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1065:, originally hired as a lyricist, began his association with Ellington in 1939. Nicknamed "Sweet Pea" for his mild manner, Strayhorn soon became a vital member of the Ellington organization. Ellington showed great fondness for Strayhorn and never failed to speak glowingly of the man and their collaborative working relationship, "my right arm, my left arm, all the eyes in the back of my head, my brain waves in his head, and his in mine". Strayhorn, with his training in classical music, not only contributed his original lyrics and music but also arranged and polished many of Ellington's works, becoming a second Ellington or "Duke's doppelgänger". It was not uncommon for Strayhorn to fill in for Duke, whether in conducting or rehearsing the band, playing the piano, on stage, and in the recording studio. The decade ended with a very successful European tour in 1939 just as World War II loomed in Europe. 1469: 1074: 1848: 1685: 6440: 558: 44: 1243:, leading to an increase in royalties paid to musicians, had a severe effect on the financial viability of the big bands, including Ellington's Orchestra. His income as a songwriter ultimately subsidized it. Although he always spent lavishly and drew a respectable income from the orchestra's operations, the band's income often just covered expenses. However, in 1943 Ellington asked Webster to leave; the saxophonist's personality made his colleagues anxious and the saxophonist was regularly in conflict with the leader. 1268: 1397:
The band assembled the next day to re-record several numbers with the addition of the faked sound of a crowd, none of which was disclosed to purchasers of the album. Not until 1999 was the concert recording properly released for the first time. The revived attention brought about by the Newport appearance should not have surprised anyone, Johnny Hodges had returned the previous year, and Ellington's collaboration with Strayhorn was renewed around the same time, under terms more amenable to the younger man.
742: 644:, an all–African-American revue which introduced European audiences to African-American styles and performers. Duke Ellington and his Kentucky Club Orchestra grew to a group of ten players; they developed their own sound via the non-traditional expression of Ellington's arrangements, the street rhythms of Harlem, and the exotic-sounding trombone growls and wah-wahs, high-squealing trumpets, and saxophone blues licks of the band members. For a short time, soprano saxophonist and clarinetist 222: 10359: 10352: 702:(and its subsidiary, Perfect), the ARC/Plaza group of labels (Oriole, Domino, Jewel, Banner) and their dime-store labels (Cameo, Lincoln, Romeo), Hit of the Week, and Columbia's cheaper labels (Harmony, Diva, Velvet Tone, Clarion), labels that gave Ellington popular recognition. On OKeh, his records were usually issued as The Harlem Footwarmers. In contrast, the Brunswicks were usually issued as The Jungle Band. Whoopee Makers and the Ten BlackBerries were other pseudonyms. 2106: 1716:. He created a jazz Christian liturgy. Although the work received mixed reviews, Ellington was proud of the composition and performed it dozens of times. This concert was followed by two others of the same type in 1968 and 1973, known as the Second and Third Sacred Concerts. Many saw the Sacred Music suites as an attempt to reinforce commercial support for organized religion. However, Ellington simply said it was "the most important thing I've done". The 1816: 1968: 1050: 2026:. 'I've been waiting for someone to ask us!' Ellington exclaimed. On the day of the concert, Ellington accidentally mixed up the venues and drove to USC instead. He eventually arrived at the UCLA campus and, to apologize for his tardiness, played to the packed crowd for more than four hours. And so, "Sir Duke" and his group played the first-ever jazz performance in a concert venue. 5387: 5361: 322:, "the most significant composer of the genre", Ellington himself embraced the phrase "beyond category", considering it a liberating principle, and referring to his music as part of the more general category of American Music. Ellington was known for his inventive use of the orchestra, or big band, as well as for his eloquence and charisma. He was awarded a posthumous 1098:, then leading a big band, that Ellington was the only rival he would leave Wilson for. He was the orchestra's first regular tenor saxophonist and increased the size of the sax section to five for the first time. Much influenced by Johnny Hodges, he often credited Hodges with showing him "how to play my horn". The two men sat next to each other in the orchestra. 5391: 5365: 1375:" comprised two tunes that had been in the band's book since 1937. Ellington, who had abruptly ended the band's scheduled set because of the late arrival of four key players, called the two tunes as the time was approaching midnight. Announcing that the two pieces would be separated by an interlude played by tenor saxophonist 1961:. The coin is part of the U.S. Mint's program honoring the District and the U.S. territories and celebrates Ellington's birthplace in the District of Columbia. Ellington is depicted on the quarter seated at a piano, sheet music in hand, along with the inscription "Justice for All", which is the District's motto. 1042:. Mills, though, continued to record Ellington. After only a year, his Master and Variety labels (the small groups had recorded for the latter) collapsed in late 1937. Mills placed Ellington back on Brunswick and those small group units on Vocalion through to 1940. Well-known sides continued to be recorded, " 1859:
In 1938, he left his family (his son was 19) and moved in with Beatrice "Evie" Ellis, a Cotton Club employee. Their relationship, though stormy, continued after Ellington met and formed a relationship with Fernanda de Castro Monte in the early 1960s. Ellington supported both women for the rest of his
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Musicians enlisting in the military and travel restrictions made touring difficult for the big bands, and dancing became subject to a new tax, which continued for many years, affecting the choices of club owners. By the time World War II ended, the focus of popular music was shifting towards singing
