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ISSUE: November 15, 2009
Articles about Duke Ellington
Music
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6-15-2002
DUKE ELLINGTON Live And Rare (Bluebird Recordings, $45)
Born Edward Kennedy Ellington, the man known as Duke made a name for himself playing with the likes of Louis Armstong, Bessie Smith, and George Gershwin. With a career that trave...
Article Excerpts:
...Edward Kennedy Ellington, the man known as
Duke Ellington
made a name for himself playing with the likes...
Cd Reviews
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1-1-2001
NEW YEAR’S REVOLUTIONS
Charles Mingus
The Best Of Charles Mingus (Rhino)
With his spidery fingerwork that teetered between vicious and elegant, bassist Charles Mingus, who died in 1979, helped define — and ...
Article Excerpts:
...cry/hug-alongs from Aretha Franklin,
Duke Ellington
, Frank Sinatra, the Isley Brothers, and Michael...
The Time Of Their Lives
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7-1-2006
Patek Philippe, the company that makes some of the finest watches in the world, has been in Philippe Sterns family since 1932. With his son Thierry poised to take over, it won't be leaving anytime soon.
Article Excerpts:
...by show-business stars, including the late
Duke Ellington
and guitarist Eric Clapton, who recently...
35 Must-have Cds/aw Staff Picks
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9-1-2001
When we asked American Way staffers to narrow their music collections to just
one
CD, we ended up with an amazing multidiscipline collection of 35. See if your favorite made our list. Think we missed one? Tell us!
Article Excerpts:
...American popular music. You see the problem.
Duke Ellington
left such an amazing catalog of unbelievable...
...that it is simply impossible to choose one of
Duke Ellington
records over another, so you either choose all...
Rock On…and On
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7-1-2008
FOR ACTRESS GABRIELLE UNION, IT TRULY IS ALL ABOUT THE CRAFT. THE LEGENDARY COMPOSER OF TUNES FOR EVERYONE FROM ANNIE TO ARCHIE BUNKER SPILLS BEHIND-THESCENES SECRETS. PLUS MUCH MORE.
Article Excerpts:
...that’s what you are --as well as
Duke Ellington
was, as Count Basie was. It’s silly to...
Did You Hear the One about the Texan Who Went to Kansas City to Eat Barbecue?
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5-15-2009
But seriously, y’all, it’s hard to have a food rivalry when you’re busy wiping to-die-for sauce off your chin.
Article Excerpts:
...gives extensive profiles on the four greats:
Duke Ellington
, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, and Kansas...
All That Jazz
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9-15-2009
Dizzy Gillespie and Louis Armstrong would feel right at home in jazz-happy Tokyo, Japan.
Article Excerpts:
...is their tastes in jazz -- they prefer lots of
Duke Ellington
and Miles Davis. “I would say without a doubt,...