Faster access than browser!
304 relations: A Drum Is a Woman, Abdullah Ibrahim, Academy Awards, Adelaide Hall, Al Hibbler, Al Jolson, Alice Babs, Amos 'n' Andy, Anatomy of a Murder, André Previn, Andy Razaf, Aniekan Udofia, Arthur Whetsol, Atlantic City, New Jersey, Barney Bigard, Barry Ulanov, Baseball, Bebop, Beggar's Holiday, Belle of the Nineties, Ben Webster, Benny Goodman, Berklee College of Music, Big band, Billie Holiday, Billy Strayhorn, Black and Tan (film), Black and Tan Fantasy, Black, Brown and Beige, Brunswick Records, Capitol Records, Caravan (1936 song), Carmen McRae, Carnegie Hall, Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, Central Park, Charles Ives, Charles Mingus, Charleston (dance), Charlie Chaplin, Check and Double Check, Chromatic scale, Clark Terry, Classical music, Claude Debussy, Claude Hopkins, Cliff Jackson (musician), Cocktails for Two, Coleman Hawkins, Columbia Records, ..., Columbia University, Constant Lambert, Cootie Williams, Cotton Club, Cotton Tail, Count Basie, Count Basie Orchestra, Creole Love Call, Dave Brubeck, Detroit Free Press, Deutscher Filmpreis, Diatonic scale, Digital Duke, Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue, Dirge, District of Columbia and United States Territories Quarters, Dizzy Gillespie, Dorothy Fields, Double bass, DownBeat, Duke Ellington at Fargo, 1940 Live, Duke Ellington Bridge, Duke Ellington Circle, Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Duke Ellington's Sacred Concerts, Dunbar High School (Washington, D.C.), Eartha Kitt, East St. Louis Toodle-Oo, Echoes of Harlem, Eddie Foy Jr., Edvard Grieg, Elizabeth II, Ella Fitzgerald, Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book, Ellington '66, Ellington at Newport, Elmer Snowden, Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition and Festival, Eubie Blake, Fargo, North Dakota, Fats Waller, Fifth Avenue, Film score, Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., Foxtrot, Francis A. & Edward K., Frank Sinatra, Frankfurt, Frederick Delius, Freemasonry, French New Wave, Gary Giddins, Gennett Records, George Avakian, George Gershwin, George Wein, Get Up with It, Grammy Award, Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album, Grammy Hall of Fame, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Grammy Trustees Award, Great American Songbook, Gunther Schuller, Gus Kahn, Gutman, Harlem, Harlem (Ellington), Harlem Renaissance, Harold Arlen, Harry S. Truman, Helen of Troy, Herb Jeffries, History of the Washington Senators (1901–60), Hoagy Carmichael, Hollywood Walk of Fame, Howard University, Impulse! Records, In a Sentimental Mood, Irving Mills, Irving Townsend, It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing), Ivie Anderson, Jack Towers, James "Bubber" Miley, James P. Johnson, James Stewart, Jazz, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Jet (magazine), Jim Crow laws, Jimmy Blanton, Jimmy Durante, Jimmy McHugh, Jo Stafford, Johann Sebastian Bach, John Coltrane, John Garfield, John Steinbeck, Johnny Hodges, Joseph Haydn, Juan Tizol, Jukebox, Kay Davis, King Oliver, Latin American Suite, Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist), Legion of Honour, Lincolnton, North Carolina, List of people on the postage stamps of the United States, List of Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients, List of Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees, Louie Bellson, Louis Armstrong, Luckey Roberts, Lung cancer, Marian McPartland, Martin Williams (writer), Mary Lou Williams, Maurice Chevalier, Maurice Ravel, Max Roach, Mayan Theater, McHenry Boatwright, Mercer Ellington, Michael Langham, Mickey Rooney, Mildred Dixon, Miles Ahead (album), Miles Davis, Milton College, Molefi Kete Asante, Money Jungle, Monterey Jazz Festival, Mood Indigo, Murder at the Vanities, National Museum of American History, New Orleans Suite, New York (state), New York City, Newport Jazz Festival, Nicholas Ray, Northern Illinois University, Okeh Records, Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame, One-Step, Orchestral jazz, Orson Welles, Otto Hardwick, Otto Preminger, Paris Blues, Parlour music, Pathé Records, Paul Gonsalves, Paul Newman, Percy Grainger, Perdido (song), Philadelphia, Phonograph record, Play On!, Pneumonia, Pratt Institute, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Prince