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on January 23, 1943, beginning an annual series of Ellington concerts at the venue over the next four years. While some jazz musicians had played at Carnegie Hall before, none had performed anything as elaborate as Ellington's work. Unfortunately, starting a regular pattern, Ellington's longer works
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Ellington's long-term aim, though, was to extend the jazz form from that three-minute limit, of which he was an acknowledged master. While he had composed and recorded some extended pieces before, such works now became a regular feature of Ellington's output. In this, he was helped by Strayhorn, who
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from New Jersey, who encouraged Ellington's ambition to become a professional musician. Ellington built his music business through his day job. When a customer asked him to make a sign for a dance or party, he would ask if they had musical entertainment; if not, Ellington would offer to play for the
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Ellington started sneaking into Frank Holiday's Poolroom at age fourteen. Hearing the music of the poolroom pianists ignited Ellington's love for the instrument, and he began to take his piano studies seriously. Among the many piano players he listened to were Doc Perry, Lester Dishman, Louis Brown,
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At the age of seven, Ellington began taking piano lessons from Marietta Clinkscales. Daisy surrounded her son with dignified women to reinforce his manners and teach him elegance. His childhood friends noticed that his casual, offhand manner and dapper dress gave him the bearing of a young nobleman,
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The writing and playing of music is a matter of intent... You can't just throw a paintbrush against the wall and call whatever happens art. My music fits the tonal personality of the player. I think too strongly in terms of altering my music to fit the performer to be impressed by accidental music.
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that would become the best-selling LP of Ellington's career. Much of the music on the LP was, in effect, simulated, with only about 40% actually from the concert itself. According to Avakian, Ellington was dissatisfied with aspects of the performance and felt the musicians had been under-rehearsed.
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in St Louis. The short-lived Blanton transformed the use of double bass in jazz, allowing it to function as a solo/melodic instrument rather than a rhythm instrument alone.Terminal illness forced him to leave by late 1941 after around two years. Ben Webster's principal tenure with Ellington spanned
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For agent Mills, the attention was a publicity triumph, as Ellington was now internationally known. On the band's tour through the segregated South in 1934, they avoided some of the traveling difficulties of African Americans by touring in private railcars. These provided accessible accommodations,
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His longer pieces had already begun to appear. Ellington had composed and recorded "Creole Rhapsody" as early as 1931 (issued as both sides of a 12" record for Victor and both sides of a 10" record for Brunswick). A tribute to his mother, "Reminiscing in Tempo", took four 10" 78rpm record sides to
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Although trumpeter Bubber Miley was a member of the orchestra for only a short period, he had a major influence on Ellington's sound. As an early exponent of growl trumpet, Miley changed the sweet dance band sound of the group to one that was hotter, which contemporaries termed Jungle Style, which
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Ellington moved out of his parents' home and bought his own as he became a successful pianist. At first, he played in other ensembles, and in late 1917 formed his first group, "The Duke's Serenaders" ("Colored Syncopators", his telephone directory advertising proclaimed). He was also the group's
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Although it had sold-out performances and received positive reviews, it ran for only 122 performances until September 29, 1941, with a brief revival in November of that year. Its subject matter did not make it appealing to Broadway; Ellington had unfulfilled plans to take it there. Despite this
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was forced to disband his whole ensemble and work as an octet for a time, Ellington was able to tour most of Western Europe between April 6 and June 30, 1950, with the orchestra playing 74 dates over 77 days. During the tour, according to Sonny Greer, Ellington did not perform the newer works.
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suggested him and Mills arranged an audition. Ellington had to increase from a six to 11-piece group to meet the requirements of the Cotton Club's management for the audition, and the engagement finally began on December 4. With a weekly radio broadcast, the Cotton Club's exclusively white and
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Ellington composed incessantly to the very last days of his life. Music was indeed his mistress; it was his total life and his commitment to it was incomparable and unalterable. In jazz he was a giant among giants. And in twentieth century music, he may yet one day be recognized as one of the
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during 1924–26, Ellington's signing with Mills allowed him to record prolifically. However, sometimes he recorded different versions of the same tune. Mills regularly took a co-composer credit. From the beginning of their relationship, Mills arranged recording sessions on nearly every label,
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Ellington led the orchestra by conducting from the keyboard using piano cues and visual gestures; very rarely did he conduct using a baton. By 1932 his orchestra consisted of six brass instruments, four reeds, and a rhythm section of four players. As the leader, Ellington was not a strict
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disciplinarian; he maintained control of his orchestra with a combination of charm, humor, flattery, and astute psychology. A complex, private person, he revealed his feelings to only his closest intimates. He effectively used his public persona to deflect attention away from himself.
