“Creole Love Call” Duke Ellington Orchestra Featuring Kay Davis 1948-1949 (video)
Kay Davis and Duke Ellington were both living in Harlem when she was hired to sing the incredible song “Creole Love Call” around 1948-1949.
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Harlem Man Duke Ellington Band Live (video)
Fantastic performance footage of one of Jazz’s greatest stars – Duke Ellington. With performances of song of his most famous songs including “Mood Indigo”, “Caravan” and “Sophisticated Lady”
Happy Birthday Duke Ellington At The National Jazz Museum in Harlem
The National Jazz Museum in Harlem celebrates the life of Duke Ellington today. Ellington’s life plays a major role in the museum and the current exhibit, VIBRATIONS, where visitors can see rare artifacts from his granddaughter Mercedes Ellington’s collection.
Shop Harlem: Jazz Duke Ellington And Nat King Cole Signed 1940’s
Jazz greats Duke Ellington signed this early photographs with Nat King Cole Trio signed twice by Nat King Cole and his band in the 1940’s.
Joe Lewis and Duke Ellington at the Savoy in Harlem 1950’s
Two greats champs Joe Lewis and Duke Ellington play for the crowd at the historic Savoy on Lenox Avenue in Harlem 1950’s.
‘Harlem,’ (1/2) 1950, Duke Ellington (video)
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U84duwdrza4] Duke Ellington was a world-renowned figure when he composed “Harlem” in 1950.
Harlem’s Duke Ellington, Photograph By Lee Tanner (video)
Duke Ellington When his drummer Sonny Greer was invited to join the Wilber Sweatman Orchestra in New York City, Ellington made the fateful decision to leave behind his successful career in Washington, D.C., and move to Harlem, becoming one of the figures of the Harlem Renaissance.
“Ellington On Broadway,” Celebrating The Duke’s 120th Anniversary At Birdland
Ellington on Broadway is presented by The Duke Ellington Center for the Arts and The American Tap Dance Foundation to celebrate The Dukes 120th Anniversary.
Harlem Style Is “A Tone Parallel To Harlem” By The Duke Of Ellington (Video)
There is a love affair between Harlem and Duke Ellington that has existed for decades, Duke’s “A Tone Parallel To Harlem,” produced in 1948 is a love song to Harlem.
“Harlem,” By Duke “The Duke” Ellington, Harlem, NY 1950 (Video)
Surfing on Youtube we found this great song about Harlem, composed by the legend Duke Ellington in the 1950’s. Here Duke and his orchestra play a fifteen minute tug of war of the highs and lows of Harlem.
Duke Ellington And The Harlem Renaissance, 1930’s
A photograph of the very elegant of Duke Ellington, in this charming signed image reads in his personal inscription, “to the Most Charming Miss Alice Dixon Best Wishes Duke Ellington”, 1930’s.
Duke Ellington Memorial By Robert Graham In Harlem
Robert Graham’s tribute to Duke Ellington is relatively new, having been installed at the north end of Central Park in 1997.
Duke Ellington Trio, 1966 (video)
The performance by Duke “The Duke” Ellington Trio in 1966, after rocking Harlem for decades, during this timeline Ellington was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Music, in 1965, but was turned down. Then 67 years old, he reacted: “Fate is being kind to me.
The Legendary Mercedes Ellington Talks Sacred Concerts On The Harlem World Magazine Podcast
Listen to Mercedes Ellington talks about her grandfather’s Duke Ellington’s Sacred Concerts with host Danny Tisdale, on The Harlem World Magazine Show.
Mercedes Ellington Joins The Production Of “Sacred Concerts” At The Tishman
The New York Choral Society, New York’s pioneering symphonic chorus that explores unique collaboration and dynamic repertory, announced earlier today the addition of Mercedes Ellington.