
Duke Ellington
Born April 29, 1899 · Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and leader of a jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life. Born in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based in New York City from the mid-1920s and gained a national profile through his orchestra's appearances at the Cotton Club in Harlem.
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I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story

Moments without Proper Names

Alice Babs - Swing It!

Check and Double Check

Birth of the Blues

Jazz Evolution

The Very Best of The Ed Sullivan Show (Vol. 1)

Charlie Parker: Bird Songs

The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America

Jazz Legends in Their Own Words

Bli-Blip

Reveille with Beverly

The Strolling '20s

The Story Of The Blues

Improvisation

Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989

Many Happy Returns

The Hit Parade

Duke Ellington at the Côte d'Azur with Ella Fitzgerald and Joan Miro

The Harlem Renaissance

The Lou Rawls Show with Duke Ellington

Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life

Duke Ellington in Isfahan

The Jazz Ambassadors

Jazz Ball

Duke Ellington: The Big Band Feeling

Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection

Duke Ellington Orchestra @ Berliner Jazztage 1969

The First World Festival of Negro Arts

Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1929-1943

Duke Ellington and his Orchestra - Live

Duke Ellington: Live At The Tivoli Gardens

A Bundle of Blues

Jazz Icons: Duke Ellington Live in '58




