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educates talented students who are considering careers in the arts by providing art instruction and academic programs to prepare students for post-secondary education and professional careers. In 1974, the District renamed the Calvert Street Bridge, originally built in 1935, as the
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The United States Mint launched a new coin Tuesday featuring jazz legend Duke Ellington, making him the first African American to appear by himself on a circulating U.S. coin. The coin was issued to celebrate Ellington's birthplace, the District of
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and another at the prestigious Exclusive Club in Harlem. This was followed in September 1923 by a move to the Hollywood Club (at 49th and Broadway) and a four-year engagement, which gave Ellington a solid artistic base. He was known to play the
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While Ellington's United States audience remained mainly African-American in this period, the orchestra had a significant following overseas. They traveled to England and Scotland in 1933, as well as France (three concerts at the
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From 1936, Ellington began to make recordings with smaller groups (sextets, octets, and nonets) drawn from his then-15-man orchestra. He composed pieces intended to feature a specific instrumentalist, such as "Jeep's Blues" for
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so they began calling him "Duke". Ellington credited his friend Edgar McEntee for the nickname: "I think he felt that in order for me to be eligible for his constant companionship, I should have a title. So he called me Duke."
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proliferated nationwide, spreading the gospel of swing. Ellington's band could certainly swing, but their strengths were mood, nuance, and richness of composition, hence his statement "jazz is music, the swing is business".
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that appears above the lettering "Duke Ellington". In 2010 the triangular park, across the street from Duke Ellington's birth site, at the intersection of New Hampshire and M Streets NW, was named the Duke Ellington Park.
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near West 106th Street. His sister Ruth, who managed his publishing company, also lived there, and his son Mercer lived next door. After his death, West 106th Street was officially renamed Duke Ellington Boulevard.
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He was now performing worldwide and spent a significant part of each year on overseas tours. As a consequence, he formed new working relationships with artists from around the world, including the Swedish vocalist
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in July 1956 led to a major revival and regular world tours. Ellington recorded for most American record companies of his era, performed in and scored several films, and composed a handful of stage musicals.
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Ellington signed exclusively to Brunswick in 1932 and stayed with them through to late 1936 (albeit with a short-lived 1933–34 switch to Victor when Irving Mills temporarily moved his acts from Brunswick).
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played with them, reportedly becoming the dominant personality in the group, with Sonny Greer saying Bechet "fitted out the band like a glove". His presence resulted in friction with Miley and trombonist
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issued a coin with Duke Ellington on it, making him the first African American to appear by himself on a circulating U.S. coin. Ellington appears on the reverse (tails) side of the District of Columbia
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in 1965. However, no prize was ultimately awarded that year. Then 66 years old, he joked: "Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be famous too young." In 1999, he was posthumously awarded a
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released in 1930, which features the orchestra playing "Old Man Blues" in an extended ballroom scene. That year, Ellington and his Orchestra connected with a whole different audience in a concert with
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wealthy clientele poured in nightly to see them. At the Cotton Club, Ellington's group performed all the music for the revues, which mixed comedy, dance numbers, vaudeville, burlesque, music, and
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When Ellington was a child, his family showed racial pride and support in their home, as did many other families. African Americans in D.C. worked to protect their children from the era's
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and Duke Ellington. Unfortunately, Bach is dead, Delius is very ill but we are happy to have with us today The Duke". Ellington's first period at the Cotton Club concluded in 1931.
