Longtime Milwaukee lounge owner Minnette "Satin Doll" Wilson was known for her fearlessness when it came to speaking her mind. And when police went to Satin Doll's Lounge to talk with Wilson about the ...

LOOK BACK AT THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF MINNETTE SATIN DOLL WILSON. ♪ >> SATIN DOLL ♪ DOWN A STRETCH OF WEST FOND DU LAC, NOT TOO FAR FROM LENA’S MARKET SITS A BLACK BRICKED BUILDING. AND LOCKED INSIDE ...

Presented by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in homage to Duke Ellington and his last pop hit recording of "Satin Doll" for Capitol Records in 1953. Performers LaLa, E-Melodi and Candi Bleu ...

Duke Ellington, the District native who became one of the 20th century's most prolific and influential composers, had a career that spanned five decades and more than 20,000 performances. Born in 1899 ...

The early 1950s were a worrying time for Duke Ellington. Musical tastes were changing and big bands were going out of business. Ellington was nervous. "I like to keep a band so I can write and hear ...

Duke Ellington's impact on jazz seems beyond measure, no matter how you count it. He wrote, co-wrote or took credit for writing more than 1,000 compositions over a 50-year span. According to one ...