Alexander is an acclaimed poet, scholar, and cultural advocate. She is the president of the Mellon Foundation, the nation’s ...

1952 National Museum of American History Tough Truckin'; Indigo Echoes National Museum of American History Esquire Magazine Award, presented to Duke Ellington National Museum of American History Duke ...

A Boswellian friend of Duke’s who was travelling with him at the time took notes on the ... was scowling over a comic magazine. Sonny Greer, Ellington’s jaunty, jouncy drummer, looked up ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Duke ... time. The song itself reflects the tension of race relations in America during the Jazz Age. By incorporating elements of the blues and European classical music ...

Moran grew up listening to all manner of music, from jazz to reggae to hip-hop. As a teenager he learned to play the Afrika ...