Duke Ellington
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American composer, pianist, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life.[1]
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.
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ON AIR - PROGRAMMING
DISCOGRAPHY
1996: ''Ella at Duke's Place''
1996: ''I Got It Bad''
1995: ''Cornell University Concert''
1995: ''From the Blue Note: Chicago 1952''
1994: ''The Mexican Concert''
1994: ''This One's for Blanton!''
1993: ''Stereo Reflections In Ellington''
''Still: Symphony no. 1 "''
''Still: Symphony no. 2 "''
1991: ''Braggin' in Brass: The Immortal 1938 Year''
1988: ''The Private Collection, Vol. 1: Studio Sessions: C''
''Music by Ellington''
1974: ''Duke's Big 4''
''Francis A.''
1966: ''Au Temps Du Cotton Club''
1963: ''Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins''
1961: ''American Freedom''
1961: ''Piano in the Foreground''
1961: ''Recording Together for the First Time''
1960: ''Back to Back: Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges Pla''
