Duke Ellington
... country. These daily broadcasts gave the Cotton Club and Ellington national reputation. By 1929, the bands name was widely known. ... View More
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... Working in the club, Duke Ellington found himself around shady characters and gun toting gangsters. Dukeamp39s workplace was a hazard in itself. ... View More
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The Duke
... country. These daily broadcasts gave the Cotton Club and Ellington national reputation. By 1929, the bands name was widely known. ... View More
Wordcount: | DUKE ELLINGTON FROM HIS POINT OF VIEW
... Edna Thompson and on March 11, 1919, y daughter, Mercer Kennedy Ellington was born ... I played at venues such as the Exclusive Club, Connies Inn, Hollywood Club ... View More
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Duke Ellington
... 72. It was the turning point in Ellingtons life. He was now the leader of a headlining bank at the Cotton Club. ampquotThe Cotton ... View More
Wordcount: | Cabell Calloway
... more months before the managers of the Cotton Club who wanted the Missourians to be the replacement band at the Cotton Club for whenever Duke Ellington and his ... View More
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Lena Horne
... the Trocadero Club where she met one of the most influential people in her life: Billy Strayhom. Billy Strayhom was the chief musicwriter for Duke Ellington. ... View More
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... Duke Ellington starred in the first primetime radio program to feature an African ... she was offered parts in the floorshows at both the Plantation Club and the ... View More
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Influential people of the Harlem Renaissance
... at the famous Cotton Club that was for white people only. He made his record debut in 1924. He toured around in Broadway shows and movies. Ellington was the ... View More
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... Leg headlined a performance at the infamous Cotton Club. He also performed with many orchestras at big clubs, and even performed with Duke Ellington at the ... View More
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Jazz in New York and Chicago During the 1920s
... together. Ellingtonamp39s opening of the Cotton Club is considered to be one of the most important jazz events of the 1920amp39s. It was ... View More
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... reasons, as the Trombone Club Ostransky, 176. You would seldom see a black band playing downtown except for the most popular ones. Duke Ellington is one ... View More
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Swingin In the 1930s A Decade of Innovative Music
... Ellington and Henderson took out the tuba and banjo and added a string base to the ... After leaving Jersey for Kansas, Basie landed a gig in the Reno club in 1936 ... View More
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... The Cotton Club featured musician such as Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Bessie Smith. But above all the Harlem Renaissance was literary movement. ... View More
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Joe
... made playing his cornet very painful. He also turned down the chance to be the main band at the Cotton Club. That gig went to a young Duke Ellington. ... View More
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... of the Frederick Douglass Society and a youth group called Club Lamp39Ouverture ... Broadway hit Sophisticated Ladies based on the life and writings of Duke Ellington. ... View More
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Swing is Back
... Era of the 1930s 1950s. With names like Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Count Basie ... One of the most popular outfits that can be found at a club now is ... View More
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... Coleman Hawkins and Don Redman, and had a moderate success at the famous Cotton Club. ... was not the only legend in the making, but also Duke Ellington made his ... View More
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Harlem Renassance
... of bandleader Louis Armstrong and the orchestration of composer Duke Ellington. ... Harlemamp39s famous Cotton Club carried this to an extreme, by providing black ... View More
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... Capone was installed as manager of the 4 Deuces club, a 4floor speak ... Jelly Roll Morton, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, and Fletcher Henderson produced some of ... View More
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