The impact, influence and sheer longevity of Duke Ellington's career is astonishing, rivaled only by Louis Armstrong's. From his first recordings in 1924 until his last at Georgetown University in 1974 just three months before his death, Ellington was essentially responsible for creating a national highway system of jazz. Thanks to the trails he blazed,…
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