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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition and Festival
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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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This Is Pop: In Search of the Elusive at Experience Music Project
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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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Back To Back – Duke Ellington And Johnny Hodges Play The Blues
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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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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
2180:" as a tribute to Ellington, which appeared on his album
2056:, credited to The Duke Ellington Orchestra, won the 1988
1938:. Another school is P.S. 004 Duke Ellington in New York.
1418:
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However, the competition intensified as swing bands like
832:
From Vodery, as he (Ellington) says himself, he drew his
384:
in Washington, D.C. His first job was selling peanuts at
10623:* indicates award given to widow in year after his death
4329:
Jackson, Kenneth T.; Keller, Lisa; Flood, Nancy (2010).
3511:
3509:
2636:
Best Instrumental Theme or Instrumental Version of Song
1038:
After leaving agent Irving Mills, he signed on with the
9175:
Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
5550:, The Smithsonian Jazz Repertory Ensemble conducted by
4513:
4448:
6016:
Beyond Category: The Life and Genius of Duke Ellington
5997:
Beyond Category: The Life and Genius of Duke Ellington
4356:
Whitehead, Kevin; Bianculli, David (October 5, 2018).
4240:
4228:
4192:
4180:
4024:
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2164:) as a tribute to Ellington one month after his death.
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Ellington died on May 24, 1974, of complications from
1622:, but the association with the label was short-lived.
1162:", a hit in 1941, became the band's theme, replacing "
1068:
814:
Beyond Category: The Life and Genius of Duke Ellington
6371:
Jerry Valburn Collection on Duke Ellington, 1924–1974
4676:"Eartha Kitt wins raves in Welles' show at Frankfurt"
3881:
Bulletin of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
3506:
1226:
disappointment, a Broadway production of Ellington's
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early in their careers. After recording a handful of
565:
When his drummer Sonny Greer was invited to join the
561:
British pressing of "East St. Louis Toodle-Oo" (1927)
10812:
Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
4826:
Mark Stryker, "Ellington's score still celebrated",
4392:
4390:
3869:, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, 2001, p. 16.
2797:
Recordings of Duke Ellington were inducted into the
1359:, Ellington lacked a regular recording affiliation.
1306:, the variety show also featured a newly discovered
10872:
Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards winners
5887:. Ann Arbor, MI: The University of Michigan Press.
5728:
5390:. Felix E. Grant Digital Collection. Archived from
5364:. Felix E. Grant Digital Collection. Archived from
4938:Peress, Maurice (2004). "Ellington's Queenie Pie".
2616:Best Jazz Performance – Large Group (Instrumental)
2263:
for his lifetime contributions to music and culture
1983:A large memorial to Ellington, created by sculptor
534:Ellington played throughout the D.C. area and into
458:pianists, not only in Washington, D.C. but also in
10421:American Heritage Picture History of the Civil War
7532:It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
7248:Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book
6455:Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn: Jazz Composers
6079:
4717:"Duke Excites, Mystifies Without Any Pretension",
4640:
4355:
4335:. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 1951.
4328:
3615:
2839:It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
1844:", at the peak of his career, and raised his son.
918:It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
9859:The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
6243:The Swing Era: The Development Of Jazz, 1930–1945
6220:
4944:. 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
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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.). New York: The New Press.
6036:Duke Ellington and His World: A Biography
5980:. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
5978:Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn
5958:The Cambridge Companion to Duke Ellington
5935:
5704:"The United States Mint · About The Mint"
5158:
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3449:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J137500
3378:, New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux,
3376:Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn
3356:. DukeEllington.com (Official site). 2008
2753:Best Sound Track Album – Background Score
2148:. It is also dedicated to Duke Ellington.
862:(1929), a 19-minute all-African-American
656:
593:'s (the latter of whom was his neighbor)
256:from 1923 through the rest of his life.
10867:Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients
10667:20th-century American conductors (music)
9894:, John Kurlander (engineer/mixer) &
9878:, John Kurlander (engineer/mixer) &
7090:The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1946
7076:The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1943
6240:
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5906:. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
5786:. Americanhistory.si.edu. Archived from
5521:
5466:
5446:
5444:
5421:. CNN. February 24, 2009. Archived from
5333:
5206:
5191:
5152:
4993:Duke's Diary: The Life of Duke Ellington
4849:
4703:Duke's Diary: The Life of Duke Ellington
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3841:Duke: The Musical Life of Duke Ellington
3827:
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2561:Large Group Or Soloist With Large Group
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2071:half-dozen greatest masters of our time.
1966:
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346:neighborhood. Duke's father was born in
252:, composer, and leader of his eponymous
6473:, with 1653 library catalog records
6143:. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
5822:
5676:
5583:. Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books.
5413:
5411:
5409:
5212:
5084:
5052:
5031:
4839:
3726:The Journal of African American History
3684:Simmonds, Yussuf (September 11, 2008).
