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    1974-05-24

    1899-04-29127 years, 6 months, and 5 days old

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    Place of birth:

    Washington, District of Columbia, USA

    Adult:

    No

    Gender:

    Male

    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.

    Images Gallery

    Best Credits: 76

    Title
    Anatomy of a Murder
    Pie Eye (uncredited)
    7.8
    1959-07-01
    5.0645
    Murder at the Vanities
    Duke Ellington
    5.7
    1934-05-18
    1.6987
    Belle of the Nineties
    Piano Player
    6.1
    1934-09-21
    1.6809
    Birth of the Blues
    Self (archive footage)
    6.2
    1941-11-07
    1.006
    Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989
    Self
    0.5
    2014-01-13
    1.8249
    Jazz Icons: Duke Ellington Live in '58
    Self - Piano
    0
    2007-05-21
    1.1956
    Black and Tan
    Duke Ellington
    6.3
    1929-12-08
    0.6414
    Duke Ellington in Isfahan
    Self (archive footage)
    0
    2021-09-02
    1.5646
    On the Road with Duke Ellington
    Self
    0
    1974-12-31
    0.7008
    A Bundle of Blues
    Self
    6.1
    1933-01-31
    1.256
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