Duke Ellington And The Harlem Renaissance

Texas pianist Jason Moran pays homage to the genius of the Harlem Hellfighters. Sent to the front in 1918, the sound changed to the Old Continent. A soldier named Europe. If she discovers it, Ursula von der Leyen is able to jump into the Lingotto tomorrow night for the explosive finale of the Torino Jazz Fes...

Duke Ellington And The Harlem Renaissance

Source: Michel ARTAULT / Getty April 29 marks the birthday of jazz pioneer and Harlem Renaissance icon, Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington. Born in Washington, D.C., in 1899, Ellington turned his passion for music into a remarkable career as a band leader, a composer and as the revered pioneer of big band jazz.  Born in a middle-class neighborhood of D.C., Ellington was surrounded by music from an early age, according to Biography. Raised by musica…

A Tone Parallel to Duke Ellington by Jack Chambers - The Syncopated Times

The standard biographical approach in which the subject is born, did remarkable things, then died gets upended by Jack Chambers’s new Duke Ellington book. Titled A Tone Parallel to Duke Ellington, it satisfies that promise by looking at the man in terms of his music. Acknowledging Ellington’s own preference for terming much of what he […]

Cotton Club: The Staple of Black Talent in The Harlem Renaissance

In continuation of NYS Music’s series celebrating the Harlem Renaissance in its centennial years, it is important to highlight the Cotton Club which was instrumental in displaying Black talent. Before it was the Cotton Club, the venue was owned by the first Black heavyweight boxing champion, Jack Johnson. It was called the Club Deluxe, a nightclub with 400 seats in 1920. It was located in the core part of Harlem, at 142nd Street and Lenox Avenu…

Happy Birthday Duke Ellington - Magnet Magazine

Happy birthday Duke Ellington. Sophisticated man. Read William DuVall (Alice In Chains) in MAGNET on Sir Duke: The post Happy Birthday Duke Ellington appeared first on Magnet Magazine.

The Duke Of Ellington: The Renaissance Man Of Jazz

Music publishers are not generally noted for their eloquence or their feelings towards the art that they represent, but Irving Mills had this to say about Duke Ellington. “I immediately recognized that I had encountered a great creative artist and the first American composer to catch in his music the true jazz spirit.” Duke Ellington was born on April 29, 1899, and passed away on May 24, 1974, and he embodied jazz like few others. The Duke’s jaz…