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said: "Duke Ellington lived long enough to hear himself named among our best composers. And since his death in 1974, it has become not at all uncommon to see him named, along with
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offered to direct. At one performance, Garfield insisted that Herb Jeffries, who was light-skinned, should wear makeup. Ellington objected in the interval and compared Jeffries to
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In the early 1960s, Ellington embraced recording with artists who had been friendly rivals in the past or were younger musicians who focused on later styles. The Ellington and
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Ellington married his high school sweetheart, Edna Thompson (d. 1967), on July 2, 1918, when he was 19. The next spring, on March 11, 1919, Edna gave birth to their only son,
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Ellington was born on April 29, 1899, to James Edward Ellington and Daisy (née Kennedy) Ellington in Washington, D.C. Both his parents were pianists. Daisy primarily played
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In 1989, a bronze plaque was attached to the newly named Duke Ellington Building at 2121 Ward Place NW. In 2012, the new owner of the building commissioned a mural by
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Ellington was joined in New York City by his wife and son in the late 1920s, but the couple soon permanently separated. According to her obituary in
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has a vocal version of this piece, "You Swing Baby (The Duke)", with lyrics by Iola Brubeck, Dave Brubeck's wife. It is performed as a duet between
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at the end of each performance. The group was initially called Elmer Snowden and his Black Sox Orchestra and had seven members, including trumpeter
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Ellington then made eight records in 1924, receiving composing credit on three including "Choo Choo". In 1925, Ellington contributed four songs to
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in Ontario, Canada, which opened on July 29, 1963. Langham has used it for several subsequent productions, including a much later adaptation by
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But Duke merely lifts his finger, three horns make a sound, and I don't know what it is!" However, by 1955, after three years of recording for
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can stand in front of a thousand fiddles and a thousand brass and make a dramatic gesture and every studio arranger can nod his head and say,
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His compositions have been revisited by artists and musicians worldwide as sources of inspiration and a bedrock of their performing careers:
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music, that is, music whose source is not visible or implied by action in the film, like an on-screen band." The score avoided the cultural
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Duke turned 65 in the spring of 1964 but showed no signs of slowing down as he continued to make recordings of significant works such as
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in Paris) and the Netherlands before returning to New York. On June 12, 1933, the Duke Ellington Orchestra gave its British debut at the
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Ellington's sister Ruth (1915–2004) later ran Tempo Music, his music publishing company. Ruth's second husband was the bass-baritone
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in 1999: "n the century since his birth, there has been no greater composer, American or otherwise, than Edward Kennedy Ellington."
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and reached a creative peak. Some years later following a low-profile period, an appearance by Ellington and his orchestra at the
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on banjo; and Sonny Greer on drums. The band thrived, performing for both African-American and white audiences, rare in the
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Schuller, Gunther (October 1992). "Jazz and Composition: The Many Sides of Duke Ellington, the Music's Greatest Composer".
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Cohen, Harvey G. (Autumn 2004). "The Marketing of Duke Ellington: Setting the Strategy for an African American Maestro".
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There are hundreds of albums dedicated to the music of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn by artists famous and obscure.
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on December 1, 1973, later issued on LP. Ellington performed what is considered his final full concert in a ballroom at
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occasion. He also had a messenger job with the U.S. Navy and State departments, where he made a wide range of contacts.
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Numerous memorials have been dedicated to Duke Ellington in cities from New York and Washington, D.C. to Los Angeles.
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had enjoyed a more thorough training in the forms associated with classical music than Ellington. The first of these,
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Musicians who had previously worked with Ellington returned to the Orchestra as members: Lawrence Brown in 1960 and
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Ellington earned 14 Grammy awards from 1959 to 2000 (three of which were posthumous) and a total of 25 nominations
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After Duke died, his son Mercer took over leadership of the orchestra, continuing until he died in 1996. Like the
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In 1951, Ellington suffered a significant loss of personnel: Sonny Greer, Lawrence Brown, and, most importantly,
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which previously characterized jazz scores and rejected a strict adherence to visuals in ways that presaged the
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cinema of the '60s". Ellington and Strayhorn, always looking for new musical territory, produced suites for
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As the Depression worsened, the recording industry was in crisis, dropping over 90% of its artists by 1933.
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Ellington's residence at 2728 Sherman Avenue NW, during the years 1919–1922, is marked by a bronze plaque.
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At the end of the 1930s, Ellington began a nearly thirty-year collaboration with composer-arranger-pianist
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for income. After a few months, the young musicians returned to Washington, D.C., feeling discouraged.
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magazine, she was "homesick for Washington" and returned. In 1929, Ellington became the companion of
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is a nationally renowned annual competition for prestigious high school bands. Started in 1996 at
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on March 20, 1974. Since 1980, that ballroom has been dedicated as the "Duke Ellington Ballroom".
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booking agent. His first play date was at the True Reformer's Hall, where he took home 75 cents.
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Crouch, Stanley (June 2009). "The Electric Company: how technology revived Ellington's career".
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and elsewhere provided venues for live exposure, and a European tour in 1958 was well received.
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would come on his horse sometimes, and "stop and watch us play," he recalled. Ellington went to
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dedicated "The Duke" (1954) to Ellington and it became a standard covered by others, including
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was an early admirer and supporter. He wrote, "The three greatest composers who ever lived are
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dining, and storage for equipment while avoiding the indignities of segregated facilities.
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Among the last shows Ellington and his orchestra performed were one on March 21, 1973, at
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magazine cover stories dedicated to a jazz musician, and resulted in an album produced by
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for Best Musical Short Subject. Ellington and his Orchestra also appeared in the features
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was hired as the Ellington Orchestra's featured vocalist in 1931. She is the vocalist on "
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from 1917, Ellington began assembling groups to play for dances. In 1919, he met drummer
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In 1986, a United States commemorative stamp was issued featuring Ellington's likeness.
