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Duke Ellington

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Aliases
The Chicago Footwarmers [US3]
The Duke Ellington Carnegie Hall Concert - Dec. 19, 1944
Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Orchestra
Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
Duke Ellington and His Kentucky Club Orchestra
Duke Ellington and His Memphis Men
Duke Ellington & His Orch.
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
Duke Ellington and His Quintet
Duke Ellington and His Rhythm
Duke Ellington and His Washingtonians
Duke Ellington's Orchestra
The Duke Ellington Small Bands
The Harlem Footwarmers
Harlem Hot Chocolates
Joe Turner and His Memphis Men
The Jungle Band [Duke Ellington]
Lonnie Johnson's Harlem Footwarmers
The Six Jolly Jesters
Ten Black Berries
The Washingtonians
The Whoopee Makers [Duke Ellington]
Real name
Edward Kennedy Ellington
Born
April 29, 1899
Died
May 24, 1974
Country
United States
IPI
00009211814 173 works
00043281895 125 works
Affiliation
ASCAP
Comments
Legendary jazz composer, arranger and bandleader, Duke Ellington wrote a series of songs that became standards, including "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)," "Cotton Tail," "Mood Indigo," "Sophisticated Lady," "Solitude," and "In a Sentimental Mood."
Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1971
Member of
Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
Family
Mercer Ellington Son
Related
Rudy Jackson [US1] Member of The Washingtonians (1927)
Cat Anderson Member of Ellington's band (1944-1947; 1950-1959; 1961-1971)
Juan Tizol Member of Ellington's band 1929 to 1944 and 1951 to 1953.
Sam Woodyard Drummer in Ellington's band 1955 to 1966.
Ozzie Bailey Singer in Duke Ellington Orchestra
Milt Grayson Vocalist in Duke Ellington's Orchestra(s)
Cornell Smelser Member of Jungle Band
Alvin Raglin Bassist of Duke Ellington's Orchestra (1941-1945)
Sonny Greer
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i June 1967 (6 artists)
i June 1967 (4 artists)
i June 1967 (9 artists)
i June 1967 (5 artists)
i June 1967 (21 artists)
i June 1967 (5 artists)
i Do Not Disturb Duke Ellington 1987 Unverified
i Fontainebleau Forest Duke Ellington 1963 Unverified
1971 (32 artists)
i June 1967 (170 artists)
i  REC 1974 (8 artists)
Originally by Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra REL
i Lady In Blue Duke Ellington 1963 Missing information
i April 1976 (5 artists)
i 1974 (4 artists)
i 1955 (33 artists)
i June 1967 (15 artists)
i 1972 Julie Saury - Bruno Rousselet - Frédéric Couderc - Sébastien Giniaux Guest Claude Egéa
i 1971 (6 artists)
i Portrait Of Wellman Braud Duke Ellington 1971 Unverified
i  REC 2006 (75 artists)
Originally by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra REL
listen on Internet Archive i April 1954 (17 artists)
i April 1976 Jean-Marc Foltz, Stephan Oliva
i 1971 (7 artists)
i  REC April 1976 (54 artists)
Originally by Dollar Brand REL
i June 1967 (7 artists)
i 1959 (108 artists)
i Who Knows? Duke Ellington April 1954 Unverified
i  REC June 1952 (26 artists)
Originally by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra REL
i Pie Eye's Blues Duke Ellington and His Award Winners (Duke Ellington) 1960 Unverified
i Sweet and Pungent Duke Ellington and His Award Winners (Duke Ellington) 1960 Unverified
i Blues in Blueprint Duke Ellington and His Commanders (Duke Ellington) 1960 Unverified
i December 20, 1928 (15 artists)
i April 19, 1929 (7 artists)
i 1930 (18 artists)
i April 19, 1929 (2 artists)
i 1930 (5 artists)
i December 12, 1930 (20 artists)
listen on Internet Archive i July 19, 1929 (6 artists)
i December 12, 1930 (19 artists)
listen on Internet Archive i March 1928 (9 artists)
listen on Internet Archive i July 19, 1929 (37 artists)
listen on Internet Archive i 1929 (47 artists)
listen on Internet Archive April 10, 1931 (35 artists)
listen on Internet Archive i 1929 (81 artists)
i 1929 (3 artists)
i May 29, 1941 (9 artists)
listen on Internet Archive i 1938 (20 artists)
i 1955 (7 artists)
i December 20, 1940 (125 artists)
i June 1937 (84 artists)
i 1954 (3 artists)
i 1938 (34 artists)
i August 2, 1940 Denis Gäbel
