Pianist, composer, and band leader Edward Kennedy “Duke" Ellington has long symbolized the epitome of class and style in the straight-ahead jazz world. Born in Washington DC on April 29, 1899, the ...
A native son of the Bronx, Palmieri was a crucial innovator in New York’s Afro-Caribbean music history. The pianist, composer and bandleader has died at 88. By Ed Morales A Nuyorican original, the ...