Hall Freemasonry, Pulitzer Prize, Pulitzer Prize for Music, Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards, Purdue University, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Quarter (United States coin), Racial segregation, Ragtime, Ralph J. Gleason, Ray Nance, Rent party, Reprise Records, Rex Stewart, Riverside Drive (Manhattan), Robert Graham (sculptor), Roseland Ballroom, Roulette Records, Royce Hall, Ruby Keeler, Sathima Bea Benjamin, Sheet music, Shuffle Along, Sidney Bechet, Sidney Poitier, Sir Duke, Slavery, Smithsonian Institution, Soda jerk, Sonny Greer, Sophisticated Ladies, Sophisticated Lady, Spanish Tinge, Spingarn Medal, Stan Kenton, Standard (music), Stanley Silverman, Stars and Stripes (newspaper), Steinway & Sons, Stereotype, Stevie Wonder, Stratford Festival, Stride (music), Sturgis, Michigan, Such Sweet Thunder, Symphony in Black, Take the "A" Train, Tango, Ted Koehler, The Boston Globe, The Bronx, The Daily Telegraph, The Ellington Suites, The Far East Suite, The Real Ambassadors, Theater District, Manhattan, Theodore Roosevelt, Time (magazine), Timon of Athens, Togo Brava Suite, Turner Layton, Two-step (dance move), United Artists Records, United States Mint, United States Navy, University of California, Los Angeles, University of Illinois Press, University of Southern California, Variety show, Victor Talking Machine Company, Waltz, WAMU, Washington, D.C., West End, Washington, D.C., Wilbur Sweatman, Will Marion Cook, Will Vodery, William Morris Agency, William Shakespeare, Willie "The Lion" Smith, Winfried Zillig, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York), Yale University, (In My) Solitude, ...And His Mother Called Him Bill, 100 Greatest African Americans, 110th Street (Manhattan), 1942–44 musicians' strike, 1999 Pulitzer Prize, 50 State Quarters. Expand index (254 more) »
A Drum Is a Woman
A Drum Is a Woman is a musical allegory by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington and his long-time musical collaborator Billy Strayhorn.
New!!: Duke Ellington and A Drum Is a Woman · See more »
Abdullah Ibrahim
Abdullah Ibrahim (born Adolph Johannes Brand on 9 October 1934 and formerly known as Dollar Brand) is a South African pianist and composer.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Abdullah Ibrahim · See more »
Academy Awards
The Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, are a set of 24 awards for artistic and technical merit in the American film industry, given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy's voting membership.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Academy Awards · See more »
Adelaide Hall
Adelaide Louise Hall (20 October 1901 – 7 November 1993) was an American–born UK–based jazz singer and entertainer.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Adelaide Hall · See more »
Al Hibbler
Albert George "Al" Hibbler (August 16, 1915 – April 24, 2001) was an American baritone vocalist, who sang with Duke Ellington's orchestra before having several pop hits as a solo artist.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Al Hibbler · See more »
Al Jolson
Al or Albert Jolson (born Asa Yoelson; May 26, c.1886 – October 23, 1950) was an American singer, comedian, and stage and film actor.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Al Jolson · See more »
Alice Babs
Alice Babs (born Hildur Alice Nilson; 26 January 1924 – 11 February 2014) was a Swedish singer and actress.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Alice Babs · See more »
Amos 'n' Andy
Amos 'n' Andy is an American radio and television sitcom set in Harlem, Manhattan's historic black community.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Amos 'n' Andy · See more »
Anatomy of a Murder
Anatomy of a Murder is a 1959 American courtroom drama crime film produced and directed by Otto Preminger.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Anatomy of a Murder · See more »
André Previn
André George Previn, KBE (born Andreas Ludwig Priwin; April 6, 1929) is a German-American pianist, conductor, and composer.
New!!: Duke Ellington and André Previn · See more »
Andy Razaf
Andy Razaf (December 16, 1895 – February 3, 1973) was an African-American poet, composer and lyricist of such well-known songs as "Ain't Misbehavin'" and "Honeysuckle Rose".
