Duke Ellington: Aristocrat of Swing
By virtue of his dashing and debonair demeanor and his penchant for natty threads, Edward Kennedy Ellington (1899-1974) was already nicknamed "Duke" by his friends when he was still as a kid. Ellington grew up in Washington, D.C., where his father drew blueprints for the navy. His dad was an opera fan; his mom liked […]
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