Thirty-nine oral history interviews created by the Archives Center with Duke Ellington's music and business associates. The interviews cover a range of topics including Ellington as a musician, the ...
On his first LP, recorded in 1950, the great bandleader took to the possibilities of the longer new form with unbounded style and imagination.
Ruth Ellington Collection, 1923-1992, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Ruth Ellington Collection of Duke Ellington Materials Ruth Ellington Collection of Duke Ellington Materials ...