Ellington 125 at the Virginia Arts Festival

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May 17, 20247:45Arts

Raymond Jones speaks with Todd Stoll, who directs the Attucks Jazz Orchestra in Virginia Arts Festival's celebration of the 125th anniversary of Duke Ellington's birth, with a program that goes well beyond the greatest h...

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