Duke Ellington Visits Grinnell, 1957 Leave a Comment / 1950s, Uncategorized / By Aziza Mabrey-Wakefield Students listen to Duke Ellington play the piano. Left to right: Duke Ellington, Robert Weitzman ’59, Unknown, Phil Spelt ’59, Dennis Furbush ’59, Unknown. Special thanks to Digital Grinnell for this photo.