Duke Ellington hated flying so, in 1958, Ellington and Co sailed into Southampton UK to prepare for a tour of Europe. Before going on to Copenhagen, Ellington completed a tour of the UK, taking in ...

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The Master of the Queen’s Music, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, has written his ninth symphony to mark the Diamond Jubilee. The Queen may, however, prefer a more swinging piece. Mandrake learns that The ...

In 1958, composer Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington, along with librettist Herb Martin, composed 22 songs for a Broadway musical titled Saturday Laughter, based on novelist Peter Abraham's Mine Boy. By ...

12 x 9 1/2 in. (30.4 x 24.1 cm.) sheet 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 28 cm.) ...

IN 1958 Duke Ellington and lyricist Herb Martin collaborated on a show called Saturday Laughter, which never saw the light of day. Just over 40 years later its 12 songs were recorded by an eminent ...

In 1958, at an arts festival in Yorkshire, Duke Ellington was presented to Queen Elizabeth II. They tied up the reception line for a few minutes, exchanging royal pleasantries; our Duke politely ...

‘The last time I was here, I had the honor of being presented to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth,” Duke Ellington announced during a concert in London in 1963. “I was so thrilled by the beauty, the wonder ...

Duke Ellington left a formidable discography at his death at the age of 75 in 1974, and it has expanded greatly with the number of concerts that have been uncovered and issued since then. This CD is ...