An American Jazz Voice Unheard at Home Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email African-American composer, pianist, bandleader and Jazz musician Duke Ellington and broadcaster and Jazz producer Willis Conover during a radio show, Washington DC, November 10, 1949. ( Afro American Newspapers/Gado / Getty ) Produced by WNYC