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Duke Ellington (29 Apr 1899 - 24 May 1974)

Male Person - United States US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader

 Also known as (2)

Releases (322)

Official

Album

  1. The Duke 1940
  2. One Night Stand 18 Nov 1945
  3. Black Brown and Beige: A Duke Ellington Tone Parallel to the American Negro 1946
  4. Piano Reflections 1953
  5. The Duke Plays Ellington Aug 1954
  6. Blues in Orbit 1960
  7. Dance Air Force Date 1960 1960
  8. Piano in the Foreground 1961
  9. Concert of Sacred Music 1966
  10. The Far East Suite 1967
  11. New Orleans Suite 1971
  12. Duke's Big 4 1974
  13. Duke Ellington's Jazz Violin Session 1976
  14. Unknown Session 1979
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Album - Compilation

  1. The Music of Duke Ellington Played by Duke Ellington 1954
  2. Daybreak Express 1964
  3. Jumpin’ Punkins 1965
  4. Flaming Youth 1969
  5. Duke Ellington's Greatest Hits 1972
  6. The Complete Duke Ellington Vol. 3 1930-1932 1973
  7. The Complete Duke Ellington Vol.1 1925-1928 1973
  8. The Complete Duke Ellington Vol.2 1928-1930 1973
  9. Monologue 1973
  10. The Jimmy Blanton Years 1974
  11. The Complete Duke Ellington Vol. 4: 1932 1974
  12. The Complete Duke Ellington Vol. 5: 1932-1933 1974
  13. October 20, 1945 1974
  14. Souvenirs 1974
  15. The Complete Duke Ellington Vol. 7 1936-1937 1975
  16. The Complete Duke Ellington Volume 6: 1933-1936 1975
  17. The Complete Duke Ellington Vol. 9 1937 1976
  18. The Complete Duke Ellington Vol.10 - 1937-1938 1977
  19. The Complete Duke Ellington Vol.11 1938 1977
  20. Duke Ellington 1939 1977
  21. Duke Ellington 1940 1978
  22. The Complete Duke Ellington Vol.12 1938 1979
  23. Giants of Jazz - Duke Ellington 1980
  24. Sophisticated Ellington 1981
  25. The Complete Duke Ellington Vol.13 1938-1939 1981
  26. The Complete Duke Ellington Vol.14 1939 1981
  27. The Complete Duke Ellington Vol.15 (1939-1940) 1981
  28. The Indispensable Volumes 1/2 1981
  29. The Indispensable Duke Ellington Volumes 3/4 1982
  30. The Indispensable Duke Ellington Volumes 5/6 1982
  31. Serenade to Sweden 1982
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Album - Soundtrack

  1. Duke Ellington and his Orchestra Featuring Paul Gonsalves 01 May 1962
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Album - Live

  1. The Duke Lives On 1975
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Album - Compilation / Live

  1. The English Concert 1972
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Promotion

Album - Compilation

  1. The World Of Duke Ellington Volume 2 1975
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Relationships (19)

Member Of

  1. The Duke Ellington Sextet original, eponymous
  2. Duke Ellington & His Washingtonians original, eponymous
  3. Duke Ellington and His Rhythm original, eponymous
  4. Duke Ellington Octet original, eponymous, piano
  5. Duke Ellington and His Orchestra original, eponymous
  6. Duke Ellington & His Band original, eponymous
  7. The Washingtonians
  8. The Duke Ellington Trio eponymous
  9. Duke Ellington Quartet eponymous
  10. Mills' Ten Black Berries
  11. Billy Strayhorn Trio piano
  12. Duke Ellington’s Jazz Ensemble eponymous
  13. Duke Ellington’s Hot Five eponymous
  14. Leonard Feather’s Esquire All‐Americans
  15. Duke Ellington’s Spacemen eponymous
  16. Duke Ellington & the Jungle Band eponymous
  17. The Harlem Footwarmers

Supporting By

  1. Onzy Matthews (1966 - 1975) piano

Children

  1. Mercer Ellington

Recordings by (2,251)