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Once more recording for Victor (from 1940), with the small groups being issued on their
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Two musicians who joined Ellington at this time created a sensation in their own right,
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Orchestra in New York City, Ellington left his successful career in D.C. and moved to
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left to pursue other ventures. However, only Greer was a permanent departee. Drummer
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piano upon which the Sacred Concerts were composed is part of the collection of the
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by day and played whatever gigs they could find. The young band met stride pianist
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for private society balls and embassy parties. The band included childhood friend
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Music on My Mind: The Memoirs of an American Pianist, Foreword by Duke Ellington
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Ellington at the Hurricane Club, Broadway & W. 51St, New York City, May 1943
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Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Score from Motion Picture or Television
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Bing Crosby Award – Name changed to GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award in 1982.
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Bing Crosby Award – Name changed to GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award in 1982.
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at the Poodle Dog Café, Ellington wrote his first composition, "Soda Fountain
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Best Instrumental Jazz Performance – Large Group or Soloist with Large Group
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club in 1937, they asked the budding musical great to play a free concert in
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When UCLA students were entranced by Duke Ellington's provocative tunes at a
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and Dick Burris, these recordings were first legitimately issued in 1978 as
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Ellington continued on his own course through these tectonic shifts. While
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Ellington poses with his piano at the KFG Radio Studio on November 3, 1954.
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In 1929, the Cotton Club Orchestra appeared on stage for several months in
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which yielded several years of recording stability, mainly under producer
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replaced Greer, and his "Skin Deep" was a hit for Ellington. Tenor player
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turned down a regular booking for his group as the house band at Harlem's
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Though Ellington took piano lessons, he was more interested in baseball. "
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Studio Sessions, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967, San Francisco, Chicago, New York
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sides continued to flow from Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Ellington's son
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Ellington lived out his final years in Manhattan, in a townhouse at 333
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Underneath a Harlem Moon ... The Harlem to Paris Years of Adelaide Hall
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Schuller, Gunther; Kernfeld, Barry (2002). "Ellington, Duke (jazz) ".
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The concert made international headlines, and led to one of only five
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Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition and Festival
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summed up the occasion: "It's a very sad day. A genius has passed."
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which expands the score with some of Ellington's best-known works.
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Help!: The Beatles, Duke Ellington, and the Magic of Collaboration
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as jazz musicians. For this work, Ellington was nominated for the
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short in which he played the hero "Duke". He also appeared in the
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In October 1926, Ellington made an agreement with agent-publisher
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This Is Pop: In Search of the Elusive at Experience Music Project
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Best Instrumental Jazz Performance – Group or Soloist with Group
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1939 to 1943. An ambition of his, he told his previous employer,
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Covers all of Duke's travels and films from the 1929 short film
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A statue of Ellington at a piano is featured at the entrance to
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on July 7, 1956, returned him to wider prominence. The feature "
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convictions, his uses of the tones ordinarily extraneous to the
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Art Pilkington collection relating to Duke Ellington, 1919–1974
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Duke Ellington Legacy Big Band & Duke Ellington Legacy Band
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Art Pilkington collection relating to Duke Ellington, 1919–1974
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Back To Back – Duke Ellington And Johnny Hodges Play The Blues
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Around this time Ellington and Strayhorn began to work on film
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Studio Sessions New York & Chicago, 1965, 1966 & 1971
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album was the first release in a new recording contract with
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Someone to Watch Over Me: The Life and Music of Ben Webster
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100 Greatest African Americans: A Biographical Encyclopedia
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Adelaide Hall talks about 1920s Harlem and Creole Love Call
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Ellington on the Washington, D.C., quarter released in 2009
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and Luckey Roberts. Later in New York, he took advice from
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1964, Honorary Doctorate of Humanities from Milton College
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was the main male vocalist in this era (until 1943) while
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Ellington continued listening to, watching, and imitating
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Best Jazz Composition of More Than Five Minutes Duration
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However, the competition intensified as swing bands like
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in Washington, D.C. His first job was selling peanuts at
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Jackson, Kenneth T.; Keller, Lisa; Flood, Nancy (2010).
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Best Instrumental Theme or Instrumental Version of Song
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After leaving agent Irving Mills, he signed on with the
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Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
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Beyond Category: The Life and Genius of Duke Ellington
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Beyond Category: The Life and Genius of Duke Ellington
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Whitehead, Kevin; Bianculli, David (October 5, 2018).
