gems they were; and she even, I later learned, organized them into handy "songbooks" that highlighted the glories of Cole Porter, George and Ira Gershwin, Duke Ellington, Irving Berlin and others. Who could ask for anything more? 'Michael Feinstein's American Songbook' on TV 2010-09-29T21:18:00Z The Latin jazz compositions he performs with his Jass Syncopators draw overtly on the influences of Dizzy Gillespie and Duke Ellington, as well as a handful of mid-20th-century Cuban bandleaders. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z “Benny writes real parts for us, almost like Duke Ellington with his band,” said Calle Jakobsson, a tuba player by day in the Royal Swedish Opera’s orchestra. A Bus Journey to a Time Before Abba 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z You know, how many guys can remember that they were the ones who met, introduced and aired live Duke Ellington? Seattle jazz broadcaster reaching fans around world 2012-12-22T05:49:03Z In Detroit, he drove up to a Duke Ellington band concert in a Cadillac with steer horns on the hood. Herb Jeffries, jazz balladeer and star of all-black cowboy movies, dies Lambert, Hendricks & Ross went on to record several more albums, including one with the Basie band itself for Roulette and one devoted to the music of Duke Ellington for Columbia. Jon Hendricks, master of scat, jazz vocalization and sly lyrics, dies at 96 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z “You have this Gershwin/Duke Ellington/Quincy Jones thing happening,” Atwater recalls him saying. Perspective | The Soulful Symphony reinvents itself, elevating music’s American roots 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z Duke Ellington, just the way he dressed and spoke. Wynton Marsalis Finds Solace in the Optimism of the Blues 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z The Duke Ellington Radical Elite Show Band filled the aisles for a rousing version of Prince’s “Let’s Go Crazy” to open the annual gala, which raises money for the arts center’s artistic and educational programs. Dave Chappelle accepts the Twain Prize: ‘I love my art form. It saved my life.’ 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z Duke Ellington's Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue Jazz was finding itself in a changed world by the mid-1950s – though not all the changes disadvantaged it. 50 great moments in jazz: Duke Ellington plays Newport jazz festival 2010-04-06T11:02:00Z They also join Rhiannon Giddens on a pair of vocal pieces by Duke Ellington: “Come Sunday,” imploring and formal, and “Rocks in My Bed,” stomping and sly. Review: Allen Toussaint’s Last Album, ‘American Tunes’ 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z They’ve got the quiver and shading of great Romantic piano, with Duke Ellington’s panoramic blues folded in. The Playlist: Christine and the Queens’ Clever Pop, and 8 More New Songs 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z Her grandfather Matt Carrington had played drums with Duke Ellington and Fats Waller, and her father, Sonny, was a professional saxophonist. Terri Lyne Carrington on the Power of Betting on Yourself 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z As teenagers, Ahmet and Nesuhi were smitten by jazz when they heard Duke Ellington play in London and were excited about moving to his hometown. These Turkish brothers found their calling in D.C., championing the Black music scene 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z As the title indicates, Ms. Stroman selected music from Duke Ellington for this work. Dance Review: At City Ballet, a New Work Looks to Ellington for ?That Swing? 2011-01-30T23:49:35Z Ndegeocello grew up in Washington, studying at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts and playing bass in go-go bands such as Rare Essence before moving on to pursue a national singing career. Jason Moran, Meshell Ndegeocello find their own way to honor Fats Waller The reason for the presence of “Sophisticated Lady” on Thursday night’s program at the David H. Koch Theater, during City Ballet’s American Music Festival, would seem to be its music, by Duke Ellington. Dance Review: City Ballet’s Program of Peter Martins and Robbins at Koch Theater 2013-05-17T20:16:37Z Duke Ellington, a Christian, once said that he’d “be afraid to sit in a house with people who don’t believe, adding that he’d be “afraid that the house would fall down.” Music Review: Six Youth Choirs Sing From Ellington’s Sacred Concerts 2014-03-26T19:59:03Z Terry inspired Miles Davis and played in the Count Basie and Duke Ellington big bands. Blakey, Hampton, Terry enter NYC Jazz Hall of Fame 2013-06-06T00:25:08Z And he reminisced on moments in the history of jazz — a genre he helped define as a trombonist for Dinah Washington, Sun Ra, Max Roach, Herbie Hancock, Duke Ellington and many others. Seattle’s Julian Priester helped create jazz as we know it. Now, he’s focusing on teaching the art of listening 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z A stone’s throw behind them buses moved unhurriedly along Duke Ellington Circle; on an adjacent park bench someone busily filled in Mr. Knuffke’s image on a sketch pad, complete with hat and beard. Music Review: 30 Bands Perform in Jazz & Colors at Central Park 2012-11-11T22:52:39Z He studied Stravinsky, Bartók and Elliott Carter at the New England Conservatory, and Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell and Duke Ellington in his spare time; the latter influences are fitfully clear on Bemsha Swing. 50 great moments in jazz: Cecil Taylor's jazz piano revolution 2010-04-14T11:25:00Z Then for my 16th birthday, he presented me with a shiny Duke Ellington 78 on its original American label. Brian Rust obituary 2011-03-31T17:21:39Z “If I was meant to jam with Duke Ellington, we would have lived in the same age.” What would Prince want? Two years later, his estate is a mess and his legacy unclear. 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z The opening SJF Fellowship Wednesday program features jazz veteran and former longtime Cornish instructor Julian Priester, a trombonist and composer whose résumé includes stints with Duke Ellington, Max Roach and Herbie Hancock. Trumpeter Thomas Marriott helps start Seattle Jazz Fellowship where jazz veterans can mentor younger musicians 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z Vieaux ended the evening with Duke Ellington’s “In a Sentimental Mood” and topped it off with an arrangement of Louis Armstrong’s “What a Wonderful World” as an encore. Jason Vieaux avoids the cliches of classical-guitar concerts 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z The critic Terry Teachout is “the latest white male writer lecturing Duke Ellington on what to play.” Touring American Pop Music by Way of the Writers Who Have Addressed It 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z The Broadway musical that celebrates Harlem's Cotton Club, featuring the music of Duke Ellington and the Tony Award-winning choreography of Warren Carlyle, will close on June 29 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. 'After Midnight' to close on Broadway June 29 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z From the beginning, he said, he loved Monk and Duke Ellington more than any other pianists. Masabumi Kikuchi Finds New Direction With ?Sunrise? 2012-03-25T01:43:04Z Only the most important artists whose careers encompassed multiple, distinct styles - most prominently Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington - merit more than one track. Review: Smithsonian Anthology a wide overview 2011-04-01T21:16:04Z His baritone voice — extraordinarily rich but delicate — was memorably captured on his greatest musical success, a 1941 hit recording of “Flamingo” with Duke Ellington’s big band. Herb Jeffries, jazz balladeer and star of all-black cowboy movies, dies Sultry string figures embellished with sweeping harp recalled what Hollywood composers nicked from Duke Ellington; staggered section entries piled up with Gershwin-esque swagger. Music Review: New Juilliard Ensemble in 2 Premieres - Review 2011-09-25T21:55:41Z Jazz at Lincoln Center, which sponsors the event, sends arrangements of Duke Ellington tunes in advance, free of charge. Seattle kids shine at Ellington contest 2013-05-13T00:29:05Z When Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington arrived here in 1932 and 1933 respectively, they were feted by a handful of jazz aficionados who, quite rightly, treated them as serious artists. Dancing on the Edge: episode one 2013-02-04T22:30:01Z More than 1,500 schools requested and received song arrangements; only 96 entered the competition by submitting recordings of those arrangements, which this year included compositions by Duke Ellington and Mary Lou Williams. Garfield High jazz band ranks in top three at Essentially Ellington 2010-05-11T00:32:00Z Occasionally mirroring or interacting with figures in the film footage, she let the names of brilliant colleagues and acquaintances roll off her tongue: Ailey, Agnes de Mille, Pearl Bailey, Duke Ellington, Robert Brustein and more. Carmen de Lavallade recalled her time with the famous in a Kennedy Center show At the Bowl this summer, Dudamel is leading performances of Verdi and Prokofiev, but also headlining shows that celebrate Duke Ellington and Café Tacvba, the pioneering Mexican rock band. In L.A., Dudamel’s Influence Extends Beyond the Concert Hall 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z He considered himself at heart a jazzman; his heroes were musicians like Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Lester Young and phenomenal pop crooners like the unfairly forgotten Billy Eckstine. The Uniform Cool of Charlie Watts 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z When Duke Ellington and Art Tatum played, no matter how complex and driving the rhythm, they sounded relaxed. Ren?e Fleming, Opera Star, Tries a Rock Album. 