3626:
3481:
2730:Best Musical Composition First Recorded
2428:Duke Ellington – 70th Birthday Concert
1246:
14:
10639:
9628:, Sue Sheridan, Richard Theisen &
6411:Duke Ellington Oral History collection
6283:
6260:
6119:
6100:
5760:. Center for Jazz Arts. Archived from
5450:United States Mint. Coins and Medals.
5221:. p. 30 – via Google Books.
4937:
4931:
4861:
4758:
4725:Vol. 2, No. 2, July 2008, pp. 215–249.
4162:
4049:
3867:Duke Ellington's Music for the Theatre
3856:, New York: Da Capo, 1973 , pp. 75–76.
3577:
3571:
3471:
3395:
2792:
2256:by France, its highest civilian honor.
2243:, the highest civilian award in the US
1987:, was dedicated in 1997 in New York's
1495:(1959), a courtroom drama directed by
713:; the offer passed to Ellington after
10687:African-American film score composers
10187:
9871:The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
9147:
8218:
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6245:. New York: Oxford University Press.
6225:. New York: Oxford University Press.
6124:. New York: Oxford University Press.
6013:
5994:
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5954:
5901:
5729:Sheridan, Mary Beth (June 20, 2008).
5722:
5526:. New York: Oxford University Press.
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4996:. Scarecrow Press. pp. 449–452.
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4655:from the original on January 11, 2022
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3242:Honorary Doctor of Music Degree from
2312:The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition
2098:listed Duke Ellington on his list of
1596:) and participated in a session with
757:can be seen in his feature chorus in
10672:20th-century American male musicians
7283:Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins
7276:First Time! The Count Meets the Duke
6983:The Suites, New York 1968 & 1970
6857:Duke Ellington's Jazz Violin Session
6457:– April–June 2009 exhibition at NMAH
5406:
4989:
4905:
4814:Myself Among Others: A Life in Music
4811:
3414:from the original on October 9, 2022
2755:From A Motion Picture Or Television
2559:Best Instrumental Jazz Performance –
2387:Best Jazz Performance By A Big Band
2366:Best Jazz Performance By A Big Band
2345:Best Jazz Performance By A Big Band
2226:, contribution to recording industry
2216:
2085:In the opinion of Bob Blumenthal of
1874:and was a Freemason associated with
1573:First Time! The Count Meets the Duke
1142:label, three-minute masterpieces on
10682:African-American conductors (music)
9564:, Ronald Magness, Dennis Matkosky,
6360:Music Division, Library of Congress
6314:Music Division, Library of Congress
4836:, 2008, Cambridge University Press.
4125:Williams, Richard (June 17, 2011).
2331:Duke Ellington At Fargo, 1940 Live
1726:National Museum of American History
1069:Ellington in the early to mid-1940s
614:In June 1923, they played a gig in
24:
10882:Recipients of the Legion of Honour
10752:American musical theatre composers
10737:American male film score composers
9462:Close Encounters of the Third Kind
9323:Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
7490:I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)
7297:Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
7062:Duke Ellington at Fargo, 1940 Live
6537:
6211:
6158:
5999:, New York: Simon & Schuster,
5677:Aderoju, Darlene (June 13, 2022).
5548:Duke Ellington's Symphony in Black
5499:"Curtain Up: Two Days of the Duke"
5032:McGowan, Mark (November 3, 2003).
4832:, January 20, 2009; Mervyn Cooke,
4306:. Allaboutjazz.com. Archived from
4058:
3804:Visions of Jazz: The First Century
2314:RCA Victor Recordings (1927–1973)
1700:Ellington was shortlisted for the
1643:, and the South African musicians
1634:You can't take doodling seriously.
1191:were generally not well received.
1124:Duke Ellington at Fargo, 1940 Live
573:, ultimately becoming part of the
25:
10913:
10837:Jazz musicians from New York City
8155:Duke Ellington School of the Arts
7476:I Ain't Got Nothin' but the Blues
6934:...And His Mother Called Him Bill
6885:Duke Ellington Plays Mary Poppins
6413:at Oral History of American Music
6293:
5845:. Yale University. Archived from
5843:"Yale Honorary Degree Recipients"
5479:. Recording Academy. May 22, 2018
5231:
5141:Africville Genealogy Society 2010
5129:Africville Genealogy Society 2010
4742:. August 20, 1956. Archived from
4721:, November 5, 1952, reprinted in
4569:Brent, David (February 6, 2008).
4468:"Jazz Musicians – Duke Ellington"
3256:Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
2709:Best Performance By A Dance Band
2466:...And His Mother Called Him Bill
2234:Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
2010:'s Schoenberg Hall. According to
1931:Duke Ellington School of the Arts
1362:
1202:in Los Angeles. Hollywood actors
1150:, and members of the orchestra. "
856:Ellington's film work began with
10782:Broadway composers and lyricists
10732:American male conductors (music)
10409:The Defeat of the Spanish Armada
10357:
10350:
7434:Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me
7427:Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue
7325:Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur
6731:Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque
5835:
5823:Galston, Arthur (October 2002).
