Duke Ellington Presents... is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded for the Bethlehem label in 1956. The Allmusic...
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Mercer Kennedy Ellington (March 11, 1919 – February 8, 1996) was an American musician, composer, and arranger. His father was Duke Ellington, whose band...
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This is the discography of recordings by Duke Ellington, including those nominally led by his sidemen (mainly in the 1930s and early 1940s), and his later...
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"Caravan" is an American jazz standard by Juan Tizol and Duke Ellington, first performed by Ellington in 1936. Irving Mills wrote lyrics, but they are rarely...
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Duke Ellington & John Coltrane is a jazz album by Duke Ellington and John Coltrane. It was released in January 1963 through Impulse! Records. It was one...
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Ellington at Newport is a 1956 live jazz album by Duke Ellington and his band of their 1956 concert at the Newport Jazz Festival, a concert which revitalized...
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Steven "Steve" Ellington (July 26, 1941 – March 22, 2013) was an American jazz drummer. He was the grand-nephew of Duke Ellington. Ellington picked up drums...
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Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from...
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The Duke Ellington Bridge, named after American jazz pianist Duke Ellington, carries Calvert Street NW over Rock Creek in Washington, D.C., United States...
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Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins is a jazz album by Duke Ellington and Coleman Hawkins that was recorded on August 18, 1962, and released in February...
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Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) (category Duke Ellington Orchestra members)
jazz trombonist from California best remembered for his work with the Duke Ellington orchestra. He was a session musician throughout his career, and also...
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Nutcracker Suite is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded for Columbia Records in 1960 featuring jazz interpretations...
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Take the "A" Train (category Duke Ellington songs)
Strayhorn that was the signature tune of the Duke Ellington orchestra. In 1976, the 1941 recording by Duke Ellington on Victor Records was inducted into the...
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Sathima Bea Benjamin (section Duke Ellington)
functioned as Artists and Repertoire representative. Ibrahim's record, Duke Ellington Presents The Dollar Brand Trio, was released the following year and subsequently...
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Billy Strayhorn (category Duke Ellington Orchestra members)
lyricist, and arranger who collaborated with bandleader and composer Duke Ellington for nearly three decades. His compositions include "Take the 'A' Train"...
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Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book is a 1957 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by Duke Ellington and his orchestra...
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Don't Get Around Much Anymore (category Songs with music by Duke Ellington)
written by composer Duke Ellington. The song was originally entitled "Never No Lament" and was first recorded by Duke Ellington and his orchestra on...
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Sacred Concert by Duke Ellington is one of the following realisations: 1965 - Concert of Sacred Music 1968 - Second Sacred Concert 1973 - Third Sacred...
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Duke Ellington Circle is a traffic circle located at the northeast corner of Central Park at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and 110th Street in Harlem...
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"Africana Club". After the show, Ellington helped set up a recording session with Reprise Records: Duke Ellington presents The Dollar Brand Trio. A second...
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The Duke Ellington School of the Arts (established 1974) is a high school located at 35th Street and R Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C., and dedicated...
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Ivie Anderson (category Duke Ellington Orchestra members)
28, 1949) was an American jazz singer. Anderson was a member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra for more than a decade. Ivie Anderson was born July 10, 1905...
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The Symphonic Ellington is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded and released on the Reprise label in 1963. The...
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It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) (category Songs with music by Duke Ellington)
Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" is a 1931 composition by Duke Ellington with lyrics by Bubber Miley, first published by Irving Mills. It is...
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Masterpieces by Ellington is the first LP album by American pianist, composer, and bandleader Duke Ellington, recorded for the Columbia label in 1950....
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Ellington '65 is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded in 1964 and released on the Reprise label in 1965. The...
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The Duke Plays Ellington is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington featuring trio sessions recorded for the Capitol label...
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Sam Woodyard (category Duke Ellington Orchestra members)
1963) With Duke Ellington At Newport (Columbia, 1956) Duke Ellington Presents... (Bethlehem, 1956) A Drum Is a Woman (Columbia, 1957) Ellington at Newport...
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Jimmy Hamilton (category Duke Ellington Orchestra members)
American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist, who was a member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra. Hamilton was born in Dillon, South Carolina, United States...
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The Popular Duke Ellington is a studio album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington featuring many of the tunes associated with his...
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