Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra

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big band

Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra was a renowned American big band led by jazz composer and pianist Duke Ellington, celebrated as one of the most influential ensembles in the history of jazz.

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Label	Occurrences
Duke Ellington Orchestra recordings	1
Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra canonical	1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	big band ⓘ
activeFrom	1920s ⓘ
activeUntil	1974 ⓘ
associatedWithVenue	Cotton Club NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
genre	big band jazz ⓘ jazz ⓘ swing ⓘ
hasMember	Aaron Bell NERFINISHED ⓘ Al Sears NERFINISHED ⓘ Barney Bigard NERFINISHED ⓘ Ben Webster NERFINISHED ⓘ Billy Strayhorn NERFINISHED ⓘ Britt Woodman NERFINISHED ⓘ Cat Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ Clark Terry NERFINISHED ⓘ Cootie Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ Fred Guy NERFINISHED ⓘ Harry Carney NERFINISHED ⓘ Jimmy Blanton NERFINISHED ⓘ Jimmy Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ Jimmy Woode NERFINISHED ⓘ Johnny Hodges NERFINISHED ⓘ Juan Tizol NERFINISHED ⓘ Lawrence Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ Otto Hardwick NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Gonsalves NERFINISHED ⓘ Ray Nance NERFINISHED ⓘ Rex Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ Russell Procope NERFINISHED ⓘ Sam Woodyard NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonny Greer NERFINISHED ⓘ Tricky Sam Nanton NERFINISHED ⓘ Wellman Braud NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	Count Basie Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ Stan Kenton Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ modern big band jazz ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
leader	Duke Ellington NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCharacteristic	innovative orchestration ⓘ use of individual musicians’ timbres ⓘ
notableEvent	1956 Newport Jazz Festival performance ⓘ
notableWork	Caravan NERFINISHED ⓘ Concerto for Cootie NERFINISHED ⓘ Cotton Tail NERFINISHED ⓘ In a Mellotone NERFINISHED ⓘ It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) NERFINISHED ⓘ Ko-Ko NERFINISHED ⓘ Mood Indigo NERFINISHED ⓘ Sophisticated Lady NERFINISHED ⓘ Take the "A" Train NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabel	Brunswick Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Columbia Records ⓘ RCA Victor NERFINISHED ⓘ Victor Talking Machine Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence	New York City ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Take the "A" Train → firstRecordedBy → Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra ⓘ

St. Louis Blues (song) → hasNotableRecording → Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Duke Ellington Orchestra recordings