he is a composer of jazz music and the leader of a jazz band. For over twenty-three years, Duke, christened Edward Kennedy Ellington, has spent his days and nights on trains rattling across the ...

Things moved more slowly than usual. When the customer got to ... Duke Ellington was one of the most popular and successful jazz musicians of the first half of the 20th century and according to ...

Born in Washington, D.C., Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington rose to fame at Harlem's Cotton Club in the late 1920s. His career as a musician, composer, and bandleader spanned more than 50 years. Among ...