2010-05-31T21:58:00Z Leading the performance, largely a celebration of Mr. Ailey’s dances set to music by Duke Ellington, was “Night Creature” from 1974. Alvin Ailey Troupe in an Evening of Mostly Ellington 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z Duke Ellington, the only performer without Louisiana roots, was commissioned to write and perform a “New Orleans Suite.” Jazz Fest at 50: The Stubbornness and Joy of New Orleans 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z He graduated from the District’s old Armstrong High School — the alma mater of pianist and jazz bandleader Duke Ellington. Buck Hill, saxophonist and D.C. ‘local legend,’ dies at 90 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z Lee’s love for music comes from his father, who played standup jazz in Greenwich Village, and was a good enough session musician to record with Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin and Duke Ellington among others. Spike Lee: ‘I get no joy from being right. I wanted progress’ 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z Duke Ellington always had this way of pulling strong emotions from the keys of his piano. Five Minutes That Will Make You Love Duke Ellington 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z “It’s in my DNA, with my parents both being jazz lovers, and having grown up listening to all this great big band music, especially Duke Ellington.” Contemporary music icon John Adams is both composer and conductor in Seattle Symphony return engagement 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z He used Duke Ellington's music to put his own urban spin on gospel tradition with "Harlem Nutcracker." Spectrum's Donald Byrd asks everything of his dancers, and his audience 2012-11-28T23:59:27Z "You'll probably see me next year" with the fashion winners, she jokingly told the first lady, who smiled at the junior from Washington's Duke Ellington School of the Arts. Michelle Obama honors top designers at White House 2011-09-14T16:46:05Z But it has close competition in a shot where Duke Ellington and his band are finishing up a number. MOHAI exhibit of Al Smith’s photographs shows vibrancy of Seattle’s Central District and African-American community 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z Ancient textures, modernist orchestration: The work feels like something Duke Ellington might have called “beyond category.” 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Classical Music 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z He was on tour at the time with Duke Ellington, who was clearly deserving of such an honor himself, and it was Ellington who first showed Brubeck the Time cover when it came out. ‘Take Five’ Is Impeccable. ‘Time Outtakes’ Shows How Dave Brubeck Made It. 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z Taylor blazed his way through Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag" and displayed lyrical sensitivity in Art Tatum's arrangement of Duke Ellington's "In a Sentimental Mood" and Thelonius Monk's "Ruby, My Dear." Jacaranda unleashes a tribute to composer John Adams that goes a little bit 'Berserk' 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z Then the pair sympathetically reinvented Duke Ellington's Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me by wrapping sparing new dissonances around crisply swinging solos. Steinway festival – review 2013-03-27T18:21:42Z Information Agency, he traveled to Senegal and filmed what was then called the First World Festival of Negro Arts, which featured Duke Ellington and Langston Hughes, among others. William Greaves, Emmy-winning producer and co-host of ‘Black Journal,’ dies at 87 This album is one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever heard: part Duke Ellington, part modal scales, part the blues, part church music. Norah Jones Enjoys a Weekly Christmas, and Sweating to the (Not So) Oldies 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z The general tone of the writing was occasionally nostalgic — emulating a society dance band in “Mr. Penguin Please” and Duke Ellington more specifically in “Those Sanctified Swallows.” Review: Wynton Marsalis’s ‘Spaces,’ a Kinetic Series of Zoological Portraits 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z Duke Ellington – Midnight Indigo An utterly enchanting piece of music, and one that seems to really capture the rich confusion and crisp realities of the witching hour. Readers recommend: Songs with sound effects 2010-03-19T00:02:00Z Over six eventful years, this modest musician successfully conducted the Count Basie and Duke Ellington big bands when Bennett guested with them, as well as the London and Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestras. John Bunch obituary 2010-05-03T19:59:00Z Ms. Jones was sufficiently talented to win a scholarship to the Juilliard School in 1945, under the sponsorship of Duke Ellington. Elayne Jones, Pioneering Percussionist, Is Dead at 94 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z Garrett enrolled in the Duke Ellington School of the Arts to study voice, “my real instrument,” he says. His father was a P-Funk star. It took Garrett Shider years to appreciate what that meant. 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z When I started my second piece, In A Sentimental Mood by Duke Ellington, she descended on a hoop and landed on the grand piano. Experience: I’m a world-class whistler 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z A movement titled “Beneath the Shell,” obviously inspired by Duke Ellington, elicited a breathy, evocatively slurred tenor saxophone interlude by Chris Speed, followed by a neat, expressive cornet essay by Kirk Knuffke. Review: Delivering a Touch of Big Band Through a Jazz Collective 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z “This album is one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever heard: part Duke Ellington, part modal scales, part the blues, part church music,” Ms. Jones told The New York Times in 2020. Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, Nun With a Musical Gift, Dies at 99 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Louis Armstrong was there the following year and Duke Ellington made history in 1956, his band’s set featuring an extraordinary, 27-chorus solo from saxophonist Paul Gonsalves that almost single-handedly revived the middle-aged Ellington’s career. George Wein, Newport Jazz Festival co-founder, dies at 95 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z It was shown with other historical pictures that accompanied musical tributes to Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Paul Robeson, among others, performed by an orchestra that appeared to be woefully underrehearsed. Honoring a Century of African-American Work on Broadway 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z Valdés arrived to open with a Duke Ellington medley over a laid-back Cuban dance groove. Chucho Vald?s 2010-04-06T21:35:00Z The songs on the album don’t depart from Redbone’s trademark aesthetic: they’re mostly covers from an era gone by, including selections made famous by Jelly Roll Morton, Duke Ellington, and Irving Berlin. Five Songs 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z In his autobiography, he boasts of how, as a shoeshine boy in Boston’s Roseland State Ballroom, he shined the shoes of Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Lionel Hampton, and other greats. The Music of Malcolm X 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z He shot dozens of album covers for such acclaimed performers as Billie Holiday, Art Tatum, Duke Ellington and Dizzy Gillespie. Phil Stern, photographer of stars during Hollywood’s golden age, dies at 95 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z Both events are sponsored by the Duke Ellington Center for the Arts an organization to promote the music and legacy of the jazz great. Spare Times for April 26-May 2 2013-04-25T22:32:14Z Another pair of concerts in February will celebrate three other jazz architects: Duke Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton and Charles Mingus, with music direction by Vincent Gardner, the trombonist and composer. Next Jazz at Lincoln Center Season Will Celebrate Wayne Shorter 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z He completed his first short, “Daybreak Express,” in 1953, combining a pulsing Duke Ellington score with a jazzy, shadowy montage of an elevated New York City subway station and its passengers. Oscar-winning documentary maker D.A. Pennebaker dies at 94 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z Last month, shifting the series’ focus to jazz, we asked musicians, writers and critics to share their passion for Duke Ellington. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Alice Coltrane 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z After serving in the Navy, he found work through his uncle at Apex Studios, where one of his first assignments was recording Duke Ellington. Al Schmitt, Grammy winning engineer and producer, dead at 91 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z The other vocal numbers, including a version of Duke Ellington’s “Come Sunday” enunciated by Mr. King, feel similarly digressive, beside the point. New Music: Scotty McCreery, Lauren Alaina, Claudia Quintet - New Albums 2011-10-11T00:13:28Z For his sixth birthday, he was serenaded by Duke Ellington and his band at the famed Rainbow Room. Rocker Lenny Kravitz looks back to when he found his voice 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z Duke Ellington or Thelonious Monk — it’s a different sound that takes you somewhere else. In the Picture: Atlanta, Africa and the Past 2011-07-03T00:28:47Z “I am the world’s greatest listener,” Duke Ellington wrote in his autobiography, “Music Is My Mistress.” Listen up: ‘How to Listen to Jazz’ 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z Du Bois spoke there, and artists like Duke Ellington, Jimi Hendrix and Billie Holiday played there. Washington Hall, Seattle's cultural Ellis Island, reopens with a house party 2010-04-27T20:32:00Z When, in 1965, the music jury attempted to break free of those constraints by requesting a special citation for Duke Ellington, the Pulitzer’s governing board declined the recommendation. A Year After Kendrick Lamar, Will the Music Pulitzer Embrace Pop? 