THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
1920S AMERICAN CULTURE
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Ellington was an owner of a speakeasy during the 1920s
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Duke Ellington was a well-known jazz band director who helped many jazz musicians become famous during the era.
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Duke Ellington was a leader of the NAACP
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Ellington was a writer who exposed the horrors of lynchings in the South
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Detailed explanation-1: -Duke Ellington was the greatest jazz composer and bandleader of his time. One of the originators of big-band jazz, he led his band for more than 50 years and composed thousands of scores.
Detailed explanation-2: -Born in Washington, D.C., Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington rose to fame at Harlem’s Cotton Club in the late 1920s. His career as a musician, composer, and bandleader spanned more than 50 years.
Detailed explanation-3: -Considered one of the greatest jazz composers of all time, Duke Ellington had an enormous impact on the popular music of the late 20th century. Among his more than two thousand songs are such hits as “In A Sentimental Mood, ” “Sophisticated Lady, ” “I Got It Bad And That Ain’t Good, ” and “I’m Beginning To See The Light.”
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1932, Ellington began touring the country with the band-now the Duke Ellington Orchestra-and over the years it became a mainstay of Big Band music. He continued to write for the band, and was joined in 1939 by Billy Strayhorn, with whom Ellington had a remarkable collaborative relationship.