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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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The Asphalt Jungle
Music
Anatomy of a Murder
Original Music Composer
The Turning Point
Music
Change of Mind
Original Music Composer
Assault on a Queen
Original Music Composer
Paris Blues
Original Music Composer
Cabin in the Sky
Music
Masks and Memories
Songs
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
Original Music Composer
The Vampire
Music
Daybreak Express
Music
Sophisticated Ladies
Musical
Nutcracker Sweeties
Music
The War of the Infras
Music
Misanthrope
Original Music Composer
A Smattering of Spots
Music
So Long
Original Music Composer
Only the Dead Know Brooklyn
Musician
The Bankbus
Music