New!!: Duke Ellington and Andy Razaf · See more »
Aniekan Udofia
Aniekan Udofia (born 1976) is a portrait artist known for his large-scale paintings and murals in the Washington, D.C. area.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Aniekan Udofia · See more »
Arthur Whetsol
Arthur Parker Whetsel (February 22, 1905 – May 1, 1940) was an early "sweet" trumpeter for Duke Ellington's Washingtonians.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Arthur Whetsol · See more »
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Atlantic City is a resort city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, known for its casinos, boardwalk, and beaches.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Atlantic City, New Jersey · See more »
Barney Bigard
Albany Leon "Barney" Bigard (March 3, 1906 – June 27, 1980) was an American jazz clarinetist known for his 15-year tenure with Duke Ellington.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Barney Bigard · See more »
Barry Ulanov
Barry Ulanov (April 10, 1918 – April 30, 2000) was an American writer, perhaps best known as a jazz critic.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Barry Ulanov · See more »
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball game played between two opposing teams who take turns batting and fielding.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Baseball · See more »
Bebop
Bebop or bop is a style of jazz developed in the early to mid-1940s in the United States, which features songs characterized by a fast tempo, complex chord progressions with rapid chord changes and numerous changes of key, instrumental virtuosity, and improvisation based on a combination of harmonic structure, the use of scales and occasional references to the melody.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Bebop · See more »
Beggar's Holiday
Beggar's Holiday is a musical with a book and lyrics by John La Touche and music by Duke Ellington.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Beggar's Holiday · See more »
Belle of the Nineties
Belle of the Nineties (1934) is Mae West's fourth motion picture, directed by Leo McCarey and released by Paramount Pictures.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Belle of the Nineties · See more »
Ben Webster
Benjamin Francis Webster (March 27, 1909 – September 20, 1973) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Ben Webster · See more »
Benny Goodman
Benjamin David "Benny" Goodman (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American jazz clarinetist and bandleader known as the "King of Swing".
New!!: Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman · See more »
Berklee College of Music
Berklee College of Music, located in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Berklee College of Music · See more »
Big band
A big band is a type of musical ensemble that usually consists of ten or more musicians with four sections: saxophones, trumpets, trombones, and a rhythm section.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Big band · See more »
Billie Holiday
Eleanora Fagan (April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959), better known as Billie Holiday, was an American jazz singer with a career spanning nearly thirty years.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Billie Holiday · See more »
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.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn · See more »
Black and Tan (film)
Black and Tan (1929) is a musical short film written and directed by Dudley Murphy about a couple in the performing arts; it is set during the contemporary Harlem Renaissance in New York City.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Black and Tan (film) · See more »
Black and Tan Fantasy
"Black and Tan Fantasy" is a 1927 jazz composition by Duke Ellington and Bubber Miley.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Black and Tan Fantasy · See more »
Black, Brown and Beige
Black, Brown and Beige is an extended jazz work written by Duke Ellington for his first concert at Carnegie Hall, on January 23, 1943.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Black, Brown and Beige · See more »
Brunswick Records
Brunswick Records is an American record label founded in 1916.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Brunswick Records · See more »
Capitol Records
Capitol Records, Inc. is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Capitol Records · See more »
Caravan (1936 song)
"Caravan" is a jazz standard that was composed by Juan Tizol and Duke Ellington and first performed by Ellington in 1936.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Caravan (1936 song) · See more »
Carmen McRae
Carmen Mercedes McRae (April 8, 1922 – November 10, 1994) was an American jazz singer.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Carmen McRae · See more »
Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall (but more commonly) is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States, located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east side of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street, two blocks south of Central Park.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Carnegie Hall · See more »
Cathedral of Saint John the Divine
The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine is the cathedral of the Episcopal Diocese of New York.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Cathedral of Saint John the Divine · See more »
Central Park
Central Park is an urban park in Manhattan, New York City.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Central Park · See more »
Charles Ives
Charles Edward Ives (October 20, 1874May 19, 1954) was an American modernist composer.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Charles Ives · See more »
Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz double bassist, pianist, composer and bandleader.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Charles Mingus · See more »
Charleston (dance)
The Charleston is a dance named for the harbor city of Charleston, South Carolina.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Charleston (dance) · See more »
Charlie Chaplin
Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Charlie Chaplin · See more »
Check and Double Check
Check and Double Check is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film produced and released by RKO Radio Pictures and based on the top-rated Amos 'n' Andy radio show.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Check and Double Check · See more »
Chromatic scale
The chromatic scale is a musical scale with twelve pitches, each a semitone above or below its adjacent pitches.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Chromatic scale · See more »