i Bojangles Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra 1940 Missing information
i  REL January 2, 1942 (284 artists)
Originally by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra REC
i November 1941 (4 artists)
i  REL February 1946 (297 artists)
Originally by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra PRF
i 1940 (380 artists)
i May 24, 1940 (170 artists)
i September 20, 1937 (3 artists)
i September 20, 1937 (3 artists)
i 1933 (119 artists)
i August 2, 1940 (5 artists)
listen on Internet Archive i Five O'Clock Drag Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra November 1941 Unverified
i 1947 (213 artists)
i August 1940 (12 artists)
i Harlem Speaks Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra 1933 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive i April 1938 (214 artists)
i October 25, 1940 (322 artists)
i I Never Felt This Way Before Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra January 25, 1940 Unverified
March 24, 1932 (625 artists)
listen on Internet Archive i March 22, 1940 (12 artists)
i John Hardy's Wife Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra May 29, 1941 Unverified
February 1944 (85 artists)
listen on Internet Archive i  REL March 14, 1941 (8 artists)
Originally by Duke Ellington REC
i 1954 Laurent Mignard Duke Orchestra
i April 1940 (13 artists)
i Lazy Rhapsody Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra 1932 Unverified
i February 1944 (28 artists)
Mighty Like the Blues Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra 1938 Unverified
i May 1945 (3 artists)
listen on Internet Archive i April 10, 1942 (6 artists)
listen on Internet Archive i March 22, 1940 (18 artists)
June 1944 (47 artists)
i May 24, 1940 (534 artists)
i May 1942 (290 artists)
i 1938 (486 artists)
listen on Internet Archive i June 30, 1938 (15 artists)
i May 1942 (64 artists)
i March 5, 1938 Jim Galloway's Wee Big Band
i May 1953 (544 artists)
i Sepia Panorama Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra August 1940 Unverified
i 1939 (20 artists)
1939 (108 artists)
 REL 1945 (5 artists)
Originally by The Duke Ellington Carnegie Hall Concert - Dec. 19, 1944 REC
i (268 artists)
listen on Internet Archive i April 11, 1941 (686 artists)
listen on Internet Archive i April 1938 (13 artists)
i 1940 (96 artists)
i 1939 Greg Cohen
i October 1944 (86 artists)
i Boy Meets Horn Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra featuring Rex Stewart (Duke Ellington, Rex Stewart) December 22, 1938 Unverified
1947 (31 artists)
listen on Internet Archive 1933 (5 artists)
 REL December 1944 (50 artists)
Originally by Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Patti Palmer REC
January 1945 (101 artists)
listen on Internet Archive February 7, 1941 (273 artists)
1942 (6 artists)
July 9, 1941 (40 artists)
listen on Internet Archive February 7, 1941 (4 artists)
October 1944 (8 artists)
 REL 1941 (545 artists)
Originally by Ivie Anderson PRF
listen on Internet Archive July 1945 (43 artists)
May 1945 (17 artists)
 REL January 1946 (2 artists)
Originally by Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Kitty Kallen REC
listen on Internet Archive  REC,REL October 24, 1941 (7 artists)
Originally by Paul White and Marie Bryant PRF
i March 1927 (16 artists)
i March 1927 (77 artists)
i April 27, 1927 (7 artists)
i April 27, 1927 (4 artists)
listen on Internet Archive i  REC 1941 (18 artists)
Originally by Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra REL
i  REC 1965 (196 artists)
Originally by Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra REL
i February 1953 (4 artists)
i 1968 (91 artists)
i August 17, 1928 (4 artists)
August 17, 1928 (9 artists)
i  REC Unreleased (284 artists)
Originally by Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra REL
i  PRF Unreleased (297 artists)
Originally by Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra REL
listen on Internet Archive i 1939 (11 artists)
listen on Internet Archive i  REL October 1945 (26 artists)
Originally by Duke Ellington – Alvin Raglin REC
i Daybreak Express Duke Ellington and His Orchestra 1934 Unverified
i 1936 (45 artists)
1945 Al Hibbler
i Flirtibird Duke Ellington and His Orchestra June 1959 Unverified
i September 1957 (11 artists)
 REC 1987 (16 artists)
