With a combination of live music, audio clips of historic interviews and discussion among Duke Ellington experts, the GW community commemorated Foggy Bottom’s most famous and influential native on Monday. “Foggy Bottom’s Duke: A Tribute to Duke Ellington,” held in Jack Morton Auditorium, focused on Mr. Ellington’s local roots and the early experiences that shaped his influence as a composer, musician and “world citizen.”
Foggy Bottom's Duke
April 26, 2012