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Their breakout performance on the show earned them a recording deal with Alan Douglas, a music producer who worked with Duke Ellington, Miles Davis and Jimi Hendrix. Rap’s Radical First Act 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z Essentially Ellington celebrates the music of Duke Ellington and other classic jazz composers and has been open to bands west of the Mississippi since 1999. Seattle’s Roosevelt High School Jazz Band members win awards at Essentially Ellington jazz festival 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z Both events are presented by the Duke Ellington Center for the Arts. Spare Times for April 25-May 1 2014-04-24T22:25:50Z Strait told Berry the museum wanted to place him in the cultural context of African American musical greats like Duke Ellington. How the museum talked Chuck Berry into giving up his prized red Cadillac 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z Duke Ellington understood what Mavis's high school voice teacher did not. New book traces the Staples family's soulful journey and unique sound 2014-01-18T06:00:00Z Over the years, it has been home to everyone from George and Ira Gershwin to Duke Ellington. Harlem’s renaissance: how art, food and history are shaping its latest evolution 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z Duke Ellington, a peerless composer as well as a great pianist, reached a stylistic apogee in the early nineteen-forties and revealed little trace of new trends over the next thirty years. A Hidden Hero of Jazz 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z In his teens, he lived with his father in Washington, enrolling in the Duke Ellington School of the Arts. Wallace Roney, Jazz Trumpet Virtuoso, Is Dead at 59 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z In his youth Mr. Schuller horrified his father by declaring that in the hands of the best musicians Duke Ellington’s music rivaled Beethoven’s. Tanglewood’s Contemporary Music Fest Milks Many Sources 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z “Because when I started hearing it, especially Duke Ellington, I knew right away that it was great music — extraordinary harmonies, extraordinary orchestrations, extraordinary rhythms and invention and imagination.” Gunther Schuller, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer who bridged jazz and classical music, dies at 89 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z Duke Ellington heard recordings of her singing and hired her as a vocalist with his orchestra. Nat King Cole's widow dies at 89 2012-07-12T11:21:30Z The Pulitzers refused a special citation for Duke Ellington, who never won the award. Kendrick Lamar Shakes Up the Pulitzer Game: Let’s Discuss 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z In 1959, Dankworth and his jazz orchestra began touring the United States and they performed with Duke Ellington, who later became a close friend. 2010-02-07T10:53:00Z It is like listening to Mozart or Beethoven or Louis Armstrong or Duke Ellington. 'The Beatles' bring all their loving back to Broadway 2013-07-25T12:37:43Z Duke Ellington said there are only two kinds of music, good and bad. film: Sometimes A Vegetable Is Just a Vegetable 2011-06-17T15:55:10Z Her work is regularly regarded in the same light as giants such as Gil Evans and Duke Ellington. 50 great moments in jazz: Carla Bley's Escalator Over the Hill 2011-01-18T13:06:04Z I played some of his music, and I played a little Duke Ellington. Film: Australian and Scottish Common Film Sense 2010-12-10T21:30:00Z The chef’s poise in the dining room stems from her resume: In a previous life, Law-Yone was an English and art history teacher at Duke Ellington School of the Arts. Thamee lets diners feast on Burmese stories 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z To the effervescent horns of the Duke Ellington music, she swept across a City Center studio with bladelike leaping turns. An Ailey Dancer’s Career Blooms, at the Company and Beyond 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z As suites, and in some aspects of arrangement and harmony, they contained the spirit and substance of Duke Ellington. Music Review: Jazz at Lincoln Center Offers 2 Works by Orchestra Members 2012-05-21T04:13:57Z These include Louis Armstrong's blazing Hot Five and Hot Seven sessions of 1926-28, and pioneering larger-ensemble music from Jelly Roll Morton and Duke Ellington. Dancing on the Edge: what was life really like for black jazz bands in 1930s Britain? 2013-02-04T17:46:28Z On Duke Ellington's 1927 "Black and Tan Fantasy," his left hand plays old-style stride piano and his right hand adds a more contemporary layer. 9 of the year's best overlooked albums 2011-01-07T22:04:04Z The Duke Ellington songbook has been tapped for the shows “Sophisticated Ladies” and “Play On!” On and Off Broadway, doing more with less 2013-12-04T22:00:07Z In keeping with her character’s dedication to tradition, Tyson went to a barbershop — the same one Duke Ellington frequented — and asked the barber to cut her hair off. Cicely Tyson: A pioneer stretches her acting muscles in a new career chapter 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z The Duke Ellington School of the Arts Chamber Singers joined the ensemble for a lively, hugely fun reading of the choral cantata “Nun ist das Heil,” BWV 50, which closed the evening. PostClassical brings warmth and sensuality to an all-Bach concert at Dumbarton Church “It’s a testament not only to the depth of his contribution to the world of Duke Ellington, but a testament to the breadth of his work away from Ellington and apart from Ellington,” he said. Billy Strayhorn Archive Acquired by Library of Congress 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z Mr. Valdés began the evening with a salute to Duke Ellington, threading one familiar theme into the next. Music Review: Chucho Vald?s Plays With the Afro-Cuban Messengers 2012-01-24T23:07:41Z “As Mr. DeFrancesco played Duke Ellington’s ‘Sophisticated Lady,’ the elder musicians beamed and whispered encouragement,” Jonathan Probber wrote of that show in The New York Times. Joey DeFrancesco, Reigning King of the Jazz Organ, Dies at 51 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z By midcentury, the annual parade had become one of the largest gatherings of African Americans in the U.S., attracting national figures such as Duke Ellington and Muhammad Ali. When Black kids — shut out world of children’s literature — took matters into their own hands 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z He’s made his share of serious and historically weighted works, but here he takes the good-times mode of “Night Creature,” a 1974 Ailey classic set to a Duke Ellington score. The Ailey Company Meets the Challenge of This Lost Season 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z The contemporary soundtrack to that culture included transformative jazz from Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington. Artist Archibald J. Motley Jr.'s Jazz Age imagery on display at LACMA 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z He brought priceless experience, having played with greats such as Sun Ra, Herbie Hancock and Duke Ellington, and a sense of service and desire to teach others that continued well after his retirement in 2011. Seattle jazz community holds benefit for Julian Priester, who helped create jazz as we know it 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z Few albums can boast a Duke Ellington vocal clip, the Muslim call to prayer and a Kenny G sax solo. Jon Batiste goes galaxy-building with ambitious new album ‘World Music Radio’ 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z Set to music by Duke Ellington, Wynton Marsalis and War, the piece features dancers clad in flowing white, Jamison’s signature look. Five top dance companies give NY fans a treat at free outdoor festival founded during pandemic 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z Last Thursday night, Dudamel turned to two impressive Duke Ellington symphonic works: “Three Black Kings” and “Night Creature.” Commentary: Look out, New York. This is what an L.A. summer week looks like for Gustavo Dudamel 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z One of the most respected and influential figures in American music, Jones has collaborated with and shaped the careers of countless artists, from Miles Davis and Duke Ellington to Ray Charles and Michael Jackson. Quincy Jones released from hospital in 'great spirits' after health scare 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z Duke Ellington featured a skit about zoot suits in a musical review that played at the Mayan in downtown Los Angeles in the spring of 1941. Zoot suit: How the bold look made history and continues to influence fashion 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z Bill Lee, a jazz bassist who played with Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Aretha Franklin and Duke Ellington, who was also the father of filmmaker Spike Lee, died at his Brooklyn home Wednesday morning. Bill Lee, jazz bassist and father of filmmaker Spike Lee, dies at 94 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z The jazz clubs that drew the likes of Billie Holiday and Duke Ellington disappeared, and so, too, did the soul food restaurants. Can Reparations Bring Black Residents Back to San Francisco? 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z The production was an ambitious choice by the teachers at D.C.’s Duke Ellington School of the Arts, where my son is a sophomore. Perspective | For today’s kids, Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm’ isn’t an old story. 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z Anderson was a founding member of the faculty at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts. Perspective | A sacred sculpture again sees the light of day in Northwest Washington 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z Scott, who is a graduate of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in D.C. and head of the Capitol Hill Jazz Foundation, said that getting instruments for students has been a struggle. Perspective | Why it’s important to teach Black kids Black history and culture 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z Ms. Sloane once introduced herself to Duke Ellington, saying she made it a point to sing at least one of his tunes in every performance. Carol Sloane, jazz singer of late-blooming acclaim, dies at 85 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z Duke Ellington and Charles Drew were born here. Guide to the best Black History Month events around Washington 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z The stages and classrooms at Duke Ellington — and the faith their instructors have in them — is their haven. Perspective | For today’s kids, Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm’ isn’t an old story. 