Duke Ellington
Acting
April 29, 1899
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Biography
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and leader of a jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life. Born in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based in New York City from the mid-1920s and gained a national profile through his orchestra's appearances at the Cotton Club in Harlem.
Movies
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975
Duke Ellington at the Côte d'Azur with Ella Fitzgerald and Joan Miro
1966
The Lou Rawls Show with Duke Ellington
1991
Jazz Ball
1956
Anatomy of a Murder
1959
Birth of the Blues
1941
Piano Blues
2003
Moments without Proper Names
1987
Belle of the Nineties
1934
Jazz Icons: Duke Ellington Live in '58
2007
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
2024
The Harlem Renaissance
2004
Jazz Evolution
2008
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
2022
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
2019
Improvisation
2004
Check and Double Check
1930
Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989
2014
Hot Chocolate
1941
Cabin in the Sky
1943
