Duke Ellington
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Born: 1899-04-29Died: 1974-05-24
Edward Kennedy Ellington
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington
Biography:
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and leader of a jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life. Born in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based in New York City from the mid-1920s and gained a national profile through his orchestra's appearances at the Cotton Club in Harlem.
Credits
Anatomy of a Murder | Pie Eye (uncredited) | 1959-07-01 |
Murder at the Vanities | Duke Ellington | 1934-05-18 |
Belle of the Nineties | Piano Player | 1934-09-21 |
Birth of the Blues | Self (archive footage) | 1941-11-07 |
Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989 | Self | 2014-01-13 |
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