Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra by Andrea Davis Pinkney

Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra

Andrea Davis Pinkney with Forest Whitaker (Narrator)

17 minutes first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction biography music informative lighthearted fast-paced

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You ever hear of the jazz playin' man, the man with the cats who could swing with his band?His name was Duke. Duke Ellington. As a child, he said piano made an umpy-dump sound that was headed nowhere worth following. But, years later, he heard the...

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