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CELEBRATING AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH Duke Ellington

CELEBRATING AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH Duke Ellington. By Noah Lovotti 3/13/09. Overview. Biography information More Information About Duke Ellington More Info Awards He Received Resources (books) Resources (websites). Biography information.

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CELEBRATING AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH Duke Ellington

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  1. CELEBRATING AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTHDuke Ellington By Noah Lovotti 3/13/09

  2. Overview • Biography information • More Information About Duke Ellington • More Info • Awards He Received • Resources (books) • Resources (websites)

  3. Biography information • He was born on April 29th 1899 in Washington D.C.. • His real name is Edward Kennedy Ellington, but he got the name Duke because of his neat clothes and charming manner. • He had more than 2000 compositions that helped to make jazz “America’s classical music’’

  4. More Information About Duke Ellington • He started piano at age 7. • He made his first professional appearance as a jazz pianist in the year 1916. • By the year 1918 he had formed a band. • He attended Armstrong High School. • His favorite subjects in school were drawing and panting. • He also wrote jazz works of complex orchestration and ambitious scope to concert presentation.

  5. More Info • He was recognized in his lifetime as one of the most important composers the U.S. has yet produced. • Duke Ellington died on May 24th 1974 in New York City from lung cancer. • Jazz music is still listened to today, it also lead to new types of music.

  6. Awards He Received • 13 Grammy Awards • The Pulitzer Prize • Presidents Gold Metal • The Medal of Freedom

  7. Resources • Books: • Duke Ellington King Of Jazz By Elizabeth Rider Mont Gomery • Research Guide to American Historical Biography; Beacham Publishing Pages: 1897-1902

  8. Resources • Websites: • http://www.history.com/encyclopedia.do?article=208446 • http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0817151.html

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