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  • PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Vocalist Gregory Porter Will Tour to Support Release of "Be Good" 02/09/2012
  • Zoe Rahman – review 02/08/2012
  • EVENT: Gerry Mulligan Tribute Concert Presented by Juilliard Jazz Features Guest Artist, Saxophonist Gary Smulyan, and the Juilliard Jazz Orchestra - Wednesday, February 29, 8 PM, Juilliard's Peter Jay Sharp Theater 02/06/2012
  • John Legend Helps Kids Confront Social Issues With Marvin Gaye Song 02/03/2012
  • OBITUARY: Remembering Clare Fischer 01/29/2012
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    • Duke Ellington - A picture taken 20 December 1960 in Paris shows American jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong (L), Rene Unteregger (C) awarded with the Django Reinhardt Prize, and Duke Ellington posing together in Paris. Armstrong and Ellington were awarded for their albums by the French Jazz Academy. Armstrong whose melodic inventiveness established the central role of the improvising soloist in jazz, always said he was born 04 July 1900 in New Orleans although nobody knows the exact date. He was also a popular singer (hit recording include 'Mack the Knife', 'Hello Dolly!') and entertainer in such films as 'Pennies from Heaven' (1936), 'Cabin in the Sky' (1943), and 'High Society' (1956), but he remained primarily a jazz musician, touring the world with his New Orleans-style sextet. Armstrong died 06 July 1971.
    • Duke Ellington - ARLINGTON, VA - MARCH 14: U.S. President Barack Obama looks a projected photo of Duke Ellington, which he signed as he visits with students in a classroom while at Kenmore Middle School to deliver a speech on reforming education March 14, 2011 in Arlington, Virginia. President Obama called on the Congress 'to fix the No Child Left Behind before the start of the next school year.'
    • Duke Ellington - US President Barack Obama signs a students presentation of Duke Ellington March 14, 2011, as he visits Kenmore Middle School in Arlington, Virginia. Obama on Monday issued a new pledge of support for Japan, saying he was 'heartbroken' at the toll of 'multiple disasters' after an earthquake and tsunami. Obama reiterated American support for the key US Pacific ally at the start of a speech on education at the school in the Washington suburbs.
    • Duke Ellington - WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 24: (L-R) Verdine White, Philip Bailey and Ralph Johnson of Earth, Wind and Fire performs a benefit concert for the Duke Ellington School of the Arts at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on February 24, 2011 in Washington, DC.
    • Duke Ellington - WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 24: B. David Whitworth of Earth, Wind and Fire performs a benefit concert for the Duke Ellington School of the Arts at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on February 24, 2011 in Washington, DC.
    • Duke Ellington - G. Byron Peck's Duke Ellington mural is seen on the True Reformer Building celebrates the U Street Corridor which in its heyday was known as 'Black Broadway' on July 23, 2010 in Washington.
    • Duke Ellington - G. Byron Peck's Duke Ellington mural is seen on the True Reformer Building celebrates the U Street Corridor which in its heyday was known as 'Black Broadway' on July 23, 2010 in Washington.
    • Duke Ellington - G. Byron Peck's Duke Ellington mural is seen on the True Reformer Building celebrates the U Street Corridor which in its heyday was known as 'Black Broadway' on July 23, 2010 in Washington.
    • Duke Ellington - G. Byron Peck's Duke Ellington mural is seen on the True Reformer Building celebrates the U Street Corridor which in its heyday was known as 'Black Broadway' on July 23, 2010 in Washington.
    • Duke Ellington - US First Lady Michelle Obama applauds dance students from Duke Ellington School of the Arts and the Joy of Motion Dance Center, during their rehearsal segment from the Broadway show 'Hairspray' at the White House in Washington, DC July 19, 2010.
    • Duke Ellington - US First Lady Michelle Obama speaks in front of dance students from Duke Ellington School of the Arts and the Joy of Motion Dance Center during their rehearse a segment from the Broadway show 'Hairspray' at the White House in Washington, DC July 19, 2010.
    • Duke Ellington - US First Lady Michelle Obama speaks in front of dance students from Duke Ellington School of the Arts and the Joy of Motion Dance Center during their rehearse a segment from the Broadway show 'Hairspray' at the White House in Washington, DC July 19, 2010.
    • Duke Ellington - US First Lady Michelle Obama watches as dance students from Duke Ellington School of the Arts and the Joy of Motion Dance Center rehearse a segment from the Broadway show 'Hairspray' at the White House in Washington, DC July 19, 2010.
    • Duke Ellington - US First Lady Michelle Obama speaks in front of dance students from Duke Ellington School of the Arts and the Joy of Motion Dance Center during their rehearse a segment from the Broadway show 'Hairspray' at the White House in Washington, DC July 19, 2010.
    • Duke Ellington - US First Lady Michelle Obama (R) waves to the audience as she attends a rehearse a segment from the Broadway show 'Hairspray' by dance students from Duke Ellington School of the Arts and the Joy of Motion Dance Center at the White House in Washington, DC July 19, 2010.
    • Duke Ellington - US First Lady Michelle Obama (R) as dance students from Duke Ellington School of the Arts and the Joy of Motion Dance Center rehearse a segment from the Broadway show 'Hairspray' at the White House in Washington, DC July 19, 2010.
    • Duke Ellington - WASHINGTON - JULY 19: Broadway choreographer Jerry Mitchell speaks during a dress rehearsal of 20 dance students from Duke Ellington School of the Arts and the Joy of Motion Dance Center ahead of the White House music series celebrating the arts featuring Broadway performers in the East Room of the White House July 19, 2010 in Washington, DC. As part of the music series, the students are participating in an educational workshop and rehearsal of a segment from the Broadway show, 'Hairspray.'
    • Duke Ellington - WASHINGTON - JULY 19: U.S. first lady Michelle Obama watches a dress rehearsal of 20 dance students from Duke Ellington School of the Arts and the Joy of Motion Dance Center ahead of the White House music series celebrating the arts featuring Broadway performers in the East Room of the White House July 19, 2010 in Washington, DC. As part of the music series, the students are participating in an educational workshop and rehearsal of a segment from the Broadway show, 'Hairspray.'
    • Duke Ellington - WASHINGTON - JULY 19: U.S. first lady Michelle Obama speaks during a dress rehearsal of 20 dance students from Duke Ellington School of the Arts and the Joy of Motion Dance Center ahead of the White House music series celebrating the arts featuring Broadway performers in the East Room of the White House July 19, 2010 in Washington, DC. As part of the music series, the students are participating in an educational workshop and rehearsal of a segment from the Broadway show, 'Hairspray.'
    • Duke Ellington - WASHINGTON - JULY 19: U.S. first lady Michelle Obama speaks during a dress rehearsal of 20 dance students from Duke Ellington School of the Arts and the Joy of Motion Dance Center ahead of the White House music series celebrating the arts featuring Broadway performers in the East Room of the White House July 19, 2010 in Washington, DC. As part of the music series, the students are participating in an educational workshop and rehearsal of a segment from the Broadway show, 'Hairspray.'
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    Duke Ellington was the most important composer in the history of jazz as well as being a bandleader who held his large group together continuously for almost 50 years. The two aspects of his career were related; Ellington used his band as a musical laboratory for his new compositions and shaped his writing specifically to showcase the talents of his bandmembers, many of whom remained with him for ...more
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