The A Train - Duke Ellington is a painting by William Walts which was uploaded on October 26th, 2015.
The A Train - Duke Ellington
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Title
The A Train - Duke Ellington
Artist
William Walts
Medium
Painting - Acrylic On Illustration Board
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Limited Edition prints and Original Art work can be found at www.brokenrockart.wixsite.com/shop
Born in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based in New York City from the mid-1920s onward, and gained a national profile through his orchestra's appearances at the Cotton Club in Harlem. In the 1930s, his orchestra toured in Europe. Though widely considered to have been a pivotal figure in the history of jazz, Ellington embraced the phrase "beyond category" as a liberating principle, and referred to his music as part of the more general category of American Music, rather than to a musical genre such as jazz.
Some of the musicians who were members of Ellington's orchestra, such as saxophonist Johnny Hodges, are considered to be among the best players in jazz. Ellington melded them into the best-known orchestral unit in the history of jazz. Some members stayed with the orchestra for several decades. A master at writing miniatures for the three-minute 78 rpm recording format, Ellington often composed specifically to feature the style and skills of his individual musicians.
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