Duke Ellington, Evermore: Centennial Salutes Man And Musician For the Ages From: The Washington Post | Date: April 11, 1999| Author: Richard Harrington | Copyright 1999 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

"All musicians should get down on their knees one day to thank Duke Ellington."

That's what Miles Davis said in 1974, when Duke Ellington passed away at age 75.

Davis didn't say "jazz musicians," though Ellington is still commonly defined as a jazz composer, bandleader and pianist. Certainly his life and career spanned the history of jazz, from ragtime and swing to bebop and beyond. But Duke Ellington belongs to the ages and to the world. It's fitting that the Ellington centenni...

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