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Ellington died on May 24, 1974, of complications from
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Beyond Category: The Life and Genius of Duke Ellington
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Jerry Valburn Collection on Duke Ellington, 1924–1974
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Bulletin of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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disappointment, a Broadway production of Ellington's
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early in their careers. After recording a handful of
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When his drummer Sonny Greer was invited to join the
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British pressing of "East St. Louis Toodle-Oo" (1927)
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Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Mark Stryker, "Ellington's score still celebrated",
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Recordings of Duke Ellington were inducted into the
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Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards winners
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for his lifetime contributions to music and culture
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Oxford University Press, US. pp. 161–171. 4434:"Musician Ivie Anderson (Vocal) @ All About Jazz" 4387: 4301: 1929:In Ellington's birthplace, Washington, D.C., the 1776:In 1972–1974 Ellington worked on his only opera, 1712:In September 1965, he premiered the first of his 10638: 7339:It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing 3949:: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( 3607: 3432: 2459:Best Instrumental Jazz Performance – Large Group 248:(April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American 6188:. Vol. 318, no. 1909. pp. 73–77. 6183: 5882: 4396: 4304:"Duke Ellington: Symphony of the Body and Soul" 2482:Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Large Group 2058:Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album 1658:Ellington wrote an original score for director 1329:had joined in December 1950 after periods with 581:emerged in Harlem, as well as African-American 10787:Burials at Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York) 9410:The Way We Were: Original Soundtrack Recording 5036:. Northern Illinois University. Archived from 4623: 4621: 4120: 4118: 3478:—'beyond category'—as a liberating principle." 27:American jazz pianist and composer (1899–1974) 10199: 9887:The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 9159: 8230: 8206: 6523: 6486:Discography of American Historical Recordings 6461:Duke Ellington: 20th International Conference 6223:Early Jazz: Its Roots and Musical Development 5961:. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. 5215:"First Marriage After 40: McHenry Boatwright" 2328:Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band 956:record in 1935 after her death in that year. 9866:& John Kurlander (engineer/mixer) (2002) 6491:His life is retold in the 1948 radio drama " 5163: 5161: 4499:. Berkeley: University of California Press. 3526: 3524: 3062:D.C. and U.S. Territories Quarters Program. 1570:orchestras recorded together with the album 310:Although a pivotal figure in the history of 10802:Deaths from lung cancer in New York (state) 10215:Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards 7546:Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me) 6214:Backstory in Blue: Ellington at Newport '56 6169:. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company. 6056:Duke Ellington: Day by Day and Film by Film 5864:Africville Genealogy Society, ed. (2010) . 5471: 5469: 4848:, "How Come Jazz Isn't Dead", pp. 39–55 in 4673: 4618: 4115: 4012:Duke Ellington: Day by Day and Film by Film 3843:, New York: E-Rights/E-Reads, 1977 , p. 35. 3806:, New York & Oxford, 1998, pp. 112–113. 