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This photograph by the National Park Service's Abbie Rowe is of President Richard M. Nixon and Duke Ellington and was taken on April 29, 1969 during a program honoring Ellington's seventieth birthday. Ellington (1899-1974) was a prolific musician, composer and band leader who wrote numerous songs that became classics of American jazz. At this celebration, Ellington was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his contributions to American music.
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This photograph of President Jimmy Carter on stage at a White House jazz concert was taken on June 18, 1978. Carter appears in the photograph with trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie (center) and percussionist Max Roach (right), performing Gillespie's tune "Salt Peanuts." The concert marked the 25th anniversary of the Newport Jazz Festival and featured such jazz greats as Roy Eldridge, Chick Corea, and George Benson. John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie is known as one of the greatest jazz musicians in American musical history. He helped originate the style of bebop and was prominent in the Afro-Cuban music movement. Roach was also a significant figure in the development of bebop and a highly influential drummer as well as a composer.
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