Duke Ellington
- Type: Classic Bandleader
- Country: United States
- Born: April 29, 1899 in Washington, D.C., United States
- Died: May 24, 1974 in New York, New York, United States
Biography
A paramount figure in the history of American music, Duke Ellington was a composer, pianist, and leader of his eponymous orchestra for over five decades. His genius for orchestration and for writing to the specific talents of his soloists elevated the big band from dance music to a complex art form. He created one of the most distinctive ensemble sounds in Western music, composing thousands of scores and referring to his own work as "American Music" rather than jazz. His nearly 30-year collaboration with composer *Billy Strayhorn* yielded countless classics, and his career was famously revitalized by the 1956 album 'Ellington at Newport' on #Columbia Records#.
Genres
Duke Ellington Discography
- East St. Louis Toodle-O / Birmingham Breakdown (1927) - Single - rated 4.13/5
- Black and Tan Fantasy / What Can a Poor Fellow Do? (1927) - Single - rated 4.07/5
- Black Beauty / Jubilee Stomp (1928) - Single - rated 3.92/5
- Creole Love Call / Black and Tan Fantasie (1928) - Single - rated 3.95/5
- Rockin' in Rhythm / Twelfth Street Rag (1931) - Single - rated 4.01/5
- Mood Indigo / When a Black Man's Blue (1931) - Single - rated 4.04/5
- It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) / Rose Room (1932) - Single - rated 4.02/5
- Sophisticated Lady / Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time) (1933) - Single - rated 3.78/5
- Solitude / Delta Serenade (1934) - Single - rated 3.95/5
- In a Sentimental Mood / Showboat Shuffle (1935) - Single - rated 4.05/5
- Caravan / Azure (1937) - Single - rated 4.11/5
- Never No Lament (Don't Get Around Much Anymore) / Cotton Tail (1940) - Single - rated 4.07/5
- Ko-Ko / Conga Brava (1940) - Single - rated 4.11/5
- Concerto for Cootie / Me and You (1940) - Single - rated 4.01/5
- I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good / Chocolate Shake (1941) - Single - rated 3.65/5
- Take the 'A' Train / The Sidewalks of New York (1941) - Single - rated 4.11/5
- Perdido / Raincheck (1942) - Single - rated 3.59/5
- Black, Brown and Beige (1945) - Album - rated 3.87/5
- Duke Ellington's Liberian Suite (1949) - Album - rated 3.53/5
- Masterpieces by Ellington (1951) - Album - rated 4.1/5
- Ellington Uptown (1953) - Album - rated 4.84/5
- Premiered by Ellington (1953) - Album - rated 3.24/5
- The Duke Plays Ellington: Piano Reflections (1954) - Album - rated 3.79/5
- Piano Reflections (1954) - Album - rated 3.91/5
- Ellington Showcase (1955) - Album - rated 3.94/5
- Ellington at Newport (1956) - Album - rated 4.68/5
- Duke Ellington Presents... (1956) - Album - rated 3.55/5
- In a Mellotone (1956) - Compilation - rated 4.05/5
- The Duke: Historically Speaking (1956) - Album - rated 3.61/5
- Such Sweet Thunder (1957) - Album - rated 4.74/5
- Newport 1958 (1958) - Album - rated 4.01/5
- Ellington Indigos (1958) - Album - rated 4.18/5
- The Cosmic Scene (1958) - Album - rated 3.82/5
- Jazz Party (1959) - Album - rated 3.64/5
- Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque (1959) - Album - rated 3.49/5
- Anatomy of a Murder (1959) - Album - rated 4.35/5
- The Nutcracker Suite (1960) - Album - rated 4.15/5
- Piano in the Background (1960) - Album - rated 4/5
- Blues in Orbit (1960) - Album - rated 4.18/5
- Swinging Suites by Edward E. & Edward G.: Duke Ellington and his Orchestra Play Interpretations of Peer Gynt Suites Nos. 1 & 2 / Suite Thursday (1960) - Album - rated 4.32/5
- First Time! The Count Meets the Duke (1962) - Album - rated 3.97/5
- Midnight in Paris (1962) - Album - rated 3.59/5
- Afro-Bossa (1963) - Album - rated 3.91/5
- Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins (1963) - Album - rated 4.01/5
- My People (1963) - Album - rated 3.19/5
- Piano in the Foreground (1963) - Album - rated 3.98/5
- Duke Ellington Plays With the Original Score From Walt Disney's Mary Poppins (1964) - Album - rated 3.87/5
- The Symphonic Ellington (1964) - Album - rated 3.86/5
- Concert in the Virgin Islands (1965) - Album - rated 3.76/5
- Ellington '66 (1965) - Album - rated 3.09/5
- The Popular Duke Ellington (1966) - Album - rated 3.58/5
- Duke Ellington's Concert of Sacred Music (1966) - Album - rated 3.94/5
- Duke Ellington's Far East Suite (1967) - Album - rated 4.78/5
- ...and His Mother Called Him Bill (1968) - Album - rated 4.18/5
- New Orleans Suite (1971) - Album - rated 4.06/5
- Latin American Suite (1972) - Album - rated 4.06/5
- The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse (1976) - Album - rated 4.26/5
- The Ellington Suites (1976) - Album - rated 4.09/5
- The Blanton-Webster Band (1986) - Compilation - rated 4.52/5
- Jazz Profile: Duke Ellington (1997) - Compilation - rated 4.02/5
- The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition: The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1927-1973) (1999) - Compilation - rated 4.52/5
- The Best of the Duke Ellington Centennial Edition: The Complete RCAVictor Recordings (1927-1973) (1999) - Compilation - rated 3.94/5
- The Duke - The Columbia Years 1927-1962 (Duke 100 Years) (1999) - Compilation - rated 4/5
- Ken Burns Jazz: The Definitive Duke Ellington (2000) - Compilation - rated 3.91/5
- Masterpieces 1926-1949 (2001) - Compilation - rated 4.28/5
Members
- Duke Ellington - Member
- Cat Anderson - Member
- Willie Cook - Member
- Ray Nance - Member
- Clark Terry - Member
- Herbie Jones - Member
- Quentin Jackson - Member
- John Sanders - Member
- Britt Woodman - Member
- Johnny Hodges - Member
- Russell Procope - Member
- Paul Gonsalves - Member
- Harry Carney - Member
- Jimmy Hamilton - Member
- Jimmy Woode - Member
- Al Lucas - Member
- Jimmy Grissom - Member
- Sam Woodyard - Member
- Billy Strayhorn - Member
- Juan Tizol - Member
- Otto Hardwick - Member
- Jimmy Blanton - Member
- Barney Bigard - Member
- Chauncey Haughton - Member
- Rex Stewart - Member
- Sonny Greer - Member
- Ben Webster - Member
- Lawrence Brown - Member
- Tricky Sam Nanton - Member
- Cootie Williams - Member
- Wallace Jones - Member
- Herb Jeffries - Member
- Ivie Anderson - Member
- Junior Raglin - Member
- Steve Backer - Member
- Fred Guy - Member
- Bob Porter - Member
- Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Member
- Carly Simon - Member
- Rob Mounsey - Member