  1. Swampy River 2:50 (Apr 1930) studio, 1928-10-01: Okeh matrix no. W.401173-B
  2. Mood Indigo / Solitude ?:?? (1937) 1936-12-21, mx. LO-377
  3. Sophisticated Lady / In a Sentimental Mood ?:?? (1937) 1936-12-21, mx. LO-378
  4. Lazy Rhapsody ?:?? (1940)
  5. Blue Ramble ?:?? (1940)
  6. Baby, When You Ain't There ?:?? (1940)
  7. Lightnin' ?:?? (1940)
  8. Best Wishes ?:?? (1940)
  9. Bundle of Blues ?:?? (1940)
  10. Drop Me Off at Harlem ?:?? (1940)
  11. Merry-Go-Round ?:?? (1940)
  12. Theme - Take the "A" Train ?:?? (18 Nov 1945)
  13. As Long as I Live ?:?? (18 Nov 1945)
  14. 9:20 Special ?:?? (18 Nov 1945)
  15. The Wonder of You ?:?? (18 Nov 1945)
  16. Walkin' With My Honey ?:?? (18 Nov 1945)
  17. Three Cent Stomp ?:?? (18 Nov 1945)
  18. Don't Take Your Love From Me ?:?? (18 Nov 1945)
  19. Courtin' Session ?:?? (18 Nov 1945)
  20. Emancipation Celebration ?:?? (18 Nov 1945)
  21. Let the Zoomers Drool (Partial) ?:?? (18 Nov 1945)
  22. I. Work Song ?:?? (1946)
  23. II. Come Sunday ?:?? (1946)
  24. III. The Blues ?:?? (1946)
  25. IV. Three Dances: A. West Indian Dance / B. Emancipation Celebration / C. Sugar Hill Penthouse (Beige!) ?:?? (1946)
  26. Antidisestablishmentarianismist ?:?? (May 1948) mx. J 566
  27. The Tattooed Bride 11:43 (1951) mono
  28. Dancers in Love ?:?? (1952)
  29. Prelude to a Kiss 3:00 (1953)
  30. B Sharp Blues 2:32 (1953)
  31. Janet 2:10 (1953)
  32. Kinda Dukish 2:28 (1953)
  33. Night Time 2:30 (1953)
  34. Passion Flower 3:05 (1953)
  35. Who Knows 2:34 (1953)
  36. Retrospection 3:55 (1953)
  37. Reflections in D 3:30 (1953)
  38. Melancholia 3:19 (1953)
  39. In a Sentimental Mood 2:26 (1953)
  40. Things Ain't What They Used To Be 2:52 (1953)
  41. All Too Soon 3:05 (1953)
  42. Who Knows? ?:?? (Aug 1954)
  43. The New East St. Louis Toodle-O ?:?? (1954)
  44. The New Black and Tan Fantasy ?:?? (1954)
  45. The Creole Love Call ?:?? (1954)
  46. The Mooche 3:17 (1954)
  47. Mood Indigo 3:08 (1954)
  48. Sophisticated Lady ?:?? (1954)
  49. Solitude 3:28 (1954)
  50. Caravan ?:?? (1954)
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On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Awful Sad 3:17 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (Jan 1929) piano, piano
  2. Swampy River 2:50 Duke Ellington (Apr 1930) solo, piano, piano
  3. It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) 3:11 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (24 Mar 1932) piano
  4. The Boys From Harlem 2:19 Cootie Williams and His Rug Cutters (1938) piano
  5. Rumpus in Richmond 2:48 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (Oct 1940) piano
  6. In a Mellotone 3:19 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (Oct 1940) piano
  7. East St. Louis Toodle-Oo 3:35 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1943) piano
  8. Ring Dem Bells 3:00 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1943) piano
  9. Stompy Jones 3:12 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1943) piano
  10. Tonight I Shall Sleep (with a Smile on My Face) 2:55 Tommy Dorsey With Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra (Jun 1945) piano
  11. The Minor Goes Muggin' 3:02 Duke Ellington with Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra (Jun 1945) piano
  12. Long Long Journey 4:31 Esquire All-American Award Winners (1946) piano
  13. The One That Got Away 4:23 Leonard Feather’s Esquire All‐Americans (1946) piano
  14. I’m Checkin’ Out, Goo’m Bye 2:29 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (Jan 1947) piano
  15. Tootin’ Through the Roof ?:?? Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (Jan 1947) piano
  16. Rockabye River 3:02 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1947) piano
  17. New York City Blues ?:?? Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (Nov 1948) piano
  18. Liberian Suite: Dance No. 1 4:50 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1949) piano
  19. Liberian Suite: Dance No. 3 3:45 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1949) piano
  20. Liberian Suite: Dance No. 4 3:04 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1949) piano
  21. Liberian Suite: Dance No. 2 3:26 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1949) piano
  22. Liberian Suite: I Like the Sunrise 4:28 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1949) piano
  23. Liberian Suite: Dance No. 5 5:08 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1949) piano
  24. Lost in Meditation ?:?? Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra (1951) piano
  25. The Jeep Is Jumpin' ?:?? Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra (1951) piano
  26. The Tattooed Bride 11:43 Duke Ellington (1951) piano
  27. Prelude to a Kiss ?:?? Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra (1951) piano
  28. Dream Blues ?:?? Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra (1951) piano
  29. Hodge Podge ?:?? Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra (1951) piano
  30. Pyramid ?:?? Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra (1951) piano
  31. Empty Ball Room Blues ?:?? Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra (1951) piano
  32. I Know What You Do ?:?? Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra (1951) piano
  33. B sharp blues 2:32 Duke Ellington (1953) piano
  34. Melancholia 3:19 Duke Ellington (1953) piano
  35. In A Sentimental Mood 2:26 Duke Ellington (1953) piano
  36. All Too Soon 3:05 Duke Ellington (1953) piano
  37. A Tone Parallel to Harlem (The Harlem Suite) 13:48 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1953) piano
  38. Passion Flower 3:05 Duke Ellington (1953) piano, piano
  39. Night Time 2:30 Duke Ellington (1953) piano
  40. Who Knows 2:34 Duke Ellington (1953) piano
  41. Janet 2:10 Duke Ellington (1953) piano
  42. Skin Deep 6:49 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1953) piano
  43. Kinda Dukish 2:28 Duke Ellington (1953) piano
  44. Prelude to a Kiss 3:00 Duke Ellington (1953) piano
  45. Retrospection 3:55 Duke Ellington (1953) piano
  46. Reflections In D 3:30 Duke Ellington (1953) piano

