Sep 17, 2022
9 min read
Queen Elizabeth II and Duke Ellington
A Story of The Queen’s Suite
After Duke Ellington’s appearance at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1956 his profile rose like a blazing phoenix from the musical doldrums he had encountered after the rise of Be-bop and Rock ’n’ Roll. By 1958 he was on a high that included a white tie meeting with Queen Elizabeth II, whose beauty, poise and humour, gave him the inspiration to write (with Billy Strayhorn)…
