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A 10 page paper which discusses Duke Ellington and then the women in his life, his Sophisticated Ladies. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
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the time of his passing, he was considered amongst the worlds greatest composers and musicians" (Duke Ellington: Biography, 2006). He was honored by the French government with the Legion of
Honor, which is the highest honor given in France (Duke Ellington: Biography, 2006). He was given, by the United States, the Presidential Medal of Freedom (Duke Ellington: Biography, 2006). And,
25 years after he had died he was awarded "the Pulitzer Prize in recognition of his musical genius" (Duke Ellington: Composer, Pianist and Jazz Bandleader, 2006). He was the "Duke"
and the "Duke sounded like nobody else and nobody else ever sounded like Duke" (A Brief Ellington Biography, 2006). Duke Ellington was, and is, clearly a legend. The following paper
examines the life of Duke Ellington and then discusses who his "sophisticated ladies" were or may have been. Duke Ellington In
the biographical information provided by a PBS supplement called Notable Washingtonians, one author notes that, "Many people played significant roles in the story of Washingtons black community in the early
20th century, but no one better personified the elegance, the dynamism and the spirit of that society than Duke Ellington" (PBS, 2006). He was, in so many ways, an incredible
icon and hero for African Americans for he was a very classy and intelligent man, but also clearly a man of his people despite his economic success and notoriety (PBS,
2006). He was also "a creature of the fertile, talented, secure middle-class society that nurtured him" (PBS, 2006). PBS (2006) states that two particular biographers have noted that he was
shaped by a unique Washington in relationship to its black community as he was raised "by the elegance and etiquette his father learned as a butler and caterer to some
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