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A Duke Named Ellington Jump for Joy A birthday celebration for an American legend Sunday, April 29: 8:30 pm Admission: $11 general public; $7 members & students; $7 seniors weekday matinee screenings only. Please note: there is a $1.25 service charge per ticket ordered online and cash only transactions at the box office. Loose as a goose in his white dinner jacket, sporting a hip moustache and that inscrutable twinkle in his eye, Duke Ellington was the essence of modulated cool. When he hit his stride, the spirit of improvisation made each of his orchestra’s performances sparkle. You simply had to be there! On April 29 at 8:30 p.m., the Film Society celebrates Edward Kennedy Ellington’s 108th birthday with a screening of the Emmy-nominated special, American Masters: A Duke Named Ellington. Widely recognized as of one the best documentaries on one of America’s greatest artists, the two-hour film, created by the Council for Positive Images, has not been seen in the United States for almost 20 years. Director, producer and Council for Positive Images founder Terry Carter will join the Film Society onstage to introduce his film and answer questions, honoring the quintessential jazzman who always exuded that rare aura of debonair confidence. American Masters: A Duke Named Ellington Terry Carter, US, 1988; 110m Spanning half a century by blending previously undiscovered performance footage with recollections of Ellington and his work, A Duke Named Ellington delineates the joys, expectations and disappointments of the black experience during the Jazz Age. Just after World War I, New York became the citadel of jazz. Newcomers like Ellington arrived from Washington, East Texas or the Caribbean to make Harlem the musical heart of black America (though only whites were allowed in the audience). By the l950s, the Duke Ellington Orchestra had gathered—and kept—many of the nation’s finest jazz musicians, playing together for more years than any other band.