Description
Washington DC’s most famous international export, Edward Kennedy Ellington, would rise from the most inauspicious of beginnings to become one of the greatest composers of the 20th century, in any genre of music. Learn about his childhood in Adams Morgan, his introductions to both the piano and early jazz, and his early career as a society dance band leader in our nation’s capital, catering to the rich (and lily-white) elites of DC. And find out how he made the transition from “hired help” to a pianist, composer, and bandleader second to none.