News on Duke Ellingtonhttp://uspoliticsinfo.com/topic/duke-ellington2010-09-29T03:15:58ZEndangered Digital Recordings2010-09-29T03:15:58ZAP Newstag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-09-29:/photo/endangered-digital-recordings-2353869p/FILE - In this Oct. 7, 1958, file photo, <a title="Duke Ellington" href="/topic/Duke+Ellington" >Duke Ellington</a> waves to fans when he arrives at London’s <a title="Paddington Station" href="/topic/Paddington+Station" >Paddington Station</a>. The nation's first comprehensive study of the preservation of sound recordings in the <a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" >United States</a> shows new digital audio recordings are at greater risk of being lost than older recordings...Tony Bennett Presents A Painting To The National Portrait Gallery2010-04-08T13:30:11ZGetty Imagestag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-04-08:/photo/tony-bennett-presents-painting-national-portrait-gallery-1101153p/WASHINGTON - APRIL 29: Musician and artist <a title="Tony Bennett" href="/topic/Tony+Bennett" >Tony Bennett</a> speaks to reporters after presenting his painting of jazz musician <a title="Duke Ellington" href="/topic/Duke+Ellington" >Duke Ellington</a> to the <a title="Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery" href="/topic/Smithsonian+National+Portrait+Gallery" >Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery</a> on April 29, 2009 in <a title="Washington, DC" href="/topic/Washington%2c+DC" >Washington, DC....Portrait Gallery Bennett2010-04-08T13:37:19ZAP Newstag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-04-08:/photo/portrait-gallery-bennett-1100541p/A watercolor painting by singer <a title="Tony Bennett" href="/topic/Tony+Bennett" >Tony Bennett</a>, of <a title="Duke Ellington" href="/topic/Duke+Ellington" >Duke Ellington</a>, is hung at the National Portrait Gallery in <a title="Washington, DC" href="/topic/Washington%2c+DC" >Washington</a>, on Wednesday, April 29, 2009. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Copyright 2009 <a href="http://www.ap.org">AP News</a></div></div>...Jazz great Duke Ellington featured on new quarter coin2010-04-13T09:00:23ZZUMA Press Inctag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-04-13:/photo/jazz-great-duke-ellington-featured-new-quarter-coin-638260p/A handout photo from the <a title="The United States Mint" href="/topic/The+United+States+Mint" >US Mint</a> released 24 February 2009 showing the face of a 25-cent coin with jazz legend <a title="Duke Ellington" href="/topic/Duke+Ellington" >Duke Ellington</a>, the first African American to appear on an American coin. The <a title="Washington, DC" href="/topic/Washington%2c+DC" >District of Columbia</a> commemorative quarter showing Ellington playing the piano will be introduced by <a title="Ed...