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Article: Ellington event celebrates genius of its namesake.(METROPOLITAN)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- April 22, 2005
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Byline: Denise Barnes, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Music lovers from across the District came to the Duke Ellington Theatre in Northwest yesterday for a matinee concert celebrating one of America's most prolific 20th-century composers.
The "Ellington Lives" concert, celebrating the life of Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington, was performed by the Duke Ellington School of the Arts' new Washingtonians Jazz Orchestra and directed by Davey S. Yarborough, saxophonist and chairman of Ellington's instrumental department.
Guests clapped throughout the hourlong program, which also paid tribute to such jazz greats as Freddie Hubbard, Tadd Dameron and Richard ...