Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellingtonwas an American composer, pianist, and bandleader of a jazz orchestra, which he led from 1923 until his death in a career spanning over fifty years...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPianist
Date of Birth29 April 1899
CountryUnited States of America
baby innovation deadline
Without a deadline, baby, I wouldn't do nothing.
alive might today
Somehow I suspect that if Shakespeare were alive today, he might be a jazz fan himself.
music missing playing-jazz
Playing 'bop' is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.
jazz barometer
Jazz is a good barometer of freedom.
needs deadline time-of-need
I don't need time, I need a deadline.
music adversity sky
Gray skies are just clouds passing over.
loss musical financial
A musical profit outweighs a financial loss.
children honesty miracle
Yet, every time God's children have thrown away fear in pursuit of honesty-trying to communicate themselves, understood or not, miracles have happened.
people taught becoming
On becoming more acquainted with the word of the Bible, I began to understand so much more of what I had been taught, and of what I had learned about life and about the people in mine.
beauty dolls satin
A Satin Doll is a woman who is as pretty on the inside as she is on the outside.
needs deadline time-of-need
I don't need time. What I need is a deadline!
travel sugar boards
Hurry, get on board, it's comin', listen to those rails a-thrumming all aboard. Get on the "A" train, soon you will be on Sugar Hill in Harlem.
art doe intention
There is no art when one does something without intention.
writing problem interest
My biggest kick in music -playing or writing- is when I have a problem. Without a problem to solve, how much interest do you take in anything?