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.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Clark Terry · See more »
Classical music
Classical music is art music produced or rooted in the traditions of Western culture, including both liturgical (religious) and secular music.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Classical music · See more »
Claude Debussy
Achille-Claude Debussy (22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Claude Debussy · See more »
Claude Hopkins
Claude Driskett Hopkins (August 24, 1903 – February 19, 1984) was an American jazz stride pianist and bandleader.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Claude Hopkins · See more »
Cliff Jackson (musician)
Clifton Luther "Cliff" Jackson (July 19, 1902, Culpeper, Virginia – May 24, 1970, New York City) was an American jazz stride pianist.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Cliff Jackson (musician) · See more »
Cocktails for Two
"Cocktails for Two" is a song from the Big Band era, written by Arthur Johnston and Sam Coslow.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Cocktails for Two · See more »
Coleman Hawkins
Coleman Randolph Hawkins (November 21, 1904 – May 19, 1969), nicknamed "Hawk" and sometimes "Bean", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Coleman Hawkins · See more »
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese conglomerate Sony.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Columbia Records · See more »
Columbia University
Columbia University (Columbia; officially Columbia University in the City of New York), established in 1754, is a private Ivy League research university in Upper Manhattan, New York City.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Columbia University · See more »
Constant Lambert
Leonard Constant Lambert (23 August 190521 August 1951) was a British composer, conductor, and author.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Constant Lambert · See more »
Cootie Williams
Charles Melvin "Cootie" Williams (July 10, 1911 – September 15, 1985) was an American jazz, jump blues, and rhythm and blues trumpeter.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Cootie Williams · See more »
Cotton Club
The Cotton Club was a New York City nightclub located in Harlem on 142nd Street and Lenox Avenue from 1923 to 1935, then briefly in the midtown Theater District from 1936 to 1940.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Cotton Club · See more »
Cotton Tail
"Cotton Tail" is a 1940 composition by Duke Ellington.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Cotton Tail · See more »
Count Basie
William James "Count" Basie (August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Count Basie · See more »
Count Basie Orchestra
The Count Basie Orchestra is a 16 to 18 piece big band, one of the most prominent jazz performing groups of the swing era, founded by Count Basie in 1935 and recording regularly from 1936.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Count Basie Orchestra · See more »
Creole Love Call
"Creole Love Call" is a jazz standard, most associated with the Duke Ellington band and Adelaide Hall.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Creole Love Call · See more »
Dave Brubeck
David Warren Brubeck (December 6, 1920 – December 5, 2012) was an American jazz pianist and composer, considered to be one of the foremost exponents of cool jazz.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Dave Brubeck · See more »
Detroit Free Press
The Detroit Free Press is the largest daily newspaper in Detroit, Michigan, US.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Detroit Free Press · See more »
Deutscher Filmpreis
The Deutscher Filmpreis (German Film Awards, also called Lola Awards) is an annual German awards ceremony honouring cinematic achievements in the German film business.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Deutscher Filmpreis · See more »
Diatonic scale
In western music theory, a diatonic scale is a heptatonic scale that includes five whole steps (whole tones) and two half steps (semitones) in each octave, in which the two half steps are separated from each other by either two or three whole steps, depending on their position in the scale.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Diatonic scale · See more »
Digital Duke
Digital Duke is an album by Mercer Ellington and the Duke Ellington Orchestra that won the Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album in 1988.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Digital Duke · See more »
Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue
"Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue" is a big band jazz composition written in 1937 by Duke Ellington and recorded for the first time on May 15, 1937 by the Duke Ellington Orchestra, whose personnel were: Wallace Jones, Cootie Williams (trumpet), Rex Stewart (cornet), Barney Bigard (clarinet), Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwick (alto saxophone), Laurence Brown, Joe Nanton (trombone), Harry Carney (clarinet, bass saxophone), Sonny Greer (drums), Wellmann Braud, Freddie Guy (guitar), and Duke Ellington (piano).
New!!: Duke Ellington and Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue · See more »
Dirge
A dirge is a somber song or lament expressing mourning or grief, such as would be appropriate for performance at a funeral.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Dirge · See more »
District of Columbia and United States Territories Quarters
The District of Columbia and United States Territories Quarter Program was a one-year coin program of the United States Mint that saw quarters being minted in 2009 (Accessed 2009-01-09) to honor the District of Columbia and the unincorporated United States insular areas of Puerto Rico, Guam, United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
New!!: Duke Ellington and District of Columbia and United States Territories Quarters · See more »
Dizzy Gillespie
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and singer.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Dizzy Gillespie · See more »
Dorothy Fields
Dorothy Fields (July 15, 1905 – March 28, 1974) was an American librettist and lyricist.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Dorothy Fields · See more »
Double bass
The double bass, or simply the bass (and numerous other names), is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Double bass · See more »
DownBeat
DownBeat (stylized DOWNBEAT) is an American magazine devoted to "jazz, blues and beyond", the last word indicating its expansion beyond the jazz realm which it covered exclusively in previous years.