Originally by Terri Klausner REL
i September 1948 (20 artists)
listen on Internet Archive i 1935 (765 artists)
i Island Virgin Duke Ellington and His Orchestra 1965 Unverified
1936 (8 artists)
i April 25, 1928 (45 artists)
i Lady Of The Lavender Mist Duke Ellington and His Orchestra 1947 Unverified
 REC March 10, 1991 (556 artists)
Originally by King Cole and His Trio - Orch. cond. by Pete Rugolo REL
i September 1957 Laurent Mignard Duke Orchestra
i June 1959 (56 artists)
i 1933 (2 artists)
listen on Internet Archive i 1941 (5 artists)
i On A Turquoise Cloud Duke Ellington and His Orchestra 1947 Unverified
i 1963 (26 artists)
i Reminiscing in Tempo Duke Ellington and His Orchestra 1935 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive October 24, 1930 (45 artists)
listen on Internet Archive i 1935 (4 artists)
listen on Internet Archive i November 1934 (486 artists)
i 1933 (661 artists)
i 1934 (24 artists)
i September 1957 (6 artists)
i April 25, 1928 (7 artists)
i February 1929 (5 artists)
i  REL 1951 Originally by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal by Kay Davis BRD
i November 5, 1928 (206 artists)
i  REL September 1957 (75 artists)
Originally by Duke Ellington REC
1947 (31 artists)
i March 1952 (2 artists)
listen on Internet Archive i December 5, 1927 (4 artists)
1957 (6 artists)
i June 1959 (2 artists)
i Haupe Duke Ellington and His Orchestra featuring Johnny Hodges (Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges) June 1959 Unverified
i Low Key Lightly Duke Ellington and His Orchestra featuring Ray Nance (Duke Ellington) June 1959 Unverified
i Way Early Subtone Duke Ellington and His Orchestra featuring Russell Procope (Duke Ellington) June 1959 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive 1947 (30 artists)
 BRD 2004 Originally by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra REL
listen on Internet Archive  REC April 5, 1948 (7 artists)
Originally by Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REL
If You Were in My Place (What Would You Do) Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Ivy Anderson 1938 Unverified
January 1946 (141 artists)
 BRD (223 artists)
Originally by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by The Rhythm Boys REC
listen on Internet Archive  REC October 24, 1930 (223 artists)
Originally by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by The Rhythm Boys BRD
i February 1953 (4 artists)
September 1928 (154 artists)
i 1927 Keith Nichols & The Cotton Club Orchestra
i May 1927 (3 artists)
i November 29, 1940 (14 artists)
i 1959 (2 artists)
i 1959 (4 artists)
i 1958 (9 artists)
listen on Internet Archive July 15, 1933 (4 artists)
i Smada Duke Ellington & His Orch. September 1952 Unverified
You Don't Love Me No More Duke Ellington & His Orch. November 1958 Unverified
i  REL 1963 (20 artists)
Originally by John Coltrane REC
i Stevie Duke Ellington & John Coltrane 1963 Unverified
i 1963 (17 artists)
i 1963 (25 artists)
i 1963 (5 artists)
i Midriff Duke Ellington & Son Fameux Orchestre (Duke Ellington) 1947 Unverified
i May 17, 1929 (2 artists)
i December 20, 1929 (3 artists)
i May 17, 1929 (3 artists)
i February 1963 (44 artists)
i Wig Wise Duke Ellington with Charlie Mingus and Max Roach February 1963 Unverified
1966 (12 artists)
 PRF (487 artists)
Originally by Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Harold Arlen REC
i (Duke Ellington) 1929 (12 artists)
i (Duke Ellington) December 25, 1928 (3 artists)
October 1963 (15 artists)
(10 artists)
1934 (253 artists)
i May 21, 1956 (16 artists)
i (Duke Ellington) April 25, 1929 (11 artists)
 REC 1977 (5 artists)
Originally by Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra REL
i 1986 (35 artists)
i (Duke Ellington) November 25, 1930 (24 artists)
i (Duke Ellington) 1930 (7 artists)
listen on Internet Archive i (Duke Ellington) April 25, 1931 (108 artists)
i (Duke Ellington) September 25, 1929 (2 artists)
i April 1931 (7 artists)
listen on Internet Archive i November 1930 (688 artists)
i May 16, 1929 (4 artists)
i October 10, 1929 (11 artists)
listen on Internet Archive i May 1929 (69 artists)
i May 30, 1930 (2 artists)
i (Duke Ellington) July 28, 1927 (150 artists)
i (Duke Ellington) 1928 (60 artists)