About jack jones Expertise i have as a long time enthusiast read extensively about his life and career i have a huge record and cd collection ranging from the mid 1920s up until his final concert some months before his death in 1974.
i also have a large library of books and magazines concerning the duke.
Experience as a long time fan over 50 yrs i have a good working knowledge of the man and his music.also a good backup reference library of my own.
Expert: jack jones Date: 2/24/2005 Subject: duke questions
Question what is his fathers name?What was his profession?what is the his mothers name and profession
Answer James Edward Ellington....J E as he was affectionately called started working as a coachman for Dr M F Cuthburt for some 20 years from 1897 or 1898 finally becoming the family butler even on occasion helping out at the White House.Duke's mother Daisy was the daughter of James William Kennedy a captain of police and well respected in the local black community.His mother as been described as a genteel and dignified lady, Dukes sister said she was a real Victorian lady. I do not know what Ellington's mothers'profession was. I do know that the Duke worshipped his mother and was devastated when she died in the mid 1930s.
