Edward Kennedy 'Duke' Ellington (1899-1974) You can't overestimate the power of music: during the Great Depression, which to...

We stopped in a lovely little hotel on Sunday night in Leeds called The New Ellington. Tucked away in the legal quarter of the city and only...

On 30 September 1947, in his Hollywood recording studios, Duke Ellington and his band (which at the time included jazz luminaries Billy Stra...