Vocals

  1. The Tattooed Bride (Part Two) ?:?? Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (May 1949) spoken vocals

Produced

  1. Skin Deep 6:49 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1953)

Arranged

  1. Sono 4:34 Duke Ellington & His Orchestra feat. Harry Carney & Billy Strayhorn (1950)
  2. Frustration 3:32 Duke Ellington & His Orchestra feat. Harry Carney & Billy Strayhorn (1950)

Credited as (327)

  1. Duke Ellington
  2. Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington
  3. Duke Ellington & Ben Webster
  4. Duke Ellington & Irving Mills
  5. Duke Ellington & Bob Russell
  6. Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn & Mercer Ellington
  7. Duke Ellington & Jimmy Blanton
  8. Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges
  9. Duke Ellington & Parsons
  10. Duke Ellington, Irving Mills & Juan Tizol
  11. Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard & Irving Mills
  12. Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Max Roach
  13. Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
  14. Duke Ellington & Ella Fitzgerald
  15. Duke Ellington & Lee Gaines
  16. Duke Ellington & Count Basie
  17. Duke Ellington & Coleman Hawkins
  18. Duke Ellington & Boston Pops Orchestra
  19. Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer & Billy Strayhorn
  20. Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn
  21. S. Mos feat. 2 Static & Duke Ellington
  22. Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
  23. Duke Ellington & Nick Kenny
  24. Duke Ellington, Boris Vian et Maurice Culaz
  25. Edward Ellington
  26. Edward K. Ellington
  27. Duke Ellington & Juan Tizol
  28. Duke Ellington & Ray Brown
  29. Ivie Anderson & Duke Ellington
  30. Duke Ellington & Mahalia Jackson
  31. Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington & Count Basie
  32. Duke Ellington and Jimmy Blanton
  33. Duke Ellington and Joy O'Sharrells
  34. Benny Goodman & Duke Ellington
  35. Glenn Miller / Duke Ellington / Benny Goodman feat. Gene Krupa
  36. Duke Ellington - Jimmy Blanton
  37. Ellington, Bartók; Nigel Kennedy, Alec Dankworth
  38. Ellington
  39. Duke Ellington & The Buck Clayton All Stars
  40. Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington
  41. Billy Strayhorn & Duke Ellington
  42. The Mills Brothers feat. Duke Ellington
  43. Rosemary Clooney & Duke Ellington
  44. Duke Ellington, William Levi Dawson; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
  45. Duke Ellington & Louis Armstrong
  46. William Grant Still, Duke Ellington; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
  47. Ivie Anderson feat. Duke Ellington
  48. The Mills Brothers with Duke Ellington
  49. Duke Ellington feat. Paul Gonsalves
  50. William Grant Still, William Levi Dawson, Duke Ellington; Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
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Works (542)

