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NARR: ELLINGTON, LATER NICKNAMED DUKE, WAS BORN INTO A MIDDLE CLASS FAMILY IN THIS THRIVING COMMUNITY IN 1899. HIS MOTHER, DAISY ELLINGTON, WAS THE DAUGHTER OF ONE OF WASHINGTON'S EARLY BLACK POLICE OFFICERS.
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www.pbs.org/ellingtonsdc/transcripts.htm
www.pbs.org/ellingtonsdc/transcripts.htm
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As Ellington wrote about his family, "They are all wonderful...and I love them." We trust they will return the sentiment -- and tell us all about Duke Ellington as only his family knows him...
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museum.media.org/duke/misc/family.html
museum.media.org/duke/misc/family.html
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Thus, Duke Ellington was Edward Kennedy Ellington, his son was Mercer Kennedy ... All the women in the family felt he was special. Ellington was the first ...
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www.nytimes.com/books/first/l/lawrence-ellington.html
www.nytimes.com/books/first/l/lawrence-ellington.html
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I don't doubt that it is possible the Ellington family should not deserve some royalties from the selling of the duke ellingtion congac. But the problem I see in this case compared to the other case of Hendrix is that congac was around before Duke Ellington first of all.
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www.luxist.com/2009/08/06/duke-ellingtons-family-sues-o...
www.luxist.com/2009/08/06/duke-ellingtons-family-sues-over-cognac/
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; Biographical Sketch | Artifacts, Memorabilia, Manuscripts | Biographical Overviews: The Man and His Family; ... During his lifetime, Duke Ellington was widely regarded as an ambassador of American music and culture. This unique status was attributed to his combined talents of orchestration and band leading,
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www.founders.howard.edu/ellington/default.htm
www.founders.howard.edu/ellington/default.htm
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Readers looking for a biography of Ellington should head elsewhere, for the Pinkneys are trying to achieve a sense of time and place, and impress readers with the effect that Ellington had both on the African-American community and on the world of music. ... Family.com Entertainment Book Review: Duke Ellington: The Piano P...
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family.go.com/entertainment/article-CSM-65508-Book-Revi...
family.go.com/entertainment/article-CSM-65508-Book-Review--Duke-Ellington--The-Piano-Prince-and-His-Orchestra-t/
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Born in Washington DC, Duke Ellington's story is not one of a child in the black American ghetto. His family was among the small percentage of African-Americans that had made it into the middle classes.
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news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1999/04/99/duke_elli...
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1999/04/99/duke_ellington/325789.stm
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Duke Ellington's influence on the jazz movement. ... Duke Ellington is in a class by himself. His contributrions to the history of jazz are undeniable and well documented. He was an excellent pianist which many people overlook because of his accomplishments in other areas of the music.
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www.kennedy-center.org/programs/jazz/ambassadors/Lesson...
www.kennedy-center.org/programs/jazz/ambassadors/Lesson9.html
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Ellington grew up in a secure middle-class family in Washington, D.C. His family encouraged his interests in the fine arts, and he began studying piano at age seven. ... (Click here for a video clip of Duke Ellington and his band playing “Mood Indigo.”) In 1931 Ellington began to create extended works,
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www.biography.com/articles/Duke-Ellington-9286338
www.biography.com/articles/Duke-Ellington-9286338
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