This brief recounting of the career of this musician and composer who, along with his orchestra, created music that was beyond category.
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“You ever hear of the jazz-playin’ man, the man with the cats who could swing with his band? He was born in 1899, in Washington, D.C. Born Edward Kennedy Ellington,” everywhere he went he told people to call him “Duke.” He became an American composer, pianist, and leader of a jazz orchestra, which he led from 1923 until his death, with a career spanning more than six decades.
Pages: 32
Pages: 32
Tag(s): 1900s, African Americans, Biographies, Grades K-3, Music History, Picture Books
Subject(s): History
Author(s): Andrea Davis Pinkney
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