The Duke
Smooth talking, slick steppin, piano-playin kid. Duke Ellington
Ragtime, rhythms, and melodies to entertaining ladies and gents.
Washingto D.C. to New York
playing all over.
Lady Luck smiled
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra played at the Cotton Club
Broadcast live over the radio
for those radio lovers.
Tunes performed straight,
improvised to make the music fly.
Sleek brass sax, low-moan horn, smooth melodic god, trombone, and ivory eighty-eights
painted colors with his band's sound.
King of Keys
Piano Prince
Edward Kennedy Ellington
THE DUKE.
Smooth talking, slick steppin, piano-playin kid. Duke Ellington
Ragtime, rhythms, and melodies to entertaining ladies and gents.
Washingto D.C. to New York
playing all over.
Lady Luck smiled
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra played at the Cotton Club
Broadcast live over the radio
for those radio lovers.
Tunes performed straight,
improvised to make the music fly.
Sleek brass sax, low-moan horn, smooth melodic god, trombone, and ivory eighty-eights
painted colors with his band's sound.
King of Keys
Piano Prince
Edward Kennedy Ellington
THE DUKE.