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z Part of the charm of this newcomer in the St. Gregory Hotel, named after jazz great Duke Ellington, is how many questions it solves for diners. Review | Tom Sietsema’s 7 favorite places to eat right now 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z One of the people signing a petition to “Save Duke Ellington” said simply this about the unique, dynamic institution: “We cannot afford to lose the school to bureaucracy.” Perspective | Duke Ellington teens resist DCPS, fear losing school ‘to bureaucracy’ 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z Instead, Dudamel is intermixing full regular concerts as well as Saturday morning children’s versions with exuberantly performed excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker,” along with Duke Ellington arrangements given sensational swing. Review: The 'Tristan Project' is back and more important than ever 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z It’s not uncommon to hear music playing at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts. First lady of France visits Duke Ellington School of the Arts 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z My tastes broadened a bit in college, with a whiff of pretentiousness: Sam Cooke, Duke Ellington, Tom Waits, Benny Goodman, Jacques Brel and a jazz fusion band called Weather Report. Confessions of a middle-aged fanboy 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z Plus, a Williamstown Theatre Festival update and parsing Duke Ellington’s legacy, in our weekly arts newsletter. Blythe Danner reveals she has oral cancer, which claimed life of husband Bruce Paltrow 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z There is Catholic Mass in Spanish at the theater where Duke Ellington once headlined. In Los Angeles, Politics Are More Complex Than a Racist Recording Indicates 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z “The entire Duke Ellington band might come to dinner in our apartment,” Powell said. Perspective | McCarthyism silenced this Black icon. Now dancers are making noise. 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z Duke Ellington was established in 1974 with a mission of providing a free, first-class arts education to children in the nation’s capital. First lady of France visits Duke Ellington School of the Arts 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Since I love Duke Ellington, and would want to celebrate the king of jazz who was a true Washingtonian, we’d have a pianist playing his music the whole evening. How Design Army’s Pum Lefebure would spend a perfect day in D.C. 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z More than 40 years ago, a young woman — she had just graduated from college — jumped 125 feet to her death from the Duke Ellington Bridge over Rock Creek Park in Adams Morgan. Opinion | Bridge suicide barriers work. It’s past time to put up more. 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z Each made vague reference to data supporting the effectiveness of fencing on D.C.’s Duke Ellington Bridge. Opinion | Suicide barriers are more than worth the cost 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z “Jazz as entertainment and jazz as art. … Count Basie and Duke Ellington’s playing was for dancers, but something happened where jazz entertainment came to be looked down upon by musicians.” Ramsey Lewis, pianist with crossover hit “The ‘In’ Crowd,” dies at 87 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z That was the year Edwards retired from the school system as teacher at Duke Ellington School of the Arts. Perspective | Veteran singers give voice to memories of the D.C. Youth Chorale 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z In October 1958, Duke Ellington played a concert in Leeds, an unfashionable industrial city in the north of England. The Sex Pistols sneered she wasn't human. But for many artists, the queen was more cipher than enemy 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z “When D.C. authorities installed fencing at the Duke Ellington Bridge, which crosses Rock Creek Park in Northwest Washington, suicides decreased by 90 percent, and jumps at nearby bridges did not increase.” Perspective | After a veterinarian’s death, a D.C. bridge could get a suicide barrier 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z Today, the most distinguishing characteristic on the outside of the building is the massive mural of jazz musician Duke Ellington, a replica of one that was once above the U Street Metro station. At historic Black D.C. landmark, a legacy of uplift carries on 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z Sarah entertained Duke Ellington, Joe Louis and Count Basie in the house that soon became known as the Rector Mansion. ‘World’s Richest Negro Girl’ inspired media ridicule, fascination, alarm 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Sempé, who died Aug. 11 at 89, said he was enraptured as a boy listening to jazz greats such as Duke Ellington and Count Basie and how their music could convey feelings without words. Jean-Jacques Sempé, whimsical illustrator of New Yorker covers, dies at 89 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z Personally, I’ve mostly spent the last couple of days at home, knowing my place, worrying about whether that priceless Duke Ellington record is going to end up in a thrift store. The Sex Pistols sneered she wasn't human. But for many artists, the queen was more cipher than enemy 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z Duke Ellington arrived in New York just as the Harlem Renaissance was getting underway. A Drop in Murders 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z “And all of the great performers would play there. Duke Ellington, Ms. Lena Horne.” At historic Black D.C. landmark, a legacy of uplift carries on 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z Five minutes that will make you love Duke Ellington. Your Thursday Briefing: Tensions Rise as Pelosi Leaves Taiwan 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z The family moved to Los Angeles when he was 13 and ended up next door to the brother of jazz impresario Norman Granz, whose Verve label included Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Charlie Parker. Mo Ostin, longtime Warner records chairman, dies at 95 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z Her performance, in a tribute to the pioneering Black dancer Katherine Dunham, reputedly impressed bandleader Duke Ellington, who was in the audience. Nichelle Nichols, who played Uhura in ‘Star Trek’ franchise, dies at 89 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z A student of ballet and Afro-Cuban dancing, young Nichelle appeared in a revue at Chicago’s Sherman House hotel, where she caught the eye of the renowned Duke Ellington. Nichelle Nichols, who played the communications officer on the Starship Enterprise, has died 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z After the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Northwest Washington planned to dedicate the student theater to the comedian, Chappelle unexpectedly announced last month that it would not bear his name. Dave Chappelle’s show in Minneapolis canceled by venue after backlash 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z Catering to a robust working class, local clubs like the Monterey became an obligatory stop for performers including John Coltrane, Duke Ellington and Billie Holiday. The New New Haven 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z Comedian Dave Chappelle unexpectedly announced Monday that a student theater at his alma mater, Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Northwest Washington, will not bear his name. Dave Chappelle declines having Duke Ellington School theater named for him 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z The Emmy-winning star said Monday that the student theater at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts will no longer be named after him. In surprise move, Dave Chappelle rejects his school's offer to name theater after him 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z Go-go music blared and thousands of people danced along the D.C. corridor where Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington used to perform. Motive remains unclear in shooting at U Street ‘Moechella’ event 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z On Monday, Duke Ellington School of the Arts is dedicating its theater to one of its most famous alumni after students at the school criticized the comedian in November. Despite protests, Dave Chappelle's high school is finally dedicating a theater to him 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z “And like Duke Ellington said, there’s only two kinds of music, good and bad.” A metalhead takes on Sinatra, and even Slash approves 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z “She’s young, but she understands — sometimes too much,” Belliard said Wednesday outside Victoria’s school, Public School 4 Duke Ellington in Washington Heights. Parents face a haunting question: Is any schoolchild safe? 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z In that wave of criticism, Duke Ellington students also voiced concerns about honoring the famous alumnus at his alma mater — a free, public magnet school in Washington, D.C., with a majority Black student body. In surprise move, Dave Chappelle rejects his school's offer to name theater after him 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z He was also on the boards of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington and Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Md. Community deaths 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z His grandfather, Clarence “Legs” Osborne, was a trumpeter who played with Count Basie, Duke Ellington and other famous Black musical acts. New reparations focus: Black enclaves lost to development 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z Taylor, who has worked as comfortably with Leopold Stokowski and Pierre Boulez as with Duke Ellington and Thad Jones, has a long and fruitful relationship with PostClassical. Review | PostClassical Ensemble gives Mahler’s 4th symphony ‘A Wicked New Look’ 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z He noted that Henderson had coached Charles Drew, who went to become one of the nation’s most celebrated doctors, and mentored Duke Ellington, the famed jazz composer and bandleader, in the District. The ‘father of Black basketball’ transformed a White-dominated sport 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z Duke Ellington School of the Arts in D.C. is dedicating a theater to alum Dave Chappelle despite students criticizing the comedian’s November visit. In surprise move, Dave Chappelle rejects his school's offer to name theater after him 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z The Duke Ellington School of the Arts saved my life, and after news of possible changes to the school’s management brought together decades of alumni, I know I am not alone. Opinion | Duke Ellington is a school like no other. That shouldn’t change. 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z “Everyone is kind of with Chris,” my son told me, after the students and teachers discussed the incident in their classes and in the hallways of Duke Ellington School for the Arts. Perspective | D.C. is doing what it does best — taking sides. Team Will? Team Chris? How about Team Jada? 