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5340:. Haus Publishing. p. 129.
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5134:
5098:. February 2, 1967. pp. 46–
3084:Nesuhi Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame
2902:Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue
2267:
1896:Cathedral of St. John the Divine
1810:
1383:to bring the program to an end.
1373:Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue
1210:invested in the production, and
404:, Phil Wurd, Caroline Thornton,
220:
10852:Musicians from Washington, D.C.
10757:American Prince Hall Freemasons
10702:African-American male composers
10692:African-American jazz composers
10662:20th-century American composers
10002:The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
7497:I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
7111:Dance Concerts, California 1958
6710:Studio Sessions 1957 & 1962
5883:Büchmann-Møller, Frank (2006).
5857:
5627:"Entertainment Awards Database"
5122:
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4674:Win Fanning (August 13, 1950).
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3614:Smith, Willie the Lion (1964).
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3560:
3548:
3334:List of people with synesthesia
3179:Honorary Doctorate Degree from
3141:Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame
2734:(More Than 5 Minutes Duration)
2599:Best Original Jazz Composition
2582:Best Original Jazz Composition
2522:Best Original Jazz Composition
2445:National Trustees Award – 1968
2246:1971, an Honorary PhD from the
1921:
1662:'s production of Shakespeare's
1447:(1958), dedicated to Britain's
1353:Oh, yes, that's done like this.
880:and they also performed at the
800:, and with music and lyrics by
577:. New dance crazes such as the
513:
382:Armstrong Technical High School
338:, and James preferred operatic
10842:Male musical theatre composers
10697:African-American jazz pianists
9847:Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
9295:Music from Mission: Impossible
7504:I'm Beginning to See the Light
7139:Duke Ellington at the Alhambra
6948:Studio Sessions New York, 1968
6836:Studio Sessions, New York 1962
6237:. Especially pp. 318–357.
5868:. Halifax: Formac Publishing.
5546:Martin Williams, liner notes,
5213:Norment, Lynn (January 1983).
4496:The American Musical Landscape
4127:"Duke Ellington's mother dies"
3465:
3389:
3368:
3346:
3192:Honorary Doctor of Music from
3165:Honorary Degree in Music from
2774:Best Jazz Performance – Group
2408:Best Instrumental Composition
2205:
2100:100 Greatest African Americans
1367:Ellington's appearance at the
1241:first recording ban of 1942–44
1001:
899:
13:
1:
10712:American film score composers
10594:Graduate School of Journalism
10428:George Washington, Vols. I-IV
7441:Don't Get Around Much Anymore
6899:Concert in the Virgin Islands
6864:Studio Sessions New York 1963
6696:Studio Sessions, Chicago 1956
5234:"Mercer Ellington: Biography"
4470:. Theory Jazz. Archived from
3339:
3218:Presidential Medal of Freedom
2241:Presidential Medal of Freedom
1690:Presidential Medal of Freedom
1679:
816:, "Perhaps during the run of
49:
10797:Composers from New York City
10742:American male jazz composers
10054:Star Wars: The Force Awakens
7539:Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'
7118:Dance Dates, California 1958
6383:How to use archival material
6337:How to use archival material
6267:University of Illinois Press
6197:. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
6139:Weisbard, Eric, ed. (2004).
5706:. Usmint.gov. Archived from
5654:. Grammy.org. Archived from
5579:Asante, Molefi Kete (2002).
5558:Collections recording, 1980.
5296:Jones, Jack (May 25, 1974).
5277:Lewis, John (July 2, 2014).
4913:"Ellington's Steinway Grand"
4875:"Duke Ellington – Biography"
4436:. Musicians.allaboutjazz.com
4332:The Encyclopedia of New York
3309:
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2461:Or Soloist With Large Group
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2304:
1805:Northern Illinois University
1561:Academy Award for Best Score
1300:An Evening With Orson Welles
324:Pulitzer Prize Special Award
7:
10747:American male jazz pianists
10677:20th-century jazz composers
9398:Jonathan Livingston Seagull
8284:William Stanley Braithwaite
7318:The Stockholm Concert, 1966
6682:The Complete Porgy and Bess
6216:. Rutgers University Press.
6014:Hasse, John Edward (1995).
5995:Hasse, John Edward (1993),
5927:University of Chicago Press
4259:Stone, Sonjia, ed. (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:. New York: Gotham Books.
6054:Stratemann, Klaus (1992).
5522:Schuller, Gunther (1989).
5092:"Duke Ellington's Duchess"
4493:Crawford, Richard (1993).
