Heart and Soul / Pianist

The piano was at the heart and soul of Duke Ellington’s approach to making music. In addition to his supreme musical gifts as a bandleader, composer and arranger, showman and entertainer, Ellington also left an indelible mark as one of the seminal pianists in jazz.

Listen to biographer John Edward Hasse, flutist James Newton and trumpeter Wynton Marsalis reflect on Duke's piano playing.
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