DUKE ELLINGTON: A MAN FOR ALL MUSIC.(LIFE)

From: The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC) | Date: April 29, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

Byline: THOR CHRISTENSEN\Knight Ridder News Service

Before Edward Kennedy Ellington began playing jazz, it was just another trendy sound that was big with the dance crowd.

But in the Duke's regal hands, jazz became art.

Today marks what would have been the pianist's 100th birthday and comes amid an explosion of Duke-themed concerts, TV specials and album reissues, including RCA's exhaustive 24-CD, $407 box set "The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition," which arrived in stores Tuesday. Disc jockeys and newscasters will undoubtedly mark the birthday by repeating his most ...

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