Duke Ellington| Distributor: | Weston Woods Studios, Inc. |
Duke Ellington's biography and legacy as “King of the Keys” is brought to life in the swing and sway of an edited soundtrack that features some of the original music of Duke Ellington and his Orchestra. Forrest Whitaker narrates this iconographic version of the award winning book (Coretta Scott King and Caldecott Honor) written by Andrea Davis Pinkney and illustrated by Brian Pinkney.
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