In the last hour, we heard Count Basie emerge as an exciting new voice from Kansas City. In this hour, we return to New York to follow Duke Ellington's innovative path through the 1930s as he ...

Edwin Ray “Duke” Ellington Born March 17, 1930 in Long Beach, CA, to Merwin and Kathleen (Christopher), Duke passed peacefully on March 11, 2015 after a bout with cancer. Duke grew up in Long Beach ...

Don't think of Duke Ellington as a bandleader. Instead, consider him in the same light as other great entrepreneurs like Bill Gates (Microsoft), Steve Jobs (Apple), Larry Page and Sergey Brin (Google) ...