This 1958 photo released by Herman Leonard Photography, shows jazz great Duke Ellington playing the piano at the Olympia Theater in Paris. Leonard said that when he poked his camera through the curtain backstage he was happily surprised to find Ellington "bathed in celestial light," and when he shot this picture, Ellington heard the click of the camera and gave Leonard a wink. AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 months ago

This 1958 photo released by Herman Leonard Photography, shows jazz great Duke Ellington playing the piano at the Olympia Theater in Paris. Leonard said that when he poked his camera through the curtain backstage he was happily surprised to find Ellington "bathed in celestial light," and when he shot this picture, Ellington heard the click of the camera and gave Leonard a wink.

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