4261:"William Thomas Strayhorn"
3972:February 26, 2021, at the
3116:Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame
3058:Commemorative U.S. quarter
2212:Duke Ellington discography
2209:
1952:On February 24, 2009, the
1870:Ellington was a member of
1770:Francis A. & Edward K.
1441:plays and characters, and
1027:and "Clarinet Lament" for
1015:, "Trumpet in Spades" for
1011:, "Yearning for Love" for
348:Lincolnton, North Carolina
177:Duke Ellington discography
10887:Red Baron Records artists
10862:Orchestral jazz musicians
10857:Musicraft Records artists
10762:Bethlehem Records artists
10717:American jazz bandleaders
10621:
10576:
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8207:Awards for Duke Ellington
8115:
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7658:
7605:
7348:
7232:
7167:A Concert of Sacred Music
7132:Jazz at the Plaza Vol. II
7053:
6997:The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse
6990:The Intimacy of the Blues
6626:Masterpieces by Ellington
6554:
6545:
6482:Duke Ellington recordings
6365:
6355:
6319:
6309:
6165:Brothers, Thomas (2018).
6122:The Duke Ellington Reader
6058:. Copenhagen: JazzMedia.
5902:Cohen, Harvey G. (2010).
5350:– via Google Books.
4771:Ellington at Newport 1956
4067:. Oxford University Press
2810:Grammy Hall of Fame Award
2806:
2661:(Motion Picture) (Album)
2277:
2259:1999, posthumous Special
2158:"He Loved Him Madly" (on
1916:
1754:The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse
1489:. The first of these was
1347:said in 1952: "You know,
1341:joined in November 1951.
616:Atlantic City, New Jersey
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10847:Music & Arts artists
10792:Columbia Records artists
10707:American autobiographers
10030:The Grand Budapest Hotel
9415:Alan and Marilyn Bergman
8924:A. Leon Higginbotham Jr.
8540:Charles Hamilton Houston
8324:George Washington Carver
7455:East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
6822:Featuring Paul Gonsalves
6640:The Duke Plays Ellington
6591:The Blanton–Webster Band
6195:Duke Ellington in Person
6078:Teachout, Terry (2015).
6033:Lawrence, A. H. (2001).
5936:Ellington, Duke (1976).
5904:Duke Ellington's America
5866:The Spirit of Africville
5334:Bradbury, David (2005).
4941:Dvorak to Duke Ellington
4736:"Jazzman Duke Ellington"
4573:. Indianapublicmedia.org
4533:Duke Ellington's America
3963:Williams, Iain Cameron,
3638:Ellington, Duke (1970).
3299:Award won for the movie
3206:Songwriters Hall of Fame
3181:Berklee College of Music
3129:commemorative U.S. stamp
2248:Berklee College of Music
2183:Songs in the Key of Life
1999:, an intersection named
1881:
1825:Mercer Kennedy Ellington
1702:Pulitzer Prize for Music
1688:Ellington receiving the
1194:A partial exception was
1164:East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
759:East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
330:Early life and education
70:Edward Kennedy Ellington
18:Duke Ellington Orchestra
10817:Gennett Records artists
10722:American jazz composers
10264:St. Louis Post-Dispatch
9898:(engineer/mixer) (2004)
9882:(engineer/mixer) (2003)
9681:The Fabulous Baker Boys
9509:Raiders of the Lost Ark
9497:The Empire Strikes Back
8143:Duke Ellington Memorial
7972:Harold "Geezil" Minerve
7483:I Didn't Know About You
7160:The Great Paris Concert
7069:Black, Brown, and Beige
7025:This One's for Blanton!
6850:The Symphonic Ellington
6808:Piano in the Foreground
6787:Piano in the Background
6495:", a presentation from
6257:. Esp. pp. 46–157.
6039:. New York: Routledge.
5921:—— (2010).
5460:April 14, 2016, at the
5203:Lawrence, 2001, p. 356.
4591:Lawrence, 2001, p. 287.
3665:Hot Jazz Saturday Night
3441:Oxford University Press
2664:Music for Visual Media
2543:Concert Of Sacred Music
2525:"In The Beginning God"
2113:at 6535 Hollywood Blvd.
1905:He was interred in the
1876:Prince Hall Freemasonry
1551:(1961), which featured
1463:Great American Songbook
1458:Duke Ellington Songbook
1179:Black, Brown, and Beige
605:Willie "The Lion" Smith
518:Working as a freelance
354:. James Ellington made
10727:American jazz pianists
10497:. A special award for
9228:Breakfast at Tiffany's
8980:Constance Baker Motley
8860:Frederick D. Patterson
8596:Martin Luther King Jr.
8524:Channing Heggie Tobias
8412:William T. B. 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. He signed to
1482:
1429:Monterey Jazz Festival
1272:
1239:The settlement of the
1184:Black, Brown and Beige
1078:
1059:
973:Murder at the Vanities
873:Check and Double Check
854:
753:
657:Cotton Club engagement
562:
298:and tenor saxophonist
60:Background information
10807:Decca Records artists
9616:, John Gilutin Hawk,
8940:Myrlie Evers-Williams
8696:Clarence Mitchell Jr.
