Duke Ellington

Larry Tye ("Satchel," "Bobby Kennedy") has penned a portrait of the longtime kings of jazz—Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie—who, born within a few years of one another, overcame racist exclusion and violence to become the most popular entertainers on the planet. The book is "The Jazzmen."

Our Tune for Today is “Sophisticated Lady” by Duke Ellington from his album Live at the Blue Note, recorded at The Blue Note nightclub in Chicago and…