New!!: Duke Ellington and DownBeat · See more »
Duke Ellington at Fargo, 1940 Live
Duke Ellington at Fargo, 1940 Live is a live album by the Duke Ellington Orchestra that won the Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album in 1980.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Duke Ellington at Fargo, 1940 Live · See more »
Duke Ellington Bridge
The Duke Ellington Bridge, named after Duke Ellington, carries Calvert Street NW over Rock Creek in Washington, D.C., United States.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Duke Ellington Bridge · See more »
Duke Ellington Circle
Duke Ellington Circle is a traffic circle located at the Northeast corner of Central Park at the foot of Fifth Avenue and of 110th Street in the New York City borough of Manhattan.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Duke Ellington Circle · See more »
Duke Ellington School of the Arts
The Duke Ellington School of the Arts, (established 1974), is a high school located at 35th Street and R Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C., and dedicated to arts education.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Duke Ellington School of the Arts · See more »
Duke Ellington's Sacred Concerts
In the last decade of his life, Duke Ellington wrote three Sacred Concerts.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Duke Ellington's Sacred Concerts · See more »
Dunbar High School (Washington, D.C.)
Paul Laurence Dunbar High School is a public secondary school located in Washington, D.C., United States. The school is located in the Truxton Circle neighborhood of Northwest Washington, two blocks from the intersection of New Jersey and New York avenues. Dunbar, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the District of Columbia Public Schools. From the early 20th century to the 1950s, Dunbar became known as the classical academic high school for black students in the segregated public schools. As all public school teachers were federal civil servants, its teachers received pay equal to that of white teachers in other schools in the district. It attracted high-quality faculty, many with advanced degrees, including doctorates. Parents sent their children to the high school from across the city because of its high standards. Many of its alumni graduated from top-quality colleges and universities, and gained professional degrees.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Dunbar High School (Washington, D.C.) · See more »
Eartha Kitt
Eartha Kitt (January 17, 1927 – December 25, 2008) was an American singer, actress, dancer, activist and comedian, known for her highly distinctive singing style and her 1953 recordings of "C'est si bon" and the enduring Christmas novelty smash "Santa Baby", which were both US Top 10 hits.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Eartha Kitt · See more »
East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
"East St Louis Toodle-Oo" (also "Toodle-O") is a composition written by Duke Ellington and Bubber Miley and recorded several times by Ellington for various labels from 1926-1930 under various titles.
New!!: Duke Ellington and East St. Louis Toodle-Oo · See more »
Echoes of Harlem
Echoes of Harlem, also known as " Cootie's Concerto ", is a 1936 composition by Duke Ellington.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Echoes of Harlem · See more »
Eddie Foy Jr.
Edwin Fitzgerald Jr. (February 4, 1905 - July 15, 1983), known professionally as Eddie Foy Jr., was an American stage, film, and television actor.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Eddie Foy Jr. · See more »
Edvard Grieg
Edvard Hagerup Grieg (15 June 18434 September 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Edvard Grieg · See more »
Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Elizabeth II · See more »
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer sometimes referred to as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and Lady Ella.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald · See more »
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book is a 1957 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by Duke Ellington and his orchestra, focusing on Ellington's songs.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book · See more »
Ellington '66
Ellington '66 is an album by American pianist, composer, and bandleader Duke Ellington that was recorded and released on the Reprise label in 1965.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Ellington '66 · See more »
Ellington at Newport
Ellington at Newport is a 1956 live jazz album by Duke Ellington and his band of their 1956 concert at the Newport Jazz Festival, a concert which revitalized Ellington's flagging career.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Ellington at Newport · See more »
Elmer Snowden
Elmer Chester Snowden (October 9, 1900 – May 14, 1973) was a banjo player of the jazz age.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Elmer Snowden · See more »
Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition and Festival
The Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival is an annual high school jazz festival and competition that takes place every May at Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC) in New York City.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition and Festival · See more »
Eubie Blake
James Hubert Blake (February 7, 1887February 12, 1983), known as Eubie Blake, was an American composer, lyricist, and pianist of ragtime, jazz, and popular music.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Eubie Blake · See more »
Fargo, North Dakota
Fargo is the most populous city in the state of North Dakota, accounting for nearly 16% of the state population.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Fargo, North Dakota · See more »
Fats Waller
Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller (May 21, 1904 – December 15, 1943) was an American jazz pianist, organist, composer, singer, and comedic entertainer.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Fats Waller · See more »
Fifth Avenue
Fifth Avenue is a major thoroughfare in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, United States.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Fifth Avenue · See more »
Film score
A film score (also sometimes called background score, background music, film soundtrack, film music, or incidental music) is original music written specifically to accompany a film.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Film score · See more »
Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
Florenz Edward Ziegfeld Jr. (March 21, 1867 – July 22, 1932), popularly known as Flo Ziegfeld, was an American Broadway impresario, notable for his series of theatrical revues, the Ziegfeld Follies (1907–1931), inspired by the Folies Bergère of Paris.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. · See more »
Foxtrot
The foxtrot is a smooth, progressive dance characterized by long, continuous flowing movements across the dance floor.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Foxtrot · See more »
Francis A. & Edward K.