8548:Mabel Keaton Staupers
8308:Charles Sidney Gilpin
8138:Duke Ellington Circle
8133:Duke Ellington Bridge
7635:Something to Live For
7525:In a Sentimental Mood
7448:Drop Me Off in Harlem
7378:Black and Tan Fantasy
7195:70th Birthday Concert
7146:Live at the Blue Note
7032:Up in Duke's Workshop
6941:Second Sacred Concert
6668:Historically Speaking
6577:Ellingtonia, Vol. Two
6570:Ellingtonia, Vol. One
6288:. Creative Age Press.
6261:Tucker, Mark (1991).
6018:. New York: Da Capo.
5976:Hajdu, David (1996).
5940:. New York: Da Capo.
5758:"Featured Exhibition"
5652:"Grammy Hall Of Fame"
4834:History of Film Music
4812:Wein, George (2003).
4651:. December 26, 2008.
4265:Billy Strayhorn Songs
3374:Hajdu, David (1996),
3303:with fellow composer
3230:Grammy Trustees Award
3025:Honors and inductions
2965:Black and Tan Fantasy
2585:Virgin Islands Suite
2108:
2068:
2048:Count Basie Orchestra
2016:
2001:Duke Ellington Circle
1970:
1936:Duke Ellington Bridge
1850:
1818:
1687:
1631:
1471:
1369:Newport Jazz Festival
1270:
1076:
1057:
1040:William Morris Agency
979:Belle of the Nineties
934:In a Sentimental Mood
830:
775:Black and Tan Fantasy
744:
560:
412:, Joe Rochester, and
304:Newport Jazz Festival
10822:Grammy Award winners
10767:Big band bandleaders
10612:Joseph Pulitzer, Jr.
10495:Oscar Hammerstein II
10456:Theodor Seuss Geisel
10432:James Thomas Flexner
10392:Old Road to Paradise
10286:The Kansas City Star
10130:Carlos Rafael Rivera
9728:Beauty and the Beast
9044:Frankie Muse Freeman
8808:Benjamin Elijah Mays
8436:Walter Francis White
8340:James Weldon Johnson
8316:Mary Burnett Talbert
8171:Sophisticated Ladies
8150:Duke Ellington House
7967:James "Bubber" Miley
7311:Ella at Duke's Place
7216:Third Sacred Concert
7104:Ellington at Newport
7018:The Ellington Suites
6955:Latin American Suite
6780:The Nutcracker Suite
5938:Music Is My Mistress
5829:Yale Alumni Magazine
5812:. Howard University.
5710:on February 25, 2011
5453:District of Columbia
4881:on November 12, 2012
4474:on September 3, 2015
4397:Büchmann-Møller 2006
3939:– via YouTube.
3854:Music is my Mistress
3691:Los Angeles Sentinel
3282:NAACP Spingarn Medal
3234:Special Merit Award
2881:Ellington at Newport
2778:Ellington Jazz Party
2732:And Released In 1959
2642:Composing/Arranging
2414:Composing/Arranging
2350:The Ellington Suites
2193:Sophisticated Ladies
2137:The Real Ambassadors
1760:Latin American Suite
1649:Sathima Bea Benjamin
1403:Ellington at Newport
1247:Early post-war years
1117:. Privately made by
1109:who had defected to
781:, who replaced him.
625:James "Bubber" Miley
554:society of the day.
449:Music is my Mistress
378:President Roosevelt
314:, in the opinion of
48:Publicity portrait,
10600:Frank D. Fackenthal
10590:Columbia University
10584:William Allen White
10271:Cyrus L. Sulzberger
9948:James Newton Howard
9915:Memoirs of a Geisha
9800:Saving Private Ryan
9788:The English Patient
9560:, Duane Hitchings,
9556:, Richard Gilbert,
9193:Anatomy of a Murder
8572:Theodore K. Lawless
8420:Mary McLeod Bethune
8364:Charles W. 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. The album
2115:
2096:Molefi Kete Asante
1973:
1954:United States Mint
1865:McHenry Boatwright
1857:
1842:Sophisticated Lady
1821:
1742:The Far East Suite
1698:
1670:Stratford Festival
1653:A Morning in Paris
1483:
1449:Queen Elizabeth II
1434:Such Sweet Thunder
1273:
1160:Take the "A" Train
1105:joined, replacing
1079:
1060:
926:Sophisticated Lady
754:
609:rent-house parties
575:Harlem Renaissance
563:
468:Dunbar High School
360:United States Navy
287:to big band jazz.
