#duke-ellington — Public Fediverse posts
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Duke Ellington is one of the great figures in music history who catapulted our music into a new dimension.
And he articulated a simple truth: If it doesn’t have swing, it means nothing. If it doesn’t touch the soul, it might be nice entertainment—which is important, of course—but music, as humanity’s highest form of expression, is so much more. So get that swing, motherfuckers!
https://word.undead-network.de/2026/05/11/duke-ellington-ist-eine-der-grossen-persoenlichkeiten-der-musikgeschichte-die-unsere-musik-in-eine-neue-dimension-katapultiert-hat/
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"Sir Duke" is a song composed and performed by #StevieWonder from his 1976 album #SongsInTheKeyOfLife. Released as a single in 1977, the track topped the U.S. #Billboard Hot 100 and Black Singles charts, and reached number two in the #UKSinglesChart, his joint biggest hit there at the time. Billboard ranked it as the #No18SongOf1977. The song was written in tribute to #DukeEllington (hence the name #SirDuke), the influential #jazz legend who had died in 1974.
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #AfternoonShow
Duke Ellington & John Coltrane:
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On the 29th of April 1899: #DukeEllington, American bandleader, #composer, and pianist ("Take the A Train"; "It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1974).
#HappyBirthday #RIP 💔🕊️ -
IAJRC Journal - Vol 3 N°3 - July 1970 - Duke Ellington & Louis Armstrong
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“However, in the long game, #Ellington developed into the greater #piano stylist, with canonical #trio #records to his credit alongside many lovely solo piano pieces and #cadenzas” #DukeEllington #CountBasie #music #MusicSky open.substack.com/pub/iverson/... #jazz #JazzSky #pianists
The Whirlwind Stride Piano Sty... -
First up is a short 1966 discussion between The Maestro Leonard Bernstein and The “Duke” Duke Ellington (https://youtu.be/Eb-2xSiuG2g?si=Z77aHKPnR-nK_fyp) about the relationship between Jazz and Classical music. You can watch the entire conversation here (https://youtu.be/oXGqbqPlI8w?si=Jjyjz6MkJEOnFMdE)
#SymSat #JazzAppreciationMonth #LeonardBernstein #DukeEllington #jazz -
"Sir Duke" is a song composed and performed by #StevieWonder from his 1976 album #SongsInTheKeyOfLife. Released as a single in 1977, the track topped the U.S. #Billboard Hot 100 and Black Singles charts, and reached number two in the #UKSinglesChart, his joint biggest hit there at the time. Billboard ranked it as the #No18SongOf1977. The song was written in tribute to #DukeEllington (hence the name #SirDuke), the influential #jazz legend who had died in 1974.
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"East St. Louis Toodle-Oo" (also "Toodle-O" and "Todolo") is a composition written by #DukeEllington and #BubberMiley and recorded several times by Ellington for various labels from 1926 to 1930 under various titles. This song was in 1927 the first charting single for Duke Ellington and was one of the main examples of his early "jungle music". The composition entered the public domain in the United States on January 1, 2023.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEYOzbOUDCE