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Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
Acting
1899-04-29
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1974-05-24
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Also known as:
Edward Kennedy Ellington, Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington
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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Anatomy of a Murder
Original Music Composer
The Asphalt Jungle
Music
Paris Blues
Original Music Composer
Nutcracker Sweeties
Music
The Turning Point
Music
Cabin in the Sky
Music
Assault on a Queen
Original Music Composer
So Long
Original Music Composer
The War of the Infras
Music
Daybreak Express
Music
The Bankbus
Music
Misanthrope
Original Music Composer
The Vampire
Music
Only the Dead Know Brooklyn
Musician
Sophisticated Ladies
Musical
Change of Mind
Original Music Composer
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
Original Music Composer
A Smattering of Spots
Music
Masks and Memories
Songs