Topic: Duke Ellington
AP News | 2009-02-24 17:52:09
<div id="subtitle">Duke Ellington becomes first African American prominently featured on a US coin</div><div><p>Jazz musician Duke Ellington has become the first black American to be prominently featured on a U.S. coin in circulation with the release of a quarter honoring the District of Columbia.</p ...
ZUMA Press Inc | 2009-02-24 12:06:10
A handout photo from the US Mint released 24 February 2009 showing the face of a 25-cent coin with jazz legend Duke Ellington, the first African American to appear on an American coin. The District of Columbia commemorative quarter showing ...
AP News | 2009-02-17 13:28:01
<div id="subtitle">Acclaimed jazz drummer Louis Bellson dies at 84; played with greats such as Ellington, Goodman</div><div><p>Big band and jazz drummer Louie Bellson, a master musician who performed with such greats as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Goodman and his late wife, Pearl Bailey, has died. He ...
AP News | 2009-01-26 21:03:48
<div id="subtitle">US Mint unveils DC quarter featuring jazz great Duke Ellington; program moves to territories</div><div><p>The nation's capital now has its own quarter.</p><p>The U.S. Mint on Monday released the coin featuring Washington native and jazz great Duke Ellington ...