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z Quik has, to my ears, always operated like an orchestrator more than anything, akin to Quincy Jones or Duke Ellington. When it comes to the L.A. sound, don't get it twisted: DJ Quik is still the name 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z Bands led by Duke Ellington and Fletcher Henderson got people up on their feet and dancing. myWorld: The Growth of Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z His maternal grandmother, Adelaide Brown, was a pianist and music teacher, and one of Richie’s uncles, a sometime arranger for Duke Ellington, gave young Lionel his first saxophone. We've been thinking about Lionel Richie all wrong 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z When we talk about reparations for the descendants of people enslaved on this land, Black cornerstones such as the Duke Ellington School of the Arts should be included. Opinion | Duke Ellington is a school like no other. That shouldn’t change. 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z The students at Duke Ellington are aware of the consequences of a comedy bit that hits an unsavory note. Perspective | D.C. is doing what it does best — taking sides. Team Will? Team Chris? How about Team Jada? 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z Phil in what became a historic Duke Ellington program at the Hollywood Bowl, with Ellington as the soloist in his piano concerto “New World A-Comin’.” Timpanist and composer William Kraft, who helped usher in the modern L.A. Phil, dies at 98 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z He hardly needed to, what with the Duke Ellington Orchestra. Commentary: The Duke Dilemma: Symphonic Ellington is a mainstay — but still in need of revival 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z In the afternoons, she played piano for lyricist Bob Russell, who was writing words for songs such as Duke Ellington’s “Don’t Get Around Much Anymore.” Marilyn Bergman, Oscar-winning lyricist of ‘The Way We Were,’ ‘The Windmills of Your Mind,’ dies at 93 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z For me and many artists I’ve met through the Duke Ellington School of the Arts community, creativity is the driver of our existence. Opinion | Duke Ellington is a school like no other. That shouldn’t change. 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z A student at D.C.’s Western High School — now the Duke Ellington School of the Arts — she was the daughter of a Department of Agriculture bureaucrat. 100 years ago, the first Miss America pageant was as messy as today’s 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z Dave Chappelle dropped by D.C.’s Duke Ellington School of the Arts earlier this week and received a less than glowing reception from some students. Dave Chappelle's high school will still name theater after him despite student protest 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z Now, the comedian is hoping to use the debate surrounding his name as a way to raise funds for Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Georgetown, where he attended high school. Dave Chappelle says he'll reject former high school's honor if his critics donate more than his fans 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z Michael Giordano, who has a daughter at Duke Ellington, said parents have not been involved or asked for their opinion about whether it is a right thing for the school to rename its theater. Dave Chappelle’s return to alma mater raised concerns among some students and parents 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z A Duke Ellington official added that the comedian encouraged students who took issue with his comedy to ask him questions, and about eight students came forward. Dave Chappelle doesn't back down when students at DC alma mater slam him as 'bigot' at surprise visit 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z “You know what’s deep is God gave us 12 notes, it’s the same 12 notes that Duke Ellington had, that Bach had, Nina Simone,” he said after winning his Oscar. How Jon Batiste went from 'Colbert' bandleader to 11 Grammy nominations 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z My only intent is to insure Duke Ellington the opportunity to train its artists, unfettered.” Dave Chappelle's high school will still name theater after him despite student protest 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z The student body of the Duke Ellington school was clearly split over opinions on Chappelle in the wake of "The Closer." Dave Chappelle says he'll reject former high school's honor if his critics donate more than his fans 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z The conversation between Chappelle and the Duke Ellington students was first reported by Politico. Dave Chappelle’s return to alma mater raised concerns among some students and parents 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z He made an appearance at D.C.’s Duke Ellington School of the Arts on Tuesday, where 580 students packed the auditorium, according to Politico Playbook. Dave Chappelle doesn't back down when students at DC alma mater slam him as 'bigot' at surprise visit 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z Mr. Chappelle retained close ties with the esteemed Duke Ellington school in Northwest Washington, which focuses on the arts and has a predominately Black enrollment. D.C. school postpones Dave Chappelle theater renaming 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z Duke Ellington is one of the few art schools in the D.C. region with a student body composed primarily of people of color. Duke Ellington school delays naming of theater after Dave Chappelle until April 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z "The Duke Ellington school is a glorious institution," he wrote. Dave Chappelle says he'll reject former high school's honor if his critics donate more than his fans 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z Black artists like the singer Marian Anderson and the composer Duke Ellington once sat in Grace Church’s pews, earning it nicknames like “the Church of the Actors” and “the Harlem Opera House,” said Pastor Pearce. Why New York City Is Trying to Preserve a Crumbling Church 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z The dedication ceremony at Duke Ellington School of the Arts is set to take place next month in Washington, but some students there are not happy with the decision. Dave Chappelle’s controversial comedy special is a catalyst for change as Netflix walkout leads to calls for reform 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z The whimsical Seaside Carousel Mall was built in 1985 on the site of a famous 1920s-era Bungalow Dance Hall, which drew international musicians like Duke Ellington and Glenn Miller. Slip away to Seaside — Oregon’s first resort beach town | Provided by City of Seaside Visitors Bureau 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z Duke Ellington announced its plans to rename the school’s theater after Chappelle last month, hours before “The Closer” dropped on Netflix. Duke Ellington school delays naming of theater after Dave Chappelle until April 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z In 1974, the city repurposed the land to create the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, resulting in the closure of Western High School. Northwest D.C.’s Burleith is a green oasis, but close to the city’s hustle and bustle 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z It was a track entitled, Take the "A" Train, from an album by jazz composer and pianist Duke Ellington. 'How falling from a roof inspired me to become a musician' 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Stirring pieces by the neglected composer Margaret Bonds and the great Duke Ellington paid tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. Review: Viola Davis and the L.A. Phil winningly connect 'Peter and the Wolf' to MLK 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z “America the Melting Pot” New West Symphony’s “Global Sounds, Local Cultures” virtual season continues with a program of works by composers of color including William Grant Still, Florence Price, Duke Ellington and Hazel Scott. Pride with Elton John and Demi Lovato, plus 9 more best bets for the weekend 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z He went on to attend Western High School, which was later renamed the Duke Ellington School of the Arts. Perspective | He stopped playing music to talk about his late wife. His loss struck a chord. 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z The Duke Ellington School of the Arts is an educational and cultural hub in Burleith. Northwest D.C.’s Burleith is a green oasis, but close to the city’s hustle and bustle 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z Navy, Mr. Schmitt found work through his uncle at Apex Studios, where one of his first assignments was recording Duke Ellington. Al Schmitt, 20-time Grammy winner who produced hits for dozens of superstars, dies at 91 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Kurt Vonnegut, the space race and the nuclear arms race were among the topics the teens studied. Granada Hills Charter High wins 8th academic decathlon 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z Assigned weekend duty giving tours of the studio where he was working, he was blindsided to see Duke Ellington enter the studio with his band and start setting up. Al Schmitt, Grammy Award-winning engineer behind countless classics, dies at 91 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z After serving in the Navy, he found work through his uncle at Apex Studios, where one of his first assignments was recording Duke Ellington. Al Schmitt, Grammy winning engineer and producer, dead at 91 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z According to Savannah Williams, director of external affairs for Duke Ellington School, it is the only combined preprofessional training arts program and college preparatory program in the District. Northwest D.C.’s Burleith is a green oasis, but close to the city’s hustle and bustle 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z Soon after signing that deal, Storm married Herb Jeffries, the singer in Duke Ellington’s Orchestra known as Hollywood’s first singing black cowboy. Tempest Storm, legendary burlesque star, dies at Vegas home 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z A benefit concert, headlined by huge stars including Billie Holiday, Woody Guthrie and Duke Ellington, was organized to raise money for Woodard. A Black WWII veteran was beaten and blinded, fueling the civil rights movement 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z While Leila admits she was a Beatles fan, she says: "That was much more on a superficial pop level. The music that emotionally got me was black music, like Duke Ellington's." Black Power: A British story of resistance told through music 2021-03-27T04:00:00Z The theater hosted the likes of Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Bing Crosby and many other big names, eventually became a movie theater and was boarded up in the 1980s. Pru Center operator to take over storied Jersey City theater 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z The Duke Ellington School’s location in Burleith is key to its mission of holistic learning. Northwest D.C.’s Burleith is a green oasis, but close to the city’s hustle and bustle 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z Donal Leace, 81, a Washington-area folk singer and guitarist who also taught at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in the District, died Nov. 21 at a medical center in Dallas. Community deaths 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z Few American public high schools are anything like the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, D.C. Perspective | Why did education leaders trash a school full of music, dance and art? 