Francis A. & Edward K. is a 1968 studio album by Frank Sinatra with Duke Ellington and his big band.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Francis A. & Edward K. · See more »
Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer, actor, and producer who was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Frank Sinatra · See more »
Frankfurt
Frankfurt, officially the City of Frankfurt am Main ("Frankfurt on the Main"), is a metropolis and the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Frankfurt · See more »
Frederick Delius
Frederick Theodore Albert Delius, CH (29 January 186210 June 1934) was an English composer.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Frederick Delius · See more »
Freemasonry
Freemasonry or Masonry consists of fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local fraternities of stonemasons, which from the end of the fourteenth century regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities and clients.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Freemasonry · See more »
French New Wave
New Wave (La Nouvelle Vague) is often referred to as one of the most influential movements in the history of cinema.
New!!: Duke Ellington and French New Wave · See more »
Gary Giddins
Gary Giddins (born March 21, 1948) is an American jazz and film critic, author, and director, best known for his longtime work with The Village Voice.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Gary Giddins · See more »
Gennett Records
Gennett (pronounced with a soft G) was an American record company and label in Richmond, Indiana, which flourished in the 1920s.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Gennett Records · See more »
George Avakian
George Mesrop Avakian (Геворк Авакян; March 15, 1919 – November 22, 2017) was an American record producer, artist manager, writer, educator and executive.
New!!: Duke Ellington and George Avakian · See more »
George Gershwin
George Jacob Gershwin (September 26, 1898 July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist.
New!!: Duke Ellington and George Gershwin · See more »
George Wein
George Wein (born October 3, 1925) is an American jazz promoter and producer who has been called "the most famous jazz impresario" and "the most important non-player...
New!!: Duke Ellington and George Wein · See more »
Get Up with It
Get Up with It is a compilation album by American jazz musician Miles Davis.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Get Up with It · See more »
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award (stylized as GRAMMY, originally called Gramophone Award), or Grammy, is an award presented by The Recording Academy to recognize achievement in the music industry.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Grammy Award · See more »
Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
The Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album has been presented since 1961.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album · See more »
Grammy Hall of Fame
The Grammy Hall of Fame is a hall of fame to honor musical recordings of lasting qualitative or historical significance.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Grammy Hall of Fame · See more »
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
The Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award is awarded by The Recording Academy to "performers who, during their lifetimes, have made creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of recording." This award is distinct from the Grammy Hall of Fame Award, which honors specific recordings rather than individuals, and the Grammy Trustees Award, which honors non-performers.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award · See more »
Grammy Trustees Award
The Grammy Trustees Award is awarded by The Recording Academy to "individuals who, during their careers in music, have made significant contributions, other than performance, to the field of recording".
