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Duke Ellington

·         Edward Kennedy Ellington was born in Washington, D.C., in 1899 and began piano lessons as a young boy. He soon learned ragtime piano and began his professional career organizing bands to play for dances and social gatherings. In 1923 he moved to New York, where an African-American cultural revolution known as the Harlem Renaissancewas under way. Ellington immersed himself in the musical life of the city, playing and studying alongside many of his heroes. Ellington fashioned his own distinctive piano style, a rich blend that went beyond anything that had come before.

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