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Tony Bennett donated a watercolor he made of longtime friend Duke Ellington to a Smithsonian museum on Wednesday, the 110th anniversary of the jazz great's birth.
Jazz musician Duke Ellington has become the first black American to be prominently featured on a U.S. coin in circulation with the release of a quarter honoring the District of Columbia.
By his 30th birthday, Max Roach was already considered the greatest jazz drummer ever by his peers. By the time he died this week, the 83-year-old master percussionist was known worldwide as much more: innovator, activist, teacher, genius.
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Obama allows Britain to love US againHow many of us had similar experiences on Wednesday? On the morning train Barack Obama's face was everywhere, plastered across the front of the newspapers being read by my fellow commuters.
Jazz Great Max Roach DiesMax Roach, the master percussionist, died late Wednesday in a Manhattan hospital after a long illness. He was 83. Roach got his first musical break at age 16, filling in when Duke Ellington's drummer fell ill in 1940. Those three nights spawned a legendary career.
Essentially Ellington top prize goes to Roosevelt High Big band jazz at its very finest.
There are two questions that come to mind when approaching this question. First, what constitutes a great jazz artist? And secondly, how do we know that they are a great jazz artist? This is more a matter of opinion than what can be based on fact.
Hot Chocolates-Duke Ellington/Whitey's LindyhoppersThe Whitey's Lindy Hoppers group that appears in this soundie was also known as the The Harlem Congaroos.They were the undisputed stars of all the groups of Whitey's dancers.
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