Duke Ellington

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  • jazz
  • swing
  • big band
  • piano
  • blues
Duke Ellington (Edward Kennedy Ellington, Washington, D.C., 29 April, 1899 - New York City, 24 May, 1974), was an American jazz composer, pianist, and bandleader. Through the ranks of Duke Ellington's Orchestra passed some of the biggest names in jazz, including Johnny Hodges, Cootie Williams, Bubber Miley, Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton, Barney Bigard, Ben Webster, Harry Carney, Sonny Greer, Otto Hardwick, Clark Terry, Jimmy Blanton, Ray Nance, Paul Gonsalves, and Wellman Braud. Many musicians stayed with him for decades.

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Songs

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    "Fat Stuff" Serenade

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    4:30 Blues

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    A Blues Serenade

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    A Gathering in a Clearing

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    A Gypsy Without a Song

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    A Gypsy Without a Song (feat. Irving Gordon, Juan Tizol & Louis C. Singer)

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    A Hundred Dreams Ago

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    A Lesson in C

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    A Portrait of Bert Williams

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    A Return Reservation

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    A Sailboat in the Moonlight (alternate take)

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    A Salboat in the Moonlight

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    A Tone Parallel to Harlem

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    Across the Track Blues

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    Admiration

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    Ain't Misbehavin'

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    Ain't the Gravy Good?

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    Ain't the Gravy Good? (alternate take)

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    Air Conditioned Jungle

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    Alabamy Home

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    All of Me

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    All the Things You Are (take 1)

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    All the Things You Are (take 2)

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    All Too Soon

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    Animal Crackers

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    Arabesque Cookie

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    As Long as I Live

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    Autumnal Suite

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    Azure

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    B.P.

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    Baby, When You Ain't There

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    Back Room Romp

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    Bakiff

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    Barney Goin' Easy

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    Battle of Swing

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    Battle Royal

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    Beautiful Romance

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    Bird Jungle

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    Bird of Paradise

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    Birmingham Breakdown

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    Black and Tan Fantasy

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    Black Beauty

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    Black Beauty (Portrait of Florence Mills)

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    Black Butterfly

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    Black, Brown & Beige - Suite

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    Black, Brown and Beige: Three Dances

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    Black, Brown and Beige: V. Come Sunday Interlude (Duke Ellington Orchestra feat. violin:Ray Nance)

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    Black, Brown and Beige: Work Song / Come Sunday

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    Bli-Blip

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    Blue Goose


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