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Duke Ellington

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Ellington: Suite from "Th... (2001)	Priceless Jazz (1998)	Ella at Duke's Place (1996)
I Got It Bad (1996)	Music by Ellington & Bartók (1986)	Duke's Big 4 (1974)
The Far East Suite (1967)	The Duke At Tanglewood (1966)	Duke Ellington Meets Cole... (1963)
Money Jungle (1962)	First Time! The Count Mee... (1961)	Blues in Orbit (1960)
Dance Air Force Date 1960 (1960)	One Night Stand (1945)	The Duke (1940)

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Washington D.C., USA

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Big Band

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Born

1899

Active
--- 1974

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Duke Ellington - In a Sentimental Mood
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Duke Ellington - Take the "A" train
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Duke Ellington - Take The "A" Train
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Duke Ellington - Caravan
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Duke Ellington - Mood Indigo

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Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American composer, pianist, and big-band leader. Ellington wrote over 1,000 compositions. A major figure in the history of jazz, Ellington's music stretched into various other genres, including blues, gospel, film scores, popular, and classical. His career spanned more than 50 years and included leading his orchestra, composing an inexhaustible songbook, scoring for movies, composing stage musicals, and world tours. Several of his instrumental works were adapted into songs that became standards. Due to his inventive use of the orchestra, or big band, and thanks to his eloquence and extraordinary charisma, he is generally considered to have elevated the perception of jazz to an art form on a par with other traditional genres of music. His reputation increased after his death and the Pulitzer Prize Board bestowed on him a special posthumous honor in 1999.