3679: 3677: 1337:and stayed for the rest of his life, while 1280:However, Ellington's extended composition, 470:music teacher, gave him private lessons in 329: 10206: 10192: 9166: 9152: 8244: 8237: 8223: 6794:Swinging Suites by Edward E. and Edward G. 6530: 6516: 6438: 6053: 5923:"An excerpt from Duke Ellington's America" 5810:"Recipients of Honorary Degrees (By Year)" 5731:"Ellington Comes Out Ahead in Coin Tossup" 5477:"Duke Ellington – Artist – www.grammy.com" 5057: 5055: 4174: 3633: 3631: 3629: 3496: 3494: 3492: 3490: 3488: 3486: 3484: 2675:Best Jazz Performance Solo or Small Group 788:'s Show Girl, along with vaudeville stars 419:In the summer of 1914, while working as a 42: 10827:Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners 7097:The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1947 7083:The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1944 6598:Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band 6584:Braggin' in Brass: The Immortal 1938 Year 6477:FBI file on Edward Kennedy Duke Ellington 6192: 6105:(2nd ed.). 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(1983). 4001:, Creative Age Press, 1946. 3327: 3319:Jazz Hall of Fame inductee 2041: 765:. One side in particular, " 10: 10918: 10777:Black Lion Records artists 9620:, Bunny Hull, Howie Rice, 9521:E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 7511:I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So 7332:Francis A. & Edward K. 6906:The Popular Duke Ellington 6675:Duke Ellington Presents... 6436:Internet Broadway Database 6263:Ellington, The Early Years 6241:Schuller, Gunther (2005). 6221:Schuller, Gunther (1986). 6193:Ellington, Mercer (1978). 6120:Tucker, Mark, ed. (1993). 6086:. 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Williams 8388:Richard Berry Harrison 8372:Mordecai Wyatt Johnson 8123:Mercer Ellington (son) 7385:Black, Brown and Beige 7223:Eastbourne Performance 7174:In the Uncommon Market 7011:The Intimate Ellington 6724:Black, Brown and Beige 6284:Ulanov, Barry (1946). 6101:Terkel, Studs (2002). 5955:Green, Edward (2015). 5784:"NMAH Archives Center" 5504:April 3, 2009, at the 3642:. H.W. Wilson Company. 3133:Issued April 29, 1986 3089:Jazz at Lincoln Center 2944:Black, Brown and Beige 2224:Hollywood Walk of Fame 2154:created his half-hour 2114: 2111:Hollywood Walk of Fame 2073: 2036:Jazz at Lincoln Center 2028: 1972: 1856: 1820: 1800:Eastbourne Performance 1707:special Pulitzer Prize 1697: 1636: 1614:) album. 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Chesnutt 8260:Ernest Everett Just 7947:Queen Esther Marrow 7209:Live at the Whitney 6759:Anatomy of a Murder 6498:Destination Freedom 6471:Library of Congress 6450:Library of Congress 6212:Morton, John Fass. 5790:on January 30, 2012 5736:The Washington Post 5658:on January 22, 2011 5394:on January 15, 2016 5368:on January 15, 2016 4746:on December 7, 2006 4648:The Daily Telegraph 4615:, pp. 321–322. 4302:d'Gama Rose, Raul. 4065:Oxford Music Online 4010:Stratemann, Klaus. 3405:Library of Congress 3294:Deutscher Filmpreis 3167:Columbia University 2799:Grammy Hall of Fame 2793:Grammy Hall of Fame 2759:Anatomy of a Murder 2738:Anatomy of a Murder 2714:Anatomy of a Murder 2202:, debuted in 1997. 1851:Mercer referred to 1604:which produced the 1543:Anatomy of a Murder 1492:Anatomy of a Murder 1478:Anatomy of a Murder 1115:Fargo, North Dakota 705:In September 1927, 386:Washington Senators 326:for music in 1999. 283:", which brought a 259:Born and raised in 10877:RCA Victor artists 10832:Harlem Renaissance 10337:(2020, posthumous) 10315:Richard Lee Strout 10308:Gannett Newspapers 10294:The New York Times 10250:The New York Times 10235:William O. Dapping 10125:The Queen's Gambit 10118:Hildur Guðnadóttir 10095:Hildur Guðnadóttir 9716:Dances with Wolves 9606:Harold Faltermeyer 9260:Richard M. Sherman 9084:Nathaniel R. Jones 8948:Earl G. Graves Sr. 8916:John Hope Franklin 8516:Percy Lavon Julian 8476:A. Philip Randolph 8396:Robert Russa Moton 7614:Take the 'A' Train 7606:by Billy Strayhorn 7598:(unfinished opera) 7588:Sophisticated Lady 7469:Everything but You 7304:Serenade to Sweden 6703:Such Sweet Thunder 6661:Ellington Showcase 6654:Dance to the Duke! 6463:, London, May 2008 6405:Grove Music Online 5425:on August 21, 2009 5194:, pp. 310–312 5182:, pp. 218–219 5119:, pp. 129–131 4990:Vail, Ken (2002). 4919:on August 10, 2008 4829:Detroit Free Press 4802:, pp. 153–154 4790:, pp. 317–318 4547:, pp. 190–191 3865:John Franceschina 3436:Grove Music Online 2986:Take the "A" Train 2411:New Orleans Suite 2134:, 1957. 