Edward Kennedy Ellington,生于1899年4月29日的华盛顿,他的父母Daisy Kennedy Ellington 和JamesEdward Ellington,给年轻的公爵做很好的榜样,并教导他一切,从正确的餐桌礼仪到认识音乐的情感力量,Duke大约在七 八岁左右开始上钢琴课,但他似乎对此没有多大兴趣,年轻时代的Duke好像更倾向于棒球运动。Duke的第一份工作是在...
The first half of the 1950s was a difficult period for Ellington, who suffered many personnel defections. (Some of those musicians returned later.) But the band made a major comeback at the Newport Jazz Festival on July 7, 1956, when they kicked into a version of Dimuendo and Crescendo...
It wasn’t until 1926, when Duke was being billed as Duke Ellington and his Kentucky Club Orchestra, that he really started to show promise in the studio with “It Was A Night In Harlem” and the first rendition of East St Louis “Toodle-o” ; a later version of this with “Toodle-...
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader. A prominent figure in the history of jazz, Ellington's music stretched into various other genres, including blues, gospel, film score
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American composer, pianist, and bandleader of a jazz orchestra, which he led from 1923 until his death in a career spanning over fifty years.[1] Born in Washington, D.C., Ellington w
歌手:Duke Ellington 发行时间:1977-01-01 简介:<The Intimate Ellington>是Duke Ellington于2006年9月4日发行的专辑。 <The Intimate Ellington> - 歌曲列表 全部播放播放全选 01Duke Ellington - Moon Maiden (Album Version) 02Duke Ellington - Edward The First (Album Version) ...
Arguably the first (and remaining) great composer in jazz, Duke Ellington’s impact on the the music world has led, unsurprisingly, to many albums which are themed around his compositions. So stay tuned for our pick of the best Duke Ellington tribute albums of all time. ...
Seen as a face-off between the old and new guards in jazz, Duke Ellington’s ‘Money Jungle’ album proved they were on the same continuum.Published on September 17, 2024 By Charles Waring Cover: Courtesy of Blue Note Records First released in 1962 via the United Artists label, Duke ...
For instance, he was part of a session with Charles Mingus and Max Roach in 1962, that produced the album, “Money Jungle.” Ellington was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 1965. The following year, he performed his first “Sacred Concert,” an attempt to fuse Christian liturgy with jazz...
That’s the prospect on this iconic recording “Duke Ellington & John Coltrane” which features in our list of best jazz albums of all time… On the face of it, this is most unusual album, and for a number of different reasons. It’s unusual to place a die-hard, modernist intent on...