New!!: Duke Ellington and Grammy Trustees Award · See more »
Great American Songbook
The Great American Songbook, also known as "American Standards", is the canon of the most important and influential American popular songs and jazz standards from the early 20th century.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Great American Songbook · See more »
Gunther Schuller
Gunther Alexander Schuller (November 22, 1925June 21, 2015) was an American composer, conductor, horn player, author, historian and jazz musician.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Gunther Schuller · See more »
Gus Kahn
Gustav Gerson Kahn (November 6, 1886October 8, 1941) was an American lyricist.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Gus Kahn · See more »
Gutman
Gutman is a surname.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Gutman · See more »
Harlem
Harlem is a large neighborhood in the northern section of the New York City borough of Manhattan.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Harlem · See more »
Harlem (Ellington)
Harlem is a symphonic jazz composition by the American composer Duke Ellington.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Harlem (Ellington) · See more »
Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem, New York, spanning the 1920s.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Harlem Renaissance · See more »
Harold Arlen
Harold Arlen (born Hyman Arluck; February 15, 1905 – April 23, 1986) was an American composer of popular music who composed over 500 songs, a number of which have become known worldwide.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Harold Arlen · See more »
Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was an American statesman who served as the 33rd President of the United States (1945–1953), taking office upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Harry S. Truman · See more »
Helen of Troy
In Greek mythology, Helen of Troy (Ἑλένη, Helénē), also known as Helen of Sparta, or simply Helen, was said to have been the most beautiful woman in the world, who was married to King Menelaus of Sparta, but was kidnapped by Prince Paris of Troy, resulting in the Trojan War when the Achaeans set out to reclaim her and bring her back to Sparta.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Helen of Troy · See more »
Herb Jeffries
Herb Jeffries (born Umberto Alexander Valentino; September 24, 1913 – May 25, 2014) was an African-American actor of film and television and popular music and jazz singer-songwriter, known of his baritone voice.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Herb Jeffries · See more »
History of the Washington Senators (1901–60)
The Washington Senators baseball team was one of the American League's eight charter franchises.
New!!: Duke Ellington and History of the Washington Senators (1901–60) · See more »
Hoagy Carmichael
Hoagland Howard "Hoagy" Carmichael (November 22, 1899 – December 27, 1981) was an American composer, pianist, singer, actor, and bandleader.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Hoagy Carmichael · See more »
Hollywood Walk of Fame
The Hollywood Walk of Fame comprises more than 2,600 five-pointed terrazzo and brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along 15 blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in Hollywood, California.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Hollywood Walk of Fame · See more »
Howard University
Howard University (HU or simply Howard) is a federally chartered, private, coeducational, nonsectarian, historically black university (HBCU) in Washington, D.C. It is categorized by the Carnegie Foundation as a research university with higher research activity and is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Howard University · See more »
Impulse! Records
Impulse! Records is an American jazz record company and label established by Creed Taylor in 1960.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Impulse! Records · See more »
In a Sentimental Mood
"In a Sentimental Mood" is a jazz composition by Duke Ellington that is also performed as a song.
New!!: Duke Ellington and In a Sentimental Mood · See more »
Irving Mills
Irving Harold Mills (né Isadore Minsky; 16 January 1894 in Odessa, Ukraine – 21 April 1985 in Palm Springs, California) was an American music publisher, musician, lyricist, and jazz artist promoter.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Irving Mills · See more »
Irving Townsend
Irving Townsend (1920–1981) was an American record producer and author.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Irving Townsend · See more »
It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) is a 1931 composition by Duke Ellington, whose lyrics were written by Irving Mills.
New!!: Duke Ellington and It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) · See more »
Ivie Anderson
Ivie Anderson (sometimes Ivy) (July 10, 1905 – December 28, 1949) was an American jazz singer.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Ivie Anderson · See more »
Jack Towers
Jack Towers (November 15, 1914 – December 23, 2010Matt Schudel. "". Washington Post. 28 December 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2011.) was in charge of radio broadcasting at the U.S. Department of Agriculture from 1952 to 1974 and became a noted remastering engineer of musical recordings after his retirement.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Jack Towers · See more »
James "Bubber" Miley
James Wesley "Bubber" Miley (April 3, 1903 – May 20, 1932) was an American early jazz trumpet and cornet player, specializing in the use of the plunger mute.
New!!: Duke Ellington and James "Bubber" Miley · See more »
James P. Johnson
James Price Johnson (February 1, 1894 – November 17, 1955) was an American pianist and composer.
New!!: Duke Ellington and James P. Johnson · See more »
James Stewart
James Maitland Stewart (May 20, 1908July 2, 1997) was an American actor and military officer who is among the most honored and popular stars in film history.
