April 29 marked the 125th anniversary of Duke Ellington's birth in 1899. Catching the Ellington bug over the weekend, I figured what better way to kick off the week than with seven celebratory video clips and a bonus album [photo above of Duke Ellington in London in 1963 by John ‘Hoppy’ Hopkins]:
Here's Ellington conducting the Dick Cavett band on August…
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