Duke Ellington

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arranger bandleader composer human jazz musician pianist songwriter

Duke Ellington was a pioneering American jazz composer, pianist, and bandleader whose innovative work helped define the sound and global influence of 20th-century jazz.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Duke Ellington canonical	145
Edward Kennedy Ellington	2
Ellington	2
Duke Ellington and John Coltrane	1
Duke Ellington – various orchestra recordings	1
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington	1
James Edward Ellington	1
Lady Ella and Duke Ellington	1

Statements (82)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	arranger ⓘ bandleader ⓘ composer ⓘ human ⓘ jazz musician ⓘ pianist ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsEnd	1974 ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1910s ⓘ
burialPlace	Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City ⓘ surface form: Woodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx, New York City
causeOfDeath	lung cancer ⓘ pneumonia ⓘ
child	Mercer Ellington ⓘ
collaboratedWith	Billy Strayhorn ⓘ Charles Mingus ⓘ Cootie Williams ⓘ Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ John Coltrane ⓘ Johnny Hodges ⓘ Max Roach ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1899-04-29 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1974-05-24 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African American
familyName	Duke Ellington self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ellington
fieldOfWork	jazz arrangement ⓘ music composition ⓘ orchestration ⓘ
founded	Duke Ellington Orchestra ⓘ
fullName	Duke Ellington self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Edward Kennedy Ellington
genre	big band ⓘ jazz ⓘ
givenName	Edward ⓘ
honor	inducted into the DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame ⓘ inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame ⓘ
influenced	Billy Strayhorn ⓘ Charles Mingus ⓘ Count Basie ⓘ Miles Davis ⓘ Thelonious Monk ⓘ modern jazz ⓘ
instrument	piano ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
memberOf	Duke Ellington Orchestra ⓘ
middleName	Kennedy ⓘ
movement	jazz ⓘ
nickname	Duke ⓘ
notableAward	Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award ⓘ Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ Pulitzer Prize Special Citation and Award ⓘ surface form: Pulitzer Prize Special Citation
notableEvent	performed at the Cotton Club in Harlem ⓘ performed at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1956 ⓘ
notableWork	Black, Brown and Beige ⓘ C Jam Blues ⓘ Caravan ⓘ Cotton Tail ⓘ In a Sentimental Mood ⓘ It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) ⓘ Mood Indigo ⓘ Prelude to a Kiss ⓘ Sacred Concerts ⓘ Satin Doll ⓘ Solitude ⓘ Sophisticated Lady ⓘ Take the "A" Train ⓘ
occupation	arranger ⓘ bandleader ⓘ composer ⓘ pianist ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
parent	Daisy Kennedy Ellington ⓘ Duke Ellington self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: James Edward Ellington
placeOfBirth	Washington, D.C. ⓘ surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
placeOfDeath	New York City ⓘ surface form: New York City, New York, United States
recordLabel	Capitol Records ⓘ Columbia Records ⓘ RCA Records ⓘ surface form: RCA Victor
religion	Baptist ⓘ
residence	Harlem ⓘ surface form: Harlem, New York City, New York, United States
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Edna Thompson ⓘ
subjectOf	Ken Burns documentary series "Jazz" ⓘ

Referenced by (154)

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American Jazz Museum → hasNotableFocus → Duke Ellington ⓘ

Spingarn Medal → notableRecipient → Duke Ellington ⓘ

Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City → hasBurial → Duke Ellington ⓘ

Harlem Renaissance → notablePerson → Duke Ellington ⓘ

Ella Fitzgerald → collaboratedWith → Duke Ellington ⓘ

Nice Jazz Festival → hasParticipant → Duke Ellington ⓘ

Grammy Hall of Fame Award → hasNotableInductee → Duke Ellington ⓘ

Apollo Theater → hostedPerformanceBy → Duke Ellington ⓘ

Fletcher Henderson → influenced → Duke Ellington ⓘ

Earl Hines → collaboratedWith → Duke Ellington ⓘ

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award → notableRecipient → Duke Ellington ⓘ

Duke Ellington → fullName → Duke Ellington self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edward Kennedy Ellington

Duke Ellington → familyName → Duke Ellington self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ellington

Duke Ellington → parent → Duke Ellington self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: James Edward Ellington

Max Roach → associatedAct → Duke Ellington ⓘ

Coleman Hawkins → associatedAct → Duke Ellington ⓘ

Duke Ellington School of the Arts → namedAfter → Duke Ellington ⓘ

Duke Ellington School of the Arts → namedForFullName → Duke Ellington ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington

Sir Duke → tributeTo → Duke Ellington ⓘ

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Lover (jazz standard) → hasNotablePerformer → Duke Ellington ⓘ

Uline Arena → notablePerformer → Duke Ellington ⓘ

Pablo Records → releasedMusicBy → Duke Ellington ⓘ

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book → composer → Duke Ellington ⓘ

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book → conductor → Duke Ellington ⓘ

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book → arranger → Duke Ellington ⓘ

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book → includesWorkBy → Duke Ellington ⓘ

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book → tributeTo → Duke Ellington ⓘ

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book → hasContributionFrom → Duke Ellington ⓘ

Django Reinhardt → collaboratedWith → Duke Ellington ⓘ

Lady Ella → notableCollaboration → Duke Ellington ⓘ

subject surface form: Ella Fitzgerald

Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame → notableInductee → Duke Ellington ⓘ

All Stars → collaboratedWith → Duke Ellington ⓘ

Mary Lou Williams → collaboratedWith → Duke Ellington ⓘ

I Got Rhythm → hasNotableRecordingBy → Duke Ellington ⓘ

Embraceable You → hasNotablePerformer → Duke Ellington ⓘ

Great American Songbook → hasNotableSongwriter → Duke Ellington ⓘ

Mack David → collaboratedWith → Duke Ellington ⓘ

Count Basie Orchestra → notableCollaboration → Duke Ellington ⓘ

April in Paris → includesCompositionBy → Duke Ellington ⓘ

Anatomy of a Murder → composer → Duke Ellington ⓘ

Mood Indigo → composer → Duke Ellington ⓘ

It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) → composer → Duke Ellington ⓘ

It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) → hasBeenRecordedBy → Duke Ellington ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lady Ella and Duke Ellington

Sophisticated Lady → composer → Duke Ellington ⓘ

Sophisticated Lady → notablePerformer → Duke Ellington ⓘ

Sophisticated Lady → lyricist → Duke Ellington ⓘ

Sophisticated Lady → hasNotableRecording → Duke Ellington ⓘ

this entity surface form: Duke Ellington – various orchestra recordings