WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Washington D.C.-area residents gave more money to the Democratic presidential hopefuls than to the Republican candidates, data shows.

Pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington was born this day in 1899 in Washington, D.C. During his long and distinguished career, and right up until his death in 1974, Ellington was a leading figure in orchestral jazz.

Trumpeter Henry "Hot Lips" Levine was born this day in 1907 in London. He replaced Nick LaRocca in the Original Dixieland Jazz Band and also was a bandleader and longtime staff musician for NBC.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- With polls closed across the continental United States, the Arkansas Supreme Court moved late Tuesday to void a lower court decision allowing late ballots -- one of a growing number of battles over alleged voting irregularities, mostly focused on limiting

Pianist Clarence Williams was born this day in 1893 in Plaquemine, La. He's better remembered for writing "Royal Garden Blues," "Gulf Coast Blues" and a rowdy blues called "I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None of My Jellyroll."

Alto saxophonist Ernie Henry was born this day in 1926 in Brooklyn, N.Y. His brief career included work with Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus and Tadd Dameron. He died in 1957.

Pianist and singer Hazel Scott was born this day in 1920 in Port of Spain, Trinidad. She was a leading figure at New York's Cafe Society in the early 1940s, and was best known for her jazz improvisations on familiar classical pieces. She died in New York

Today is March 19. Pianist and composer Lennie Tristano was born in Chicago this day in 1919. As a conceptualist and a player, he had a major influence on the development of modern jazz piano.

Today is March 5. Pianist Lou Levy was born this day in Chicago in 1928. In a widely varied career, the fleet-fingered bop pianist's longest association was 18 years of accompanying singer Peggy Lee.