Original photograph of Duke Ellington, circa 1950s

by Edward Kennedy Duke Ellington, subject

$175 · Offered by Royal Books

Paris: Atlantic Press, Circa 1950s. Vintage borderless photograph of Duke Ellington, circa 1950s. Atlantic Press stamp on the verso.Although Ellington's career had flagged throughout the postwar years, his landmark appearance at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival marked an significant upwards turn in his career, resulting in a new recording contract with Columbia Records, and several jobs scoring films—most notably Otto Preminger's Anatomy of a

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