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The Ellington Suites

Index The Ellington Suites

The Ellington Suites is an album by American pianist, composer, and bandleader Duke Ellington which collects three suites recorded in 1959, 1971, and 1972 released on the Pablo label in 1976. [1]

34 relations: AllMusic, Billy Strayhorn, Booty Wood, Britt Woodman, Cat Anderson, Clark Terry, Cootie Williams, Duke Ellington, Eddie Preston, Elizabeth II, Geezil Minerve, Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album, Harold Ashby, Harry Carney, Jazz, Jimmy Hamilton, Jimmy Woode, Joe Benjamin, Johnny Coles, Johnny Hodges, Live at the Whitney, Mercer Ellington, Money Johnson, Norman Granz, Norris Turney, Pablo Records, Paul Gonsalves, Quentin Jackson, Ray Nance, Russell Procope, Scott Yanow, Shorty Baker, The Rolling Stone Album Guide, This One's for Blanton!.

AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide or AMG) is an online music guide.

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Billy Strayhorn

William Thomas "Billy" Strayhorn (November 29, 1915 – May 31, 1967) was an American jazz composer, pianist, lyricist, and arranger, best known for his successful collaboration with bandleader and composer Duke Ellington, lasting nearly three decades.

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Booty Wood

Mitchell W. Wood, better known as Booty Wood (December 27, 1919, Dayton, Ohio - June 10, 1987, Dayton) was an American jazz trombonist.

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Britt Woodman

Britt Woodman (June 4, 1920 in Los Angeles – October 13, 2000 in Hawthorne, California) was a jazz trombonist.

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Cat Anderson

William Alonzo "Cat" Anderson (September 12, 1916 – April 29, 1981) was an American jazz trumpeter known for his long period as a member of Duke Ellington's orchestra and for his wide range (more than five octaves), especially his playing in the higher registers.

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Clark Terry

Clark Virgil Terry Jr. (December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015) was an American swing and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, composer, educator, and NEA Jazz Masters inductee.

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Cootie Williams

Charles Melvin "Cootie" Williams (July 10, 1911 – September 15, 1985) was an American jazz, jump blues, and rhythm and blues trumpeter.

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Duke Ellington

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American composer, pianist, and bandleader of a jazz orchestra, which he led from 1923 until his death in a career spanning over fifty years.

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Eddie Preston

Eddie Preston (May 9, 1925 – June 22, 2009) was an American jazz trumpeter.

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Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms.

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Geezil Minerve

Harold "Geezil" Minerve (January 3, 1922 - June 4, 1992) was a Cuban-born jazz alto saxophonist and flautist.

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Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

The Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album has been presented since 1961.

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Harold Ashby

Harold Ashby (March 21, 1925 in Kansas City, Missouri – June 13, 2003 in New York City) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.

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Harry Carney

Harry Howell Carney (April 1, 1910 – October 8, 1974) was an American jazz musician whose virtuosity on the baritone saxophone influenced generations of subsequent players.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.

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Jimmy Hamilton

Jimmy Hamilton (May 25, 1917 – September 20, 1994) was an American jazz clarinetist, tenor saxophonist, arranger, composer, and music educator, best known for his twenty-five years with Duke Ellington.

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Jimmy Woode

James Bryant Woode (September 23, 1926 – April 23, 2005) was an American jazz bassist.

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Joe Benjamin

Joseph Rupert Benjamin (November 4, 1919 – January 26, 1974) was an American jazz bassist.

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Johnny Coles

Johnny Coles (July 3, 1926 in Trenton, New Jersey – December 21, 1997 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an American jazz trumpeter.

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Johnny Hodges

John Cornelius Hodges (July 25, 1907 – May 11, 1970) was an American alto saxophonist, best known for solo work with Duke Ellington's big band.

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Live at the Whitney

Live at the Whitney is a live album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1972 and released on the Impulse! label in 1995.

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Mercer Ellington

Mercer Kennedy Ellington (March 11, 1919 – February 8, 1996) was an American musician, composer, and arranger.

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Money Johnson

Harold "Money" Johnson (February 23, 1918, Tyler, Texas - March 28, 1978, New York City) was an American jazz trumpeter.

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Norman Granz

Norman Granz (August 6, 1918 – November 22, 2001) was an American jazz music impresario.

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Norris Turney

Norris Turney (September 8, 1921, Wilmington, Ohio – January 17, 2001, Kettering, Ohio) was an American jazz flautist and saxophonist.

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Pablo Records

Pablo Records was a jazz record company and label founded by Norman Granz in 1973, more than a decade after he had sold his labels (including Verve Records) to MGM Records.

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Paul Gonsalves

Paul Gonsalves (–) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist best known for his association with Duke Ellington.

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Quentin Jackson

Quentin "Butter" Jackson (born January 13, 1909 in Springfield, Ohio; died October 2, 1976 in New York City) was an American jazz trombonist.

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Ray Nance

Ray Willis Nance (December 10, 1913, in Chicago – January 28, 1976, in New York City) was a jazz trumpeter, violinist and singer.

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Russell Procope

Russell Procope (August 11, 1908 – January 21, 1981), was an American clarinettist and alto saxophonist who was a member of the Duke Ellington orchestra.

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Scott Yanow

Scott Yanow (born October 4, 1954) is an American jazz reviewer, historian, and author.

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Shorty Baker

Harold "Shorty" Baker (May 26, 1914 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA – November 8, 1966 in New York City) was a jazz trumpeter.

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The Rolling Stone Album Guide

The Rolling Stone Album Guide, previously known as The Rolling Stone Record Guide, is a book that contains professional music reviews written and edited by staff members from Rolling Stone magazine.

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This One's for Blanton!

This One's for Blanton! is a studio album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington duetting with Ray Brown recorded in December 1972 and released on the Pablo label.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ellington_Suites

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