Duke Ellington
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life.Born and raised 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. A master at writing miniatures for the three-minute 78 rpm recording format, Ellington wrote or collaborated on more than one thousand compositions; his extensive body of work is the largest recorded personal jazz legacy, and many of his pieces have become standards. He also recorded songs written by his bandsmen, such as Juan Tizol's "Caravan", which brought a Spanish tinge to big band jazz.
At the end of the 1930s, Ellington began a nearly thirty-year collaboration with composer-arranger-pianist Billy Strayhorn, whom he called his writing and arranging companion. With Strayhorn, he composed multiple extended compositions, or suites, as well as many short pieces. For a few years at the beginning of Strayhorn's involvement, Ellington's orchestra featured bassist Jimmy Blanton and tenor saxophonist Ben Webster and reached a creative peak. Some years later following a low-profile period, an appearance by Ellington and his orchestra at the Newport Jazz Festival 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.
Although a pivotal figure in the history of jazz, in the opinion of Gunther Schuller and Barry Kernfeld, "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 Pulitzer Prize Special Award for music in 1999. Provided by Wikipedia
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by Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
Altamonte Springs, FL : Hugo's Music, 1985
Altamonte Springs, FL : Hugo's Music, 1985
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by Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
New York, American Academy of Music, 1940
New York, American Academy of Music, 1940
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by Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
Montreal : Victor, 1934
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by Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
[New York, N.Y.] : Impulse!, 1995
[New York, N.Y.] : Impulse!, 1995
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165
by Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
[Place of publication not identified] : MusicMasters, 1993
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166
by Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
London, England : Decca, 1999
London, England : Decca, 1999
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167
by Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
Hamburg : Teldec, 1999
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168
by Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
Itasca, IL : Pablo, 1964
Itasca, IL : Pablo, 1964
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169
by Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
Berkeley CA : Pablo Records, 1980
Berkeley CA : Pablo Records, 1980
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170
by Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
Berkeley, Calif. : Riverside Records, 1999
Berkeley, Calif. : Riverside Records, 1999
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171
by Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
[Place of publication not identified] : GRP Records, 1993
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172
by Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
Berkeley, CA : Pablo Records, 1999
Berkeley, CA : Pablo Records, 1999
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173
by Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
Berkeley, Calif. : Pablo Records, 1988
Berkeley, Calif. : Pablo Records, 1988
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174
by Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
Berkeley, Calif. : Riverside Records : Distributed by Fantasy Inc., 1986
Berkeley, Calif. : Riverside Records : Distributed by Fantasy Inc., 1986
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175
by Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
[Place of publication not identified] : Original Jazz Classics, 1992
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by Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
[Place of publication not identified] : [Japan?] : Impulse ; Universal Classics & Jazz, 2004
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by Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2011
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by Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
N[ew] Y[ork], N.Y. : Atlantic Jazz, 1973
N[ew] Y[ork], N.Y. : Atlantic Jazz, 1973
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179
by Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
Berkeley, Calif. : Pablo Records, 1976
Berkeley, Calif. : Pablo Records, 1976
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by Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
Berkeley, CA : Prestige Records, 1997
Berkeley, CA : Prestige Records, 1997
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