10892:Swing bandleaders
10772:Big band pianists
10634:
10633:
10628:
10627:
10414:Garrett Mattingly
10396:Margaret Widdemer
10181:
10180:
10035:Alexandre Desplat
9995:Alexandre Desplat
9990:The King's Speech
9960:Michael Giacchino
9932:Michael Giacchino
9601:Beverly Hills Cop
9538:Michael Boddicker
9264:Robert B. Sherman
9141:
9140:
9124:Cato T. Laurencin
8508:Thurgood Marshall
8484:William H. Hastie
8348:Carter G. Woodson
8199:
8198:
7982:Tricky Sam Nanton
7683:
7682:
7567:Prelude to a Kiss
6969:New Orleans Suite
6829:Midnight in Paris
6717:Ellington Indigos
6689:A Drum Is a Woman
6563:Harlem Jazz, 1930
6407:(by subscription)
6388:
6387:
6377:
6376:
6342:
6341:
6331:
6330:
6186:Harper's Magazine
5631:Los Angeles Times
5570:, April 25, 1999.
5302:Los Angeles Times
5258:. Alpha Phi Alpha
4951:978-0-19-509822-8
4769:"Duke Ellington:
4723:Jazz Perspectives
4681:Stars and Stripes
4559:, pp. 191–92
4531:Harvey G. Cohen,
4384:, p. 99–100.
4061:"Ellington, Duke"
3988:, pp. 53–54.
3663:, rebroadcast on
3657:Marian McPartland
3640:Current Biography
3458:978-1-56159-263-0
3325:
3324:
3267:Honorary degree,
3194:Howard University
3022:
3021:
2860:Cocktails for Two
2790:
2789:
2392:New Orleans Suite
2309:Historical Album
2217:Awards and honors
2186:released in 1976.
2094:In 2002, scholar
1913:, New York City.
1907:Woodlawn Cemetery
1819:Ellington in 1973
1795:Sturgis, Michigan
1791:Purdue University
1748:New Orleans Suite
1674:Stanley Silverman
1475:and Ellington in
1444:The Queen's Suite
1437:(1957), based on
1424:A Drum Is a Woman
1252:crooners such as
1154:", "Main Stem", "
1058:Ellington in 1939
1055:
959:Symphony in Black
882:Roseland Ballroom
878:Maurice Chevalier
633:Chocolate Kiddies
232:
231:
16:(Redirected from
10909:
10474:Edmund S. Morgan
10361:
10354:
10341:Darnella Frazier
10242:Edmonton Journal
10208:
10201:
10194:
10185:
10184:
10172:Ludwig Göransson
10083:Ludwig Göransson
9776:Independence Day
9752:Schindler's List
9674:Ryuichi Sakamoto
9661:The Last Emperor
9649:The Untouchables
9574:Michael Sembello
9443:Norman Whitfield
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8160:Luther Henderson
7957:Murray McEachern
7952:Wendell Marshall
7907:Hilton Jefferson
7872:Shelton Hemphill
7817:Mercer Ellington
7603:
7602:
7581:(In My) Solitude
7518:In a Mellow Tone
7462:Echoes of Harlem
7413:Creole Love Call
7269:The Great Summit
7202:Togo Brava Suite
7153:Hot Summer Dance
6976:Orchestral Works
6766:Festival Session
6738:The Cosmic Scene
6633:Ellington Uptown
6532:
6525:
6518:
6509:
6508:
6493:Echos of Harlem
6442:
6397:
6396:
6394:Official website
6373:
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5552:Gunther Schuller
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5512:, April 1, 2009.
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5075:"Duke Ellington"
5073:Susan Robinson,
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5040:on June 25, 2009
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4817:
4816:. Da Capo Press.
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3686:"Duke Ellington"
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3671:, 2018 April 28.
3653:Mercer Ellington
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3153:Legion of Honour
3106:Special Citation
3029:
3028:
2808:Duke Ellington:
2804:
2803:
2371:Togo Brava Suite
2275:
2274:
2254:Legion of Honour
2176:wrote the song "
2088:The Boston Globe
2064:Gunther Schuller
1782:, together with
1545:was followed by
1529:Nutcracker Suite
1408:Columbia Records
1229:Beggar's Holiday
1156:Harlem Air Shaft
1148:Mercer Ellington
1056:
1033:Theater District
1021:Echoes of Harlem
950:Constant Lambert
946:London Palladium
786:Florenz Ziegfeld
771:Creole Love Call
767:Creole Love Call
750:Creole Love Call
667:Hoagy Carmichael
487:Will Marion Cook
483:James P. Johnson
388:baseball games.
316:Gunther Schuller
261:Washington, D.C.
