Edward Kennedy (Duke) Ellington


Edward Kennedy (Duke) Ellington
Nationality: American
Born: 1899-1974
Education/Training: Armstrong Manual Training School, commercial art
Best Known For:
being one of the most famous American jazz composers

Notable Compositions:
Black, Brown and Beige; Newport Jazz Festival Suite; A Drum is a Woman; Royal Ancestry (Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald); Shakespearean Suite; Toot Suite; Jump for Joy; Anatomy of a Murder; The Ellington Suites; Nutcracker Suite; Paris Blues; The Far East Suite; The Sacred Concert;ÂÂ…And His Mother Called Him Bill; The River Suite; New Orlean's Suite; Queenie Pie

Assignments:
collaborations with Miles Davis, Cab Calloway, Dizzy Gillspie, Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett, Louis Armstrong, Billy Strayhorn, The Mills Brothers

Curious Facts:
memorials in his honor include Duke Ellington Memorial, Central Park; the Duke Ellington School for the Arts, Washington D.C.; the Duke Ellington Bridge in Wasington D.C.; 1986 US postage stamp
Quotes:
"I like any and all of my associations with music-writing, playing, and listening. We write and play from our perspective, and the audience listens from its perspective. If and when we agree, I am lucky." -Duke Ellington

REPERTOIRE: The Majesty of God

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Recharge May 22, 2005
Ellington: Best of the Sacred Concerts May 22, 2011

REPERTOIRE: Will You Be There/Ain't But The One

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Recharge May 22, 2005

REPERTOIRE: In the Beginning God

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Ellington's Sacred Concert Mar 9, 2004
Ellington's Sacred Concert Mar 7, 2004
Ellington: Best of the Sacred Concerts May 22, 2011

REPERTOIRE: Will you be there?

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Ellington's Sacred Concert Mar 9, 2004
Ellington's Sacred Concert Mar 7, 2004
Ellington: Best of the Sacred Concerts May 22, 2011

REPERTOIRE: Ain't But the One

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Ellington's Sacred Concert Mar 9, 2004
Ellington's Sacred Concert Mar 7, 2004
Ellington: Best of the Sacred Concerts May 22, 2011

REPERTOIRE: Heaven

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Ellington's Sacred Concert Mar 9, 2004
Ellington's Sacred Concert Mar 7, 2004
Ellington: Best of the Sacred Concerts May 22, 2011

REPERTOIRE: 23rd Psalm

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Ellington's Sacred Concert Mar 9, 2004
Ellington's Sacred Concert Mar 7, 2004

REPERTOIRE: The Lord's Prayer

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50th Season Celebration Sep 22, 2013

REPERTOIRE: The Lord's Prayer

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Ellington: Best of the Sacred Concerts May 22, 2011

REPERTOIRE: The Shepard (Who Watches Over the Night Flock)

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Ellington: Best of the Sacred Concerts May 22, 2011

REPERTOIRE: David Danced

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Ellington: Best of the Sacred Concerts May 22, 2011

REPERTOIRE: Almighty God

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Ellington: Best of the Sacred Concerts May 22, 2011

REPERTOIRE: Something 'Bout Believing

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Ellington: Best of the Sacred Concerts May 22, 2011

REPERTOIRE: Father Forgive

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Ellington: Best of the Sacred Concerts May 22, 2011

REPERTOIRE: It's Freedom

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Ellington: Best of the Sacred Concerts May 22, 2011

REPERTOIRE: Come Sunday

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Ellington: Best of the Sacred Concerts May 22, 2011

REPERTOIRE: Praise God and Dance

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Ellington: Best of the Sacred Concerts May 22, 2011

REPERTOIRE: The Lord's Prayer

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Recharge May 22, 2005

REPERTOIRE: The Shepheerd Who Watches Over His Nightflock

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Recharge May 22, 2005

REPERTOIRE: My Love

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Recharge May 22, 2005

REPERTOIRE: Father Forgive

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Recharge May 22, 2005

REPERTOIRE: It's Freedom

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Recharge May 22, 2005

REPERTOIRE: The Shepherd Who Watches Over His Nightflock

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Ellington's Sacred Concert Mar 9, 2004

REPERTOIRE: David Danced Before the Lord With All His Might

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Ellington's Sacred Concert Mar 9, 2004

REPERTOIRE: Almighty God

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Ellington's Sacred Concert Mar 9, 2004

REPERTOIRE: Something 'Bout Believing

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Ellington's Sacred Concert Mar 9, 2004

REPERTOIRE: Father Forgive

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Ellington's Sacred Concert Mar 9, 2004

REPERTOIRE: It's Freedom

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Ellington's Sacred Concert Mar 9, 2004

REPERTOIRE: Come Sunday

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Ellington's Sacred Concert Mar 9, 2004

REPERTOIRE: Praise God and Dance

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Ellington's Sacred Concert Mar 9, 2004

REPERTOIRE: The Shepherd Who Watches Over His Nightflock

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Ellington's Sacred Concert Mar 7, 2004

REPERTOIRE: David Danced Before the Lord With All His Might

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Ellington's Sacred Concert Mar 7, 2004

REPERTOIRE: Almighty God

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Ellington's Sacred Concert Mar 7, 2004

REPERTOIRE: Something 'Bout Believing

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Ellington's Sacred Concert Mar 7, 2004

REPERTOIRE: Father Forgive

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Ellington's Sacred Concert Mar 7, 2004

REPERTOIRE: It's Freedom

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Ellington's Sacred Concert Mar 7, 2004

REPERTOIRE: Come Sunday

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Ellington's Sacred Concert Mar 7, 2004

REPERTOIRE: Praise God and Dance

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Ellington's Sacred Concert Mar 7, 2004

REPERTOIRE: Ellingtonia (a medley)

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Black American Composers Feb 2, 1992

REPERTOIRE: Ellingtonia (a medley)

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LAMC Presents: The Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers Oct 24, 1981

REPERTOIRE: Ellingtonia (a medley)

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Folk Jubilee Jan 24, 1981