New!!: Duke Ellington and James Stewart · See more »
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.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Jazz · See more »
Jazz at Lincoln Center
Jazz at Lincoln Center is part of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Jazz at Lincoln Center · See more »
Jet (magazine)
Jet is a magazine, currently in digital format, marketed to African-American readers.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Jet (magazine) · See more »
Jim Crow laws
Jim Crow laws were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Jim Crow laws · See more »
Jimmy Blanton
James Blanton (October 5, 1918 – July 30, 1942) was an American jazz double bassist.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Jimmy Blanton · See more »
Jimmy Durante
James Francis Durante (February 10, 1893 – January 29, 1980) was an American singer, pianist, comedian, and actor.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Jimmy Durante · See more »
Jimmy McHugh
James Francis McHugh (July 10, 1894 – May 23, 1969) was an American composer.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Jimmy McHugh · See more »
Jo Stafford
Jo Elizabeth Stafford (November 12, 1917July 16, 2008) was an American traditional pop music singer and occasional actress, whose career spanned five decades from the late 1930s to the early 1980s.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Jo Stafford · See more »
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a composer and musician of the Baroque period, born in the Duchy of Saxe-Eisenach.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Johann Sebastian Bach · See more »
John Coltrane
John William Coltrane, also known as "Trane" (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967),.
New!!: Duke Ellington and John Coltrane · See more »
John Garfield
John Garfield (born Jacob Julius Garfinkle, March 4, 1913 – May 21, 1952) was an American actor who played brooding, rebellious, working-class characters.
New!!: Duke Ellington and John Garfield · See more »
John Steinbeck
John Ernst Steinbeck Jr. --> (February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was an American author.
New!!: Duke Ellington and John Steinbeck · See more »
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.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges · See more »
Joseph Haydn
(Franz) Joseph HaydnSee Haydn's name.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Joseph Haydn · See more »
Juan Tizol
Juan Tizol Martínez (22 January 1900 – 23 April 1984) was a Puerto Rican trombonist and composer.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Juan Tizol · See more »
Jukebox
A jukebox is a partially automated music-playing device, usually a coin-operated machine, that will play a patron's selection from self-contained media.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Jukebox · See more »
Kay Davis
Katherine McDonald Wimp née Katherine McDonald stage name Kay Davis (December 5, 1920 – January 27, 2012 in Apopka, Florida) was an American jazz singer best known for her time with the orchestra of Duke Ellington.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Kay Davis · See more »
King Oliver
Joseph Nathan Oliver (December 19, 1885 – April 10, 1938) better known as King Oliver or Joe Oliver, was an American jazz cornet player and bandleader.
New!!: Duke Ellington and King Oliver · See more »
Latin American Suite
Latin American Suite is a studio album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington mainly recorded in 1968, with one track completed in 1970, and released on the Fantasy label in 1972.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Latin American Suite · See more »
Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist)
Lawrence Brown (August 3, 1907 – September 5, 1988) was a jazz trombonist from California who achieved recognition with the Duke Ellington orchestra.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) · See more »
Legion of Honour
The Legion of Honour, with its full name National Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), is the highest French order of merit for military and civil merits, established in 1802 by Napoléon Bonaparte and retained by all the divergent governments and regimes later holding power in France, up to the present.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Legion of Honour · See more »
Lincolnton, North Carolina
Lincolnton is a small city in Lincoln County, North Carolina, United States, within the Charlotte metropolitan area.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Lincolnton, North Carolina · See more »
List of people on the postage stamps of the United States
This article lists people who have been featured on United States postage stamps, listed by their name, the year they were first featured on a stamp, and a very short description of their notability.
New!!: Duke Ellington and List of people on the postage stamps of the United States · See more »
List of Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients
This is an alphabetized, partial list of recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, grouped by the aspect of life in which they are/were renowned.
New!!: Duke Ellington and List of Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients · See more »
List of Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees
The Songwriters Hall of Fame was founded in 1969 by songwriter Johnny Mercer and music publishers Abe Olman and Howie Richmond to honor those whose work represents a spectrum of the most beloved songs from the world's popular music songbook.
New!!: Duke Ellington and List of Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees · See more »
Louie Bellson
Luigi Paulino Alfredo Francesco Antonio Balassoni (July 6, 1924 – February 14, 2009), known by the stage name Louie Bellson (his own preferred spelling, although he is often seen in sources as Louis Bellson), was an American jazz drummer.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Louie Bellson · See more »
Louis Armstrong
Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo, Satch, and Pops, was an American trumpeter, composer, singer and occasional actor who was one of the most influential figures in jazz.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong · See more »
Luckey Roberts
Charles Luckyth Roberts (August 7, 1887 – February 5, 1968), better known as Luckey Roberts, was an African American composer and stride pianist who worked in the jazz, ragtime, and blues styles.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Luckey Roberts · See more »
Lung cancer
Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma, is a malignant lung tumor characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Lung cancer · See more »
Marian McPartland
Margaret Marian McPartland, OBE (née Turner;Hasson, Claire,. PhD Thesis. Retrieved 12 August 