It’s THURSDAY somewhere.

Today is the birthday, in 1899, of Duke Ellington. He was born in Washington, DC and spent most of his career. His parents were pianists who lived on Ward Place in Washington’s ‘West End’. His first job was selling peanuts at Washington Senator’s games. As a young man he moved to NYC and became a part of the ‘Harlem renaissance’. Here is one of his most famous pieces.