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Cobb 10227: 10226: 10224: 10220: 10216: 10209: 10204: 10202: 10197: 10195: 10190: 10189: 10186: 10173: 10169: 10168: 10164: 10161: 10157: 10156: 10152: 10149: 10145: 10141: 10137: 10136: 10131: 10127: 10126: 10122: 10119: 10115: 10114: 10110: 10109: 10107: 10103: 10096: 10092: 10091: 10087: 10084: 10080: 10079: 10078:Black Panther 10075: 10072: 10068: 10067: 10063: 10060: 10059:John Williams 10056: 10055: 10051: 10048: 10044: 10043: 10039: 10036: 10032: 10031: 10027: 10024: 10023:Thomas Newman 10020: 10019: 10015: 10012: 10008: 10004: 10003: 9999: 9996: 9992: 9991: 9987: 9984: 9980: 9979: 9975: 9974: 9972: 9968: 9961: 9957: 9956: 9952: 9949: 9945: 9941: 9940: 9936: 9933: 9929: 9928: 9924: 9921: 9920:John Williams 9917: 9916: 9912: 9909: 9905: 9904: 9900: 9897: 9893: 9889: 9888: 9884: 9881: 9877: 9873: 9872: 9868: 9865: 9861: 9860: 9856: 9853: 9849: 9848: 9844: 9841: 9840:Thomas Newman 9837: 9836: 9832: 9831: 9829: 9825: 9818: 9814: 9813: 9809: 9806: 9805:John Williams 9802: 9801: 9797: 9794: 9793:Gabriel Yared 9790: 9789: 9785: 9782: 9778: 9777: 9773: 9770: 9766: 9765: 9761: 9758: 9757:John Williams 9754: 9753: 9749: 9746: 9742: 9741: 9737: 9734: 9730: 9729: 9725: 9722: 9718: 9717: 9713: 9710: 9706: 9705: 9701: 9700: 9698: 9694: 9687: 9683: 9682: 9678: 9675: 9671: 9667: 9663: 9662: 9658: 9655: 9651: 9650: 9646: 9643: 9639: 9638: 9637:Out of Africa 9634: 9631: 9627: 9623: 9619: 9618:Howard Hewett 9615: 9611: 9607: 9603: 9602: 9598: 9595: 9591: 9587: 9586: 9582: 9579: 9575: 9571: 9567: 9563: 9559: 9555: 9551: 9547: 9543: 9539: 9535: 9534: 9530: 9527: 9526:John Williams 9523: 9522: 9518: 9515: 9514:John Williams 9511: 9510: 9506: 9503: 9502:John Williams 9499: 9498: 9494: 9493: 9491: 9487: 9480: 9479:John Williams 9476: 9475: 9471: 9468: 9467:John Williams 9464: 9463: 9459: 9456: 9455:John Williams 9452: 9451: 9447: 9444: 9440: 9439: 9435: 9432: 9431:John Williams 9428: 9427: 9423: 9420: 9416: 9412: 9411: 9407: 9404: 9400: 9399: 9395: 9392: 9388: 9387: 9386:The Godfather 9383: 9380: 9376: 9375: 9371: 9368: 9364: 9360: 9356: 9352: 9348: 9347: 9343: 9342: 9340: 9336: 9329: 9325: 9324: 9320: 9317: 9313: 9309: 9308: 9304: 9301: 9300:Lalo Schifrin 9297: 9296: 9292: 9289: 9288:Maurice Jarre 9285: 9284: 9280: 9277: 9276:Johnny Mandel 9273: 9272: 9271:The Sandpiper 9268: 9265: 9261: 9257: 9256: 9252: 9249: 9245: 9244: 9240: 9237: 9234: 9233:Henry Mancini 9230: 9229: 9225: 9222: 9218: 9217: 9213: 9212: 9210: 9206: 9199: 9195: 9194: 9190: 9187: 9186: 9184: 9180: 9176: 9169: 9164: 9162: 9157: 9155: 9150: 9149: 9146: 9133: 9128: 9125: 9120: 9117: 9112: 9109: 9104: 9101: 9096: 9093: 9088: 9085: 9080: 9077: 9072: 9069: 9064: 9061: 9060:Jessye Norman 9056: 9053: 9048: 9045: 9040: 9037: 9032: 9029: 9024: 9021: 9016: 9013: 9008: 9005: 9000: 8997: 8992: 8989: 8984: 8981: 8976: 8973: 8968: 8965: 8964:Vernon Jordan 8960: 8957: 8956:Oprah Winfrey 8952: 8949: 8944: 8941: 8936: 8933: 8928: 8925: 8920: 8917: 8912: 8909: 8904: 8901: 8896: 8893: 8888: 8885: 8880: 8877: 8872: 8869: 8868:Jesse Jackson 8864: 8861: 8856: 8853: 8848: 8845: 8840: 8837: 8833: 8828: 8825: 8820: 8817: 8812: 8809: 8804: 8801: 8800:Coleman Young 8796: 8793: 8792:Rayford Logan 8788: 8785: 8781: 8776: 8773: 8768: 8765: 8761: 8756: 8753: 8748: 8745: 8740: 8737: 8732: 8729: 8724: 8721: 8716: 8713: 8712:Leon Sullivan 8708: 8705: 8700: 8697: 8692: 8689: 8684: 8681: 8680:Edward Brooke 8676: 8673: 8668: 8665: 8660: 8657: 8652: 8649: 8644: 8641: 8636: 8633: 8628: 8625: 8620: 8617: 8612: 8609: 8605: 8600: 8597: 8592: 8589: 8584: 8581: 8576: 8573: 8568: 8565: 8560: 8557: 8552: 8549: 8544: 8541: 8536: 8533: 8528: 8525: 8520: 8517: 8512: 8509: 8504: 8501: 8496: 8493: 8488: 8485: 8480: 8477: 8472: 8469: 8464: 8461: 8456: 8453: 8448: 8445: 8440: 8437: 8432: 8429: 8424: 8421: 8416: 8413: 8408: 8405: 8400: 8397: 8392: 8389: 8384: 8381: 8380:Henry A. 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Duke Ellington Orchestra
Publicity portrait, c. 1940s
Washington, D.C.
New York City
Jazz
swing
Duke Ellington discography
dukeellington.com

jazz pianist
jazz orchestra
Washington, D.C.
Cotton Club
Harlem
standards
Juan Tizol
Caravan
Spanish tinge
Billy Strayhorn
Jimmy Blanton
Ben Webster
Newport Jazz Festival
jazz
Gunther Schuller
Barry Kernfeld
Pulitzer Prize Special Award
parlor songs
arias
West End
Lincolnton, North Carolina

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