
Actor
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.
Născut
29 aprilie 1899
Zodie
Taur
Decedat
24 mai 1974
Locul nașterii
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Universul filmelor sale
Regie · 2 filme
Fred Waller
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life, A Bundle of Blues

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Self (archive footage)
2024

The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
Self - Musician (archive footage)
2019

Black and Tan
Duke Ellington
1929

Jam Session
Self - Piano
1942

The Apollo
Self (archive footage)
2019

Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
Self
1935

Belle of the Nineties
Piano Player
1934

Birth of the Blues
Self (archive footage)
1941

Murder at the Vanities
Duke Ellington
1934

Piano Blues
Self (archive footage)
2003

A Bundle of Blues
Self
1933

Check and Double Check
Orchestra Leader
1930

Charlie Parker - Bird Songs
Self (archive footage)
2022

The Hit Parade
Duke Ellington
1937

It's Black Entertainment
Self (archive footage)
2002

Moments without Proper Names
Self (archive footage)
1987

The Story Of The Blues
Self
2004

The Jazz Ambassadors
Self (archive footage)
2018

Jazz Ball
Self (archive footage)
1956

Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989
Self
2014

Bli-Blip
Himself
1942

The Harlem Renaissance
Self (archive footage)
2004

Jazz Evolution
Self - Piano
2008

Duke Ellington at the Côte d'Azur with Ella Fitzgerald and Joan Miro
Self
1966