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z A lifelong admirer of Duke Ellington, the Cannes native was a professional musician by his teens and over the following decades would perform with everyone from Lionel Hampton to Yo-Yo Ma. Claude Bolling, popular jazz-classical musician, dead at 90 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z After studying electrical engineering and music at the University of Minnesota, Swedien and his family moved to Chicago in 1958, where he began recording jazz artists including Duke Ellington and Sarah Vaughan. Bruce Swedien, studio engineer for Michael Jackson, dies aged 86 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z Duke Ellington School of the Arts requires an application. Northwest D.C.’s Burleith is a green oasis, but close to the city’s hustle and bustle 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z In the 1980s and 1990s, he was head of the drama department and a teacher at Duke Ellington. Community deaths 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z They went on to record jazz artists like Duke Ellington and Dinah Washington together, but it was their work on Michael Jackson's records that really cemented Swedien's reputation. Michael Jackson's Thriller engineer, Bruce Swedien, has died aged 86 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z Cathy Robertson, 56, voted early, but her mother insisted on casting her ballot on Election Day itself, so Robertson escorted her to the polls at Duke Ellington School in the District. Few lines, almost no waits: Record early turnout transformed Election Day in most of the region 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z “I have worked with many very talented artists in music, but none can compare with Duke Ellington for genuine love of what we are doing,” Swedien wrote in 2013. Bruce Swedien, studio engineer for Michael Jackson, dies aged 86 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z At the orchestra’s last full concert, a Sunday matinee at Walt Disney Concert Hall on March 8, Gustavo Dudamel conducted an inspiring performance of Duke Ellington’s “Three Black Kings,” with MLK being the final King. Commentary: The L.A. Phil quiet no more 2020-10-25T04:00:00Z In 2018, Kang oversaw a high-profile investigation into alleged residency fraud at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, accusing more than 100 students of living outside the city and illegally attending the school. D.C.’s state superintendent for education, Hanseul Kang, to step down 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z There is no city plaque on the house designating it a landmark, nor any street named after Peterson, a dazzling, finger-flying pianist and 20th-century musical giant whom Duke Ellington called “the maharajah of the keyboard.” Should Montreal Subway Honor Polarizing Priest or Jazz Genius? 2020-08-10T04:00:00Z That led Duke Ellington to ask her to stand in for Billie Holliday at the famous Apollo Theatre in Harlem, New York. Jazz singer Annie Ross dies aged 89 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z Singer was recruited for the Duke Ellington Orchestra and played with Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie and Ray Charles, among others. He’s 100, a renowned jazz musician and a survivor of Tulsa’s 1921 race massacre 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z My son was supposed to graduate from Duke Ellington School of the Arts this year, but, of course, there was no graduation. How playwright Karen Zacarias would spend a perfect day in D.C. 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z The world-renowned dancer can still vividly recall heading to New York City’s Apollo Theater alongside her grandmother to watch her grandfather, Duke Ellington, perform on stage. Duke Ellington’s granddaughter explains why he refused to retire: ‘That urgency never left him’ 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z The rules are simple: The musicians could record any tune they wanted, in any way they wanted, as long as it was by Duke Ellington or his composing partner Billy Strayhorn. Inspired by Duke Ellington, the Seven Tones Project brings quarantined musicians and filmmakers together 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z Darrell was a 16-year-old dance student at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts when his social worker told him about a lawyer who was interested in being his foster parent. Two black men died of covid-19 five days apart. This is what was lost. 2020-05-25T04:00:00Z We usually get a new type of vegan chocolate to nibble on for the walk home across the Duke Ellington Memorial Bridge. How Carolyn Becker of @dcveganlife would spend a perfect day in D.C. 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z After his parents divorced, Mr. Roney moved with his father to Washington, where he attended the Duke Ellington School of the Arts. Wallace Roney, Grammy-winning jazz trumpeter, dies of coronavirus at 59 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z But Mrs Walker - whose life also inspired a Duke Ellington opera - remains the best known. The self-made millionaire still inspiring a century later 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z The school system said Smith no longer works at Duke Ellington. Former Duke Ellington School instructor charged with sexual abuse of a minor 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z Inman, another native of the District, studied music at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts. Alvin Ailey company features six local children at the Kennedy Center in its signature work 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z Called “Satin Doll,” the album has been teased by the label as a “simultaneous synchronized sonic construction/deconstruction of jazz standards” and is named for the Duke Ellington song. California Sounds: Jazz imprint Nonesuch explores L.A. with Jeff Parker and Sam Gendel 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Harlem 100 Variety show featuring the music of Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, etc., celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Harlem Renaissance. Theater in L.A. this week: 'The Grinch,' 'Key Largo' and more 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z The program included Duke Ellington and the Gershwins — and requests, which Eaton always invites, even though he knows it’s a high-wire act. Perspective | Celebrating decades of music from the fingers of piano man John Eaton 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z For my high school newspaper, I keyed in on musicians at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, in Washington, D.C., where I’m from. The Backstory: Photographing an artist who works with fire and light 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z Chappelle grew up outside Washington in Silver Spring, Maryland and attended Washington’s Duke Ellington High School for the performing arts. The Latest: Stand-up Chappelle credits DC for his talents 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z She sang the works of Wagner, but also Duke Ellington. Opera star Jessye Norman’s funeral set for Georgia hometown 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z Duke Ellington questioned descriptions of “Porgy” as a “Negro opera,” even as he admired the flair of the writing. Star-Crossed Pairings in “Porgy and Bess” and “Denis & Katya” 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z Photo: Netflix Jordan Peele has been voicing the ghost of Duke Ellington, who haunts Nick’s attic, since Big Mouth’s first episode. In season 3, Netflix’s Big Mouth keeps maturing (and immaturing) 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z She sang the works of Wagner but was not limited to opera or classical music, performing songs by Duke Ellington and others as well. Jessye Norman, international opera star, dead at 74 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z She sang the works of Wagner, but was not limited to opera or classical music, performing songs by Duke Ellington and others as well. Jessye Norman, international opera star, dead at 74 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z Indeed, the book concludes hastily after Gershwin’s passing with a cursory and inorganic comparison to Duke Ellington and Aaron Copland. Review | The thoroughly modern genius of George Gershwin 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z Duke Ellington was among the first to take up extended residence. These stories explain L.A.'s dazzling rise 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z Residency fraud garnered attention in 2018 after a city investigation accused more than 160 teenagers at Duke Ellington School of the Arts of living outside the District. 