Wrote

  1. Who Knows? (1953)
  2. Retrospection (1953)
  3. B Sharp Blues (1953)
  4. Caravan
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Composed

  1. Mood Indigo (1930)
  2. It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) (Aug 1931)
  3. Sophisticated Lady (1932)
  4. Drop Me Off in Harlem (1933)
  5. (In My) Solitude (1934)
  6. In a Sentimental Mood (1935)
  7. In a Sentimental Mood (1935)
  8. Crescendo in Blue (1937)
  9. Caravan (1937)
  10. Azure (1937)
  11. I Ain’t Got Nothin’ but the Blues (1937)
  12. I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart (1938)
  13. Prelude to a Kiss (1938)
  14. In a Mellow Tone (1939)
  15. All Too Soon (1940)
  16. Don’t Get Around Much Anymore (1940)
  17. I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good) (1941)
  18. Just Squeeze Me (but Don’t Tease Me) (1941)
  19. Day Dream (1941)
  20. Just A‐Sittin’ and A‐Rockin’ (1941)
  21. Rocks in My Bed (1941)
  22. “C” Jam Blues (1942)
  23. Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me (1943)
  24. New World A-Comin’ (1943)
  25. Black, Brown, and Beige (1943)
  26. I Didn’t Know About You (1944)
  27. Don’t You Know I Care? (1944)
  28. I’m Beginning to See the Light (1944)
  29. Everything but You (1945)
  30. I’m Just a Lucky So and So (1945)
  31. Happy Go Lucky Local (1946)
  32. Liberian Suite: I Like the Sunrise (1947)
  33. Liberian Suite: Dance no. 3 (1947)
  34. Liberian Suite: Dance no. 5 (1947)
  35. Liberian Suite: Dance no. 2 (1947)
  36. Liberian Suite: Dance no. 1 (1947)
  37. Liberian Suite: Dance no. 4 (1947)
  38. A Tone Parallel to Harlem (The Harlem Suite) (1951)
  39. Satin Doll (1953) additional
  40. Imagine My Frustration (1965)
  41. Something 'Bout Believing (19 Feb 1968)
  42. The Eighth Veil
  43. It's a Glory
  44. Oclupaca
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Lyrics

  1. Rocks in My Bed (1941)
  2. Praise God and Dance
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Links (30)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.dukeellington.com/
  2. http://www.dukeellingtonlegacy.com/

Other Databases

  1. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n50080187/
  2. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/duke_ellington
  3. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102155
  4. https://d-nb.info/gnd/118529994
  5. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13893638w
  6. https://ibdb.com/person.php?id=11631
  7. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50080187
  8. https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1953949A
  9. https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-815399
  10. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6639nkm

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/67111

Setlist.Fm

  1. https://www.setlist.fm/setlists/duke-ellington-13d6b5d5.html

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/145257

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000120323

Vgmdb

  1. https://vgmdb.net/artist/44339

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0254153/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/66651610

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4030

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/4305

Stream For Free

  1. https://www.deezer.com/artist/57504
  2. https://open.spotify.com/artist/4F7Q5NV6h5TSwCainz8S5A

Streaming Page

  1. https://tidal.com/artist/1156

Biographies

  1. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/education/ellington.html
  2. http://www.redhotjazz.com/duke.html

Picture

  1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Duke_Ellington_-_publicity.JPG

BBC Music

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/3af06bc4-68ad-4cae-bb7a-7eeeb45e411f

Discography Pages

  1. http://www.redhotjazz.com/duke.html

Social Networking

  1. https://www.facebook.com/dukeellington