{"id":46,"date":"2023-12-12T11:25:15","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T11:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ellington.international\/?page_id=46"},"modified":"2023-12-12T13:05:03","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T13:05:03","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ellington.international\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Ellington.international"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are a starting place for people seeking resources on Ellington or wishing to contact one of the world\u2019s Duke Ellington organizations. Ellington info is what we\u2019re all about.<\/p>\n<p>Edward Kennedy <strong>&#8220;Duke&#8221; Ellington<\/strong> (April 29, 1899 \u2013 May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through 1974. His <span id=\"s2_2\" data-children-count=\"0\">work represents one of the greatest legacies of the 20th century. Combining the spirit of blues with the most refined orchestral invention, the Duke has always defended the idea of an art for all, delivering an original and timeless language, built on imagination, intelligence and sound aesthetics, beyond styles and eras.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>E<\/b><\/span><span class=\"s3\"><b>llington 125<\/b><\/span>: 2024 will marks the 125<span class=\"s4\">th <\/span>anniversary of Duke Ellington\u2019s birth. Concerts, lectures, and other commemorations are planned around the world. We encourage you and your band, school, or organization to get behind this celebration, too. You may wish to adapt some of the 100+ ideas for \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/americanhistory.si.edu\/explore\/projects\/smithsonian-jazz\/jazz-appreciation-month\/ways-celebrate\"><span class=\"s5\">How to Celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month<\/span><\/a>\u201d to Ellington\u2019s 125<span class=\"s4\">th<\/span>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are a starting place for people seeking resources on Ellington or wishing to contact one of the world\u2019s Duke Ellington organizations. Ellington info is what we\u2019re all about. Edward Kennedy &#8220;Duke&#8221; Ellington (April 29, 1899 \u2013 May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width-page-template.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-46","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ellington.international\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/46","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ellington.international\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ellington.international\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ellington.international\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ellington.international\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.ellington.international\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/46\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90,"href":"https:\/\/www.ellington.international\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/46\/revisions\/90"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ellington.international\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}