Duke Ellington: His Life in Jazz with 21 Activities
ences about his music His arrangements are studied and played by hundreds of high school jazz bands You can hear his songs performed by young musi cians on piano on violin on trumpet on saxo phone from grade school on up Duke's music gives us inspiration to be creative on our own terms in whatever we pursue Whether it's a song like It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing or one of his Sacred Concerts Duke's music is the work of an American master telling an American musical story that touches people the world
TIME LINE Thomas Edison invents the wax cylinder phonograph Chicago hosts World's Columbian Exposition 1893 1877 Apring Edward Kennedy Duke Ellington 1899 is born in Washington D C Maple Leaf Rog by Scott Joplin published as sheet music sell over 100 000 copies Louis Armstrong born in New Orleans 1901 The first far disk phonograph is introduced 1906 Ellington writes his first composition Soda fountain Rog I1915 United States enters World War II1917 The Original Dixieland Jazz Band records the first 78 rpm pzz record Livery Sable Blues Side A and Tiger Rog Side by Blington starts working with his first band the Serenadiers Ellington morries Edna Thompson said Race riots break out in ag American cities 199 March n Duke and Edna's son Mercer is born in Washington D The south Amendment also known as Prohibition is ratified 1920 outlawing the de and manufacture of ol The 9th Amendment is ratified guaranteeing women the right to On election in Pittsburgh makes the nation's first day station KDKA commercial broadcast announcing the presidential election results lington moves to Harlem and becomes 1929 the leader of the Washingonian Charles A Lindbergh completes the first solo nonstop Duke Ellington and His Orchestra become the house band at the Cotton Club in Harlem
1929 Stock market crashes the Great Depression begins Ellington composes music for and appears in his first film Black and on 1931 lington's first hit record Mood 1933 Duke ington and His Orchestra go on their first tour of Europe India jo all Over one million copies 1936 Franklin Delano Roosevel reelected president The height of the wing and big band are it December 7 Joponese attack Pearl Harbor the United States World War II senters 1949 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra makes their debut at Carnegie Hal 194S first atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan World War I ends 1950 Television becomes affordable for American families 19sit The Supreme Court rules in Brown v Board of Education 1956 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra triumph at the Newport Festival that racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional 1957 Ellington meets Queen Elizabeth in Great Britain Duke Jazz resa Duke Ellington and His Orchestra go on their first tour of the Mideast sponsored by the U S State Department 1964 The U S Civil Rights Act is passed 1963 presents the first of his Sacred Concerts in San Francisco Ellington 1968 Dr Martin Luther King Jr is assassinated 1969 Aaronaut Neil Armstrong is the first person to walk on the moon Ellington is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom 1974 May 14 Edward Kennedy Dealington dies in New York City Tem Centennial of dispositions birth celebrated worldwide