16 suburban parents accused of fraudulently enrolling children in D.C. schools 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z A D.C. native, Mr. Chappelle attended a magnet school named for another performing artist and native son, Duke Ellington. ‘Sticks & Stones,’ guns and scaredy cats 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Phil commissioned her to write an overture for an all-American program at the Bowl that includes music by Charles Ives, Samuel Barber and Duke Ellington. History forgot these female composers. An L.A. music writer is helping us remember 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z He completed his first short, “Daybreak Express,” in 1953, combining a pulsing Duke Ellington score with a jazzy, shadowy montage of an elevated New York City subway station and passengers. D.A. Pennebaker, filmmaker who brought cinéma vérité to culture and politics, dies at 94 2019-08-04T04:00:00Z He completed his first short, "Daybreak Express," in 1953, combining a pulsing Duke Ellington score with a jazzy, shadowy montage of an elevated New York City subway station and its passengers. Oscar winner D.A. Pennebaker, director of documentaries on Dylan and Clinton, dies at 94 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z The venue was the first stage on which Vincennes native Skelton performed and it also hosted the Marx Brothers, Spike Jones and Duke Ellington. Renovation begins on theater where Red Skelton got his start 2019-07-07T04:00:00Z Touring musicians like Cab Calloway and Duke Ellington would gather at the union hall at 24th and Jefferson and play. Ruby Bishop, Seattle jazz artist and queen of the keys at Vito’s, dies at 99 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z Over on ABC, jazz legend Duke Ellington introduced a new song called “Moon Maiden.” 50 years later, TV is still enamored of the Apollo 11 moonwalk 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z The performer’s first Tony nomination was for “Play On!” — a musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” featuring Duke Ellington’s music. André De Shields just won his first Tony at 73. Here are 5 facts on his epic career 2019-06-09T04:00:00Z Harrington mentions “Symposium in Blues,” a promotional record featuring Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Artie Shaw. The Troubled History of Psychiatry 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z Davie Yarborough, who was Armstrong’s English teacher for two years at Duke Ellington School of the Arts, recalled the first time they talked about the possibility of her going beyond high school. Perspective | She grew up believing college was a ‘scam’ and a ‘rip-off.’ Let’s not prove her right. 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z Beginning in the late 1930s, he partnered with Duke Ellington to create some of the most important jazz music ever recorded. Where Are the Statues of L.G.B.T.Q. Pioneers? Here Are 11 Worthy New Yorkers 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z The son of academics, Chappelle grew up in Silver Spring, Md., and began performing stand-up when he was a 14-year-old student at the Duke Ellington School for the Arts. Dave Chappelle to receive the 2019 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z On the horizon were professional friendships with Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Artie Shaw and other legends of swing and jazz. Norma Miller, Lindy-Hopping ‘Queen of Swing,’ is dead at 99 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z She recommended looking for experts at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, a D.C. public high school where most students are black. Perspective | Note to school administrators: Listen to parents. They might know a thing or two. 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z It immediately devolved into a peculiar discussion about Eidinger’s daughter, who attends the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, a popular public school in Washington. Maryland Rep. Andy Harris is ‘Public Enemy No. 1’ for marijuana activists. How did it get so personal? 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z In the summer of 1956, the mighty Duke Ellington and his frequent collaborator Billy Strayhorn found themselves in Ontario, where Ellington’s band was performing a couple of concerts at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival. Sam Gold’s Self-Serving Vision of “King Lear” 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z He won an Emmy for the episode, which he then donated to his alma mater, Duke Ellington. Dave Chappelle to receive the 2019 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z He also taught at the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design and at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts. Notable deaths in the Washington area 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z “He took Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk and Sarah Vaughan around the world.” Can Vanity Fair's Radhika Jones keep the party going? 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z Upon graduation, she said many of the students attend Duke Ellington School of the Arts — the traditional public school system’s renowned application arts school. ‘It’s absolutely terrible’: When a charter school closes, what happens to the kids? 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z “Duke Ellington played his first concert right across the street from us,” U Street Music Hall founder Will Eastman told WTOP. D.C. music scene attracts visitors to variety of venues 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z Duke Ellington was doing one of his sacred concerts at the Presbyterian Church nearby, on Fifth Avenue, had heard I was down, and sent over his choir to cheer me up. My perfect Christmas music playlist, by Jarvis Cocker, Tony Bennett, Sarah Cracknell, Mabel, Natalie Prass and John Grant 2018-12-23T05:00:00Z Schools attended by the children include Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Capitol Hill Montessori and McKinley Technology High School, according to a statement from Racine’s office. D.C. accuses Maryland parents of residency fraud in lawsuits 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z Count Basie, Duke Ellington jumping over fireplugs and never looking back. ‘With the Momentum of a Pitcher in Full Windup, He Launched Into the Piece’ 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z In it we learn that, from the beginning, the investigation of what was described as widespread residency fraud at the renowned Duke Ellington School of the Arts was a mess. Perspective | How to defame dozens of school parents and never say you’re sorry 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z He remained there for more than forty years, playing with the Sun Ra Arkestra, Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, and Mongo Santamaría. Deval Patrick’s Presidential Prospects 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z On a typical night, he would play recordings by Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington and Andy Williams. Bill Mayhugh, longtime D.C. radio host who raised millions for charity, dies at 91 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z In May, a citywide investigation alleged that more than 30 percent of the students at Duke Ellington School of the Arts — more than 160 students — lived outside the city and were not paying tuition. D.C. accuses Maryland parents of residency fraud in lawsuits 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z D.C. police are investigating allegations of sexual misconduct against a department chair at Duke Ellington School of the Arts. Duke Ellington School of the Arts teacher is accused of sexual misconduct, placed on leave 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z And it did so without seeking the help of what it thought were thieves lurking in the Duke Ellington community. Perspective | How to defame dozens of school parents and never say you’re sorry 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z The chancellor’s daughter attended Duke Ellington School of the Arts at the beginning of the school year, which Bowser has said she knew. Probe details story behind school transfer that cost top D.C. education officials their jobs 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z Buses and trains trundling across the District to the Duke Ellington School of the Arts. ‘All-time-high stress level’: Accused and banned, teen dancer sorely missed school 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z Songwriter Billy Strayhorn wrote some of Duke Ellington’s most well-known songs, including “Take the ‘A’ Train” and “Satin Doll.” Essential Arts: Interpreting John Cage, Lincoln Jones' 'Burlesque,' a fast-food play and Lari Pittman - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z “You may be aware that an email has recently been circulated alleging sexual misconduct by a Duke Ellington staff member in 2013,” Logan wrote in her letter to parents. Duke Ellington School of the Arts teacher is accused of sexual misconduct, placed on leave 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z It kicks off with Cantaloupe Island and finishes with Duke Ellington’s Caravan. When Jay Rayner met Jeff Goldblum 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z Niles told investigators that Wilson called her to inform her in September 2017 that his daughter was “unhappy” at Duke Ellington School of the Arts, a prestigious public school specializing in performing arts. Probe details story behind school transfer that cost top D.C. education officials their jobs 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z By the late 1950s, Mr. Sabin was producing concerts and other performances, featuring such acclaimed musicians as Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis and Oscar Peterson. Ira Sabin, D.C. record-store owner, founder of JazzTimes magazine, dies at 90 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z The earliest surviving radio broadcast of Duke Ellington. Essential Arts: Interpreting John Cage, Lincoln Jones' 'Burlesque,' a fast-food play and Lari Pittman - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z The 2,000-seat Turner’s Arena hosted all manner of events, including basketball games, union meetings, revival meetings, speeches and concerts by the likes of Duke Ellington and Nat King Cole. Perspective | Answer Man wrestles with some pugilistic Washington history 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z In 1965, a jury tried to give a Pulitzer to Duke Ellington, but the board refused. The Sounds of Music in the Twenty-first Century 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z Aretha performed at three US presidents' inauguration events - starting with a medley of Duke Ellington hits for Democrat Jimmy Carter in 1977. Five ways Aretha Franklin made history 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z When she’s not onstage, the Duke Ellington School of the Arts alum is spending time getting reacquainted with her hometown. Comedian Asia Martin dreams up a perfect D.C. day with soul food, cookies and Eastern Market 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z The agency said plans are to realign the M Street bike lane adjacent to Duke Ellington Park, but more details will be provided by the business group later this month. D.C. cyclist’s death moves city to make some changes to downtown intersection 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z He ascribed to Duke Ellington’s view: there are two kinds of music, good and bad. 