Biography

Many regard Duke Ellington as the most important figure to emerge from the U.S. jazz scene in the twentieth century, although Ellington himself might have quibbled with the description, as he was reluctant to describe his work as anything more specific than “music”. The word jazz was too narrow for Ellington, a man whose greatest compliment was to describe others who had impressed him as “beyond category”.

Top 10 Jazz Albums

• 1. Jazz Violin Session