Music Students React to Rare 1963 Duke Ellington Footage
State Department Jazz Ambassador Duke Ellington traveled to India to play a concert with his orchestra in 1963. Sixty years later, students at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, DC watch the concert footage for the first time and tell us what they think! Watch the full Duke Ellington performance at this link: https://youtu.be/j2PHiNA1ziw?feature=shared #musicislife #jazzmusic #dukeellington -- This channel delivers videos on American life, culture & foreign policy. Produced by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Global Public Affairs, the videos illustrate values that underlie U.S. policies & explore interests shared by Americans & people around the world. Get updates from @Shareamerica on social media! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ShareAmerica Twitter: https://twitter.com/ShareAmerica Website: https://share.america.gov/
About Duke Ellington
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1924 through the rest of his life. Ralph J. Gleason called him "America's most important composer." Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based in New York City from the mid-1920s and gained a national profile through his orchestra's appearances at the Cotton Club in Harlem. A master at writing miniatures for the three-minute 78 rpm ...
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