224:
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10897:Swing composers
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10635:
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10629:
10624:
10617:
10572:
10567:Aretha Franklin
10543:Thelonious Monk
10531:George Gershwin
10525:William Schuman
10491:Richard Rodgers
10479:
10402:Kenneth Roberts
10362:
10356:
10355:
10346:
10328:Capital Gazette
10301:Walter Lippmann
10217:
10212:
10182:
10177:
10160:Germaine Franco
10100:
10047:Antonio Sánchez
9965:
9939:The Dark Knight
9908:Craig Armstrong
9835:American Beauty
9822:
9691:
9654:Ennio Morricone
9622:Sharon Robinson
9578:Shandi Sinnamon
9566:Giorgio Moroder
9484:
9419:Marvin Hamlisch
9363:George Harrison
9333:
9238:No Award (1962)
9203:
9188:No Award (1958)
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9108:Patrick Gaspard
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9052:Harry Belafonte
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8688:Sammy Davis Jr.
8685:
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8672:John H. Johnson
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8637:
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8624:Langston Hughes
8621:
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8588:Jackie Robinson
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8492:Charles R. Drew
8489:
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8460:Louis T. Wright
8457:
8452:Marian Anderson
8449:
8441:
8433:
8425:
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8385:
8377:
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8356:Anthony Overton
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8265:
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8249:
8243:
8208:
8200:
8195:
8191:Steve Ellington
8128:Sacred Concerts
8111:
8087:Skippy Williams
8082:Nelson Williams
8077:Cootie Williams
8042:Billy Strayhorn
7997:Russell Procope
7987:Oscar Pettiford
7917:Freddie Jenkins
7902:Quentin Jackson
7807:Wilbur de Paris
7802:Wild Bill Davis
7689:
7679:
7654:
7601:
7574:Rocks in My Bed
7344:
7228:
7049:
6801:Unknown Session
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6159:Further reading
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5764:on May 18, 2013
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4175:Stratemann 1992
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3305:Winfried Zillig
3244:Yale University
3086:
3071:Gennett Records
3027:
2795:
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2731:
2602:Night Creature
2560:
2511:Special Awards
2483:
2460:
2448:Special Awards
2442:Trustees Award
2313:
2279:Duke Ellington
2270:
2219:
2214:
2208:
2142:Louis Armstrong
2076:Martin Williams
2066:wrote in 1989:
2044:
1977:Riverside Drive
1924:
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1900:Ella Fitzgerald
1884:
1872:Alpha Phi Alpha
1813:
1757:(1971) and the
1714:Sacred Concerts
1694:President Nixon
1682:
1665:Timon of Athens
1660:Michael Langham
1627:Cootie Williams
1586:Coleman Hawkins
1578:Louis Armstrong
1453:Ella Fitzgerald
1412:Irving Townsend
1365:
1335:Dizzy Gillespie
1249:
1212:Charlie Chaplin
1169:Never No Lament
1107:Cootie Williams
1071:
1063:Billy Strayhorn
1049:
1025:Cootie Williams
1004:
932:" (1934), and "
902:
802:George Gershwin
779:Cootie Williams
720:illicit alcohol
659:
583:musical theater
567:Wilber Sweatman
516:
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499:Pratt Institute
480:stride pianists
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292:Billy Strayhorn
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10902:Swing pianists
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10647:Duke Ellington
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10606:John Hohenberg
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10537:Duke Ellington
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10519:Milton Babbitt
10516:
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10507:Roger Sessions
10504:
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9604:– Marc Benno,
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9594:the Revolution
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8616:Duke Ellington
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8580:Carl J. Murphy
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6612:Liberian Suite
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6539:Duke Ellington
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6503:Richard Durham
6489:
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6467:Duke Ellington
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6432:Duke Ellington
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6294:External links
6292:
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6286:Duke Ellington
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6252:978-0195071405
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6232:978-0195040432
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6103:Giants of Jazz
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1557:Sidney Poitier
1521:Sweet Thursday
1517:John Steinbeck
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1377:Paul Gonsalves
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6892:Ellington '66
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6878:Ellington '65
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6745:Happy Reunion
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5524:The Swing Era
5518:
5511:
5510:UCLA Magazine
5507:
5503:
5500:
5497:Maya Parmer,
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5192:Teachout 2015
5188:
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5170:, p. 297
5169:
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5155:, p. 130
5154:
5153:Lawrence 2001
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4864:, p. 362
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4850:Weisbard 2004
4847:
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4629:
4628:Lawrence 2001
4624:
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4614:
4613:Lawrence 2001
4609:
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4521:
4520:Brothers 2018
4516:
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4456:
4455:Brothers 2018
4451:
4435:
4429:
4423:, p. 795
4422:
4421:Schuller 1989
4417:
4411:, p. 789
4410:
4409:Schuller 1989
4405:
4398:
4393:
4391:
4383:
4382:Brothers 2018
4378:
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4325:
4309:
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4266:
4262:
4255:
4249:, p. 88.
4248:
4247:Brothers 2018
4243:
4237:, p. 91.
4236:
4235:Brothers 2018
4231:
4224:
4219:
4212:
4211:Schuller 1989
4207:
4201:, p. 75.
4200:
4199:Brothers 2018
4195:
4189:, p. 73.
