Celebrate Duke Ellington's Birthday
Big band king Duke Ellington's birthday is April 29. We've found these tributes to celebrate!
On the Road With Duke Ellington DVD
Completed in 1967, just six years before Ellington's death. Filmmaker Robert Drew offers audiences a unique look inside the colorful world of this American jazz legend. Even Louis Armstrong makes an appearance in this groundbreaking film that profiles one of the most prolific and influential composers of the 20th century.
$19
No other film has been able to capture Ellington in quite the same way
Four-CD box set includes a 52-page booklet. Ellington's achievements as composer, arranger, pianist and bandleader reach a bewildering variety of levels, producing music that has never been surpassed.
$22
Includes an entire CD of rare and seldom-reissued material
The 1999 restoration of a remarkable, historic release. When Duke Ellington took his orchestra to the Newport Jazz Festival in 1956, the band was in need of an uplift, an event that would revitalize its image in the wake of bebop, hard bop, and so many more jazz currents. With their rousing (and now legendary) 27-chorus solo, they jump-started Ellingtonia for another generation.
$19
