Sunday, April 29, 2012
Happy birthday, Duke Ellington!
It is the birthday of composer, pianist and band leader Duke Ellington (1899), whose career spanned a half century in which he wrote more than 1,000 compositions. He is considered one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. Here he plays his band's signature song, Take the A-Train, by Billy Strayhorn.
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