4188:
4187:Brothers 2018
4183:
4176:
4171:
4165:, p. 243
4164:
4159:
4153:, p. 385
4152:
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4132:
4128:
4121:
4119:
4112:, p. 221
4111:
4106:
4100:, p. 173
4099:
4094:
4088:, p. 166
4087:
4082:
4071:September 15,
4066:
4062:
4055:
4053:
4045:
4039:
4033:, p. 65.
4032:
4031:Brothers 2018
4027:
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4000:
3994:
3987:
3986:Brothers 2018
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3967:
3960:
3952:
3946:
3945:cite AV media
3930:
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3922:
3916:, p. 33.
3915:
3914:Brothers 2018
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3828:Lawrence 2001
3824:
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3805:
3802:Gary Giddins
3799:
3792:
3791:Lawrence 2001
3787:
3781:, p. 79.
3780:
3775:
3769:, p. 13.
3768:
3767:Brothers 2018
3763:
3755:
3751:
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3714:, p. 45.
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3603:
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3557:, p. 21.
3556:
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3543:Lawrence 2001
3539:
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3531:Lawrence 2001
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3517:
3516:Brothers 2018
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3296:: Best Music
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3171:May 16, 1973
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3073:Walk of Fame
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3046:Foundational
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2928:Jazz (album)
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2566:Ellington '66
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2268:Grammy Awards
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1997:110th Street
1993:Fifth Avenue
1989:Central Park
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1288:Harry Truman
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1196:Jump for Joy
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1091:Fate Marable
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663:Irving Mills
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591:Noble Sissle
585:, including
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546:on trumpet;
533:
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520:sign painter
517:
514:Early career
460:Philadelphia
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336:parlor songs
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250:jazz pianist
245:
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184:Years active
100:(1974-05-24)
98:May 24, 1974
53: 1940s
29:
10657:1974 deaths
10652:1899 births
10257:Byron Price
10167:Oppenheimer
10140:Jon Batiste
9978:Toy Story 3
9944:Hans Zimmer
9927:Ratatouille
9769:Hans Zimmer
9745:Alan Menken
9733:Alan Menken
9686:Dave Grusin
9666:David Byrne
9585:Purple Rain
9570:Phil Ramone
9550:Doug Cotler
9379:Isaac Hayes
9367:Ringo Starr
9355:John Lennon
9351:The Beatles
9312:Dave Grusin
9221:Ernest Gold
9132:Jim Clyburn
9028:Julian Bond
8996:Oliver Hill
8832:Tom Bradley
8760:Alvin Ailey
8736:Damon Keith
8656:Roy Wilkins
8604:Daisy Bates
8185:Jam Session
8097:Jimmy Woode
8067:Ben Webster
8052:Clark Terry
8037:Rex Stewart
8012:Ernie Royal
8007:Betty Roché
7937:Taft Jordan
7852:Sonny Greer
7842:Tyree Glenn
7837:Peter Giger
7787:Willie Cook
7697:Hayes Alvis
7649:Blood Count
7595:Queenie Pie
7560:Mood Indigo
7406:Cotton Tail
7399:Come Sunday
7392:C Jam Blues
7054:Live albums
6962:The Pianist
6815:Paris Blues
6605:Smoke Rings
6548:Discography
6347:Archives at
6301:Archives at
5794:February 2,
5768:February 2,
5714:February 2,
5662:February 2,
5636:February 2,
5556:Smithsonian
5398:December 5,
5372:December 5,
5307:January 31,
5102:October 13,
5019:, pp.
4885:February 2,
4862:Tucker 1993
4773:(Complete)"
4750:February 2,
4440:February 2,
4163:Tucker 1993
4136:December 5,
4042:John Bird,
3935:February 2,
3578:Terkel 2002
3472:Tucker 1993
3360:January 26,
3354:"Biography"
3007:Mood Indigo
2952:RCA Victor
2658:Paris Blues
2620:First Time!
2206:Discography
2152:Miles Davis
2131:Miles Ahead
2126:Miles Davis
2020:Culver City
1888:lung cancer
1779:Queenie Pie
1722:Smithsonian
1568:Count Basie
1553:Paul Newman
1548:Paris Blues
1525:Tchaikovsky
1509:stereotypes
1455:record her
1381:George Wein
1349:Stan Kenton
1339:Clark Terry
1331:Count Basie
1308:Eartha Kitt
1277:Count Basie
1258:Jo Stafford
1186:debuted at
1172:, in 2003.
1152:Cotton Tail
1119:Jack Towers
1087:Ben Webster
1017:Rex Stewart
1002:Later 1930s
928:" (1933), "
924:" (1930), "
922:Mood Indigo
900:Early 1930s
810:Will Vodery
798:Ruby Keeler
732:Fats Waller
724:Ted Koehler
711:Cotton Club
707:King Oliver
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