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• Duke Ellington Day Declared on April 29
• Vintage Black Cinema June 16, 2008
• Morrison Hotel Gallery Loft June 17, 2008
A Modest ‘Honor’Jessye Norman’s tribute to Duke Ellington
Tony Bennett and Paul Ellington at The Morrison Hotel Gallery, in New York City for the preview of "In Session" on July 17, 2008.
D.C. celebrates Duke Ellington quarter release
MODA Entertainment is proud to announce that New York City mayor Michael R. Bloomberg will declare April 29th, 2009 "Duke Ellington Day" in for the 110th anniversary of the jazz legend’s birth.
Duke Ellington Birhday Celebration in the New York Times
“Somebody said they want us to do ‘A Train’ again,” Paul Mercer Ellington, the musical director of the Duke Ellington Orchestra, reported just before 11 a.m. on Wednesday.
And why not? A full 27 minutes had passed since the orchestra’s last performance of his grandfather’s signature song, a song some Ellington fans cannot hear too often. Wednesday was, after all, the 110th anniversary of Duke Ellington’s birth, and the orchestra was ready to celebrate.
This time, the A train was not just any A train, but one made up of cars about as old as the song, which was written in 1939 but not performed until a couple of years later.
“I’ve never seen a train like this,”
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Get Onboard the "A" Train Apil 29th at 11AM at 125th Street Station on the "A" Line
DUKE ELLINGTON NEWS
April 2009
Duke Ellington Day, April 29, 2009
Duke Ellington’s grandchildren Mercedes and Paul Ellington will discuss and host a Q & A about the legendary musician and cultural icon’s career, life and music at Borders Columbus Circle in the Time Warner Center, April 29th at 7PM.