'He was high-brow, low-brow, every-brow!' – the genius of Leonard Bernstein 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z From then on, Butler would listen to everything his mother brought home from the bargain bin, including pianist Duke Ellington and trombonist and bandleader Ray Conniff. Obituary: The blind pianist and photographer 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z She also voted against a proposal to spend an additional $5 million on finishing touches at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, after a $165 million renovation was already $100 million over its budget. Why a progressive D.C. lawmaker is suddenly facing opposition 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z The theater was instrumental in introducing jazz to Brooklyn, hosting Duke Ellington and his orchestra in 1931. Ornate NYC theater, used for years as a gym, to be restored 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z In his top 10 most-edited pages are the jazz musician Duke Ellington, The Sun newspaper, and Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre. Galloway's war of words with a mystery Wikipedia editor 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z Cabness grew up in the District attending mostly private schools and graduated from Duke Ellington School of the Arts before going to college. Perspective | Why Washington is one of the worst places to be black and pregnant 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z At issue is the city’s handling of its allegations of widespread enrollment fraud at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts. Opinion | Cracking down on school enrollment fraud 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z Both Directions at Once was recorded at an intensely fertile time for Coltrane and his quartet – as well as Ballads and Impressions, he also released a collaboration with Duke Ellington in 1963. 'A new room in the Great Pyramid': lost 1963 John Coltrane album discovered 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z Duke Ellington School of the Arts takes great pride in offering an exceptional educational program within D.C. Opinion | Ellington remains committed to its students and its mission 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z They brought in musicians such as Duke Ellington and Jean Ritchie to help augment its music program. Alexander Orr, co-founder of experimental Hawthorne School, dies at 94 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z But this month, a city agency notified Proctor that her daughter was fraudulently enrolled in Duke Ellington School of the Arts. D.C.’s Ellington School families sue city following investigation that found widespread enrollment fraud. 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z “The District of Columbia is full of brilliant young artists and musicians who deserve the ability to attend Duke Ellington,” Grosso said. Renowned D.C. high school plagued by enrollment fraud, investigation finds 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z A new report from the reveals a quarter of students at the coveted Duke Ellington School of the Arts were enrolled illegally. Parents, officials fume over widespread residency fraud across DC school system 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z The administration at Duke Ellington remains deeply committed to that mission. Opinion | Ellington remains committed to its students and its mission 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Blues in the Night Revival of this musical revue created by Sheldon Epps features classic songs by Bessie Smith, Duke Ellington, et al. The week ahead in L.A. theater, April 29-May 6: 'The Baby Dance: Mixed' at Rubicon Theatre and more 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z When Duke Ellington was controversially denied a Pulitzer in 1965, he responded: “Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn’t want me to be too famous too young.” From street kid to Pulitzer: why Kendrick Lamar deserves the prize 2018-04-22T04:00:00Z Smith said Duke Ellington’s leadership, including Principal Sandi Logan, are technically employees of the nonprofit Duke Ellington School of the Arts Project. Renowned D.C. high school plagued by enrollment fraud, investigation finds 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z Most famously, in 1965, the Pulitzer advisory board nixed the recommendation of a jury that had pushed for Duke Ellington to be given a special citation for the "vitality and originality of his total production." Kendrick Lamar's Pulitzer Prize sparks lively — and at times snobby — conversations on the aesthetics of music 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z The writer is chief executive of Duke Ellington School of the Arts. Opinion | Ellington remains committed to its students and its mission 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z In 1965, jurors recommended awarding a special citation to Duke Ellington, but were rejected. Kendrick Lamar’s Pulitzer win hailed as ‘big for music’ 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z Chesney was also an acclaimed harmonica player who performed with Gracie Fields, Duke Ellington and others. On the Buses co-writer dies at 98 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z Charles Barber, president of the board of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts Project, did not respond Friday to requests for comment. Renowned D.C. high school plagued by enrollment fraud, investigation finds 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z He was up to his eyeballs in debt and frustrated that all his hard work at Duke Ellington High School of the Arts didn’t mean a rain of scholarships to study opera. Perspective | At 3, he lost his dad in a drive-by shooting. At 19, he’s mulling Juilliard for opera. 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z Without a headstone, Ms. Bayes remained largely left off the cemetery’s long lists for visitors of notables, which include Duke Ellington, Miles Davis and Irving Berlin. After 90 Years, a Broadway Headliner Is Getting a Headstone 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z “All of us sitting at that table were fully aware of Duke Ellington in 1965 being passed over for the Pulitzer and a jazz artist not winning for some time,” said Griffin. Kendrick Lamar’s Pulitzer win hailed as ‘big for music’ 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z The venue was the first stage on which Vincennes-born comedian Red Skelton performed and it also hosted the Marx Brothers, Spike Jones and Duke Ellington. Theater where Red Skelton debuted is snubbed for state grant 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z “The American aesthetic landscape is littered with idiosyncratic marvels — Walt Whitman, Charles Ives, D.W. Griffith, Duke Ellington, Jackson Pollock — and Taylor belongs with them,” wrote New Yorker jazz critic Whitney Balliett. Cecil Taylor, pianist who was ‘the eternal outer curve of the avant-garde,’ dies at 89 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z But it was talking to Anderson’s Duke Ellington teachers, then hearing Crabill’s assessment, that convinced me I was in the presence of a rare talent. Perspective | At 3, he lost his dad in a drive-by shooting. At 19, he’s mulling Juilliard for opera. 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z The Washington Post reported last week that an internal investigation has uncovered signs of widespread enrollment fraud at Duke Ellington School of the Arts. D.C. mayor called her ousted school chancellor’s action ‘indefensible.’ He says she knew about it for months. 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z The disclosure by The Washington Post of the probe into false D.C. residency claims at Duke Ellington School of the Arts raises the prospect of more. As D.C. probes school enrollment fraud, more paybacks could be coming 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z Public Schools’ latest scandal, involving alleged enrollment fraud at The Duke Ellington School of the Arts, only adds to the school system’s woes in monitoring who is attending which schools. Muriel Bowser’s mayoral re-election hopes may take hit from new school scandal 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z State Superintendent of Education Hanseul Kang told The Washington Post Tuesday the annual audit of student residency at D.C. schools uncovered “specific concerns” at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts. Secret audit points to enrollment fraud at DC high school 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z Wilson’s daughter was attending one of the school system’s most coveted schools, Duke Ellington School of the Arts. Perspective | D.C. school lottery: An academic ‘Hunger Games’ parents are desperate to win 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z “At this rate firearms purchases and money spent on training will soon become tax deductible for educators,” said a frustrated Lester Green, a music teacher at Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Northwest Washington. Perspective | Teachers are outraged at the idea of carrying weapons. And they should be. 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z The performance will include the Duke Ellington School of the Arts concert choir. Perspective | ‘Porgy and Bess’ wouldn’t have been the same without this Washingtonian 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z Wilson participated in the lottery process to find schools for his children, and his oldest enrolled in the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in the fall as a sophomore. D.C. Public Schools leader to resign after skirting school assignment rules 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z His oldest child, a dancer, was enrolled at Duke Ellington School of the Arts, the selective public school in Georgetown where admission is based on an audition, interview and exam. D.C. schools chancellor bats away calls for resignation after he sought special treatment 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z Over the next several years, she almost single-handedly collected millions of dollars to help the program evolve into the Duke Ellington school, housed at the site of the former Western High School in Georgetown. Peggy Cooper Cafritz, grande dame of the Washington arts and education scene, dies at 70 2018-02-18T05:00:00Z |
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