A Native Son, Duly Noted; History Museum Show Celebrates Jazz Master Duke Ellington From: The Washington Post | Date: April 29, 1993| Author: Richard Harrington | Copyright 1993 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

Duke Ellington has come home.

On what would have been his 94th birthday, the Smithsonian's Museum of American History has served up a grand celebration in the form of a major exhibition, the aptly titled "Beyond Category: The Musical Genius of Duke Ellington." Drawn from the vast Duke Ellington Collection acquired by the Smithsonian in 1988, it offers generous glimpses of the Ellington saga, from his Washington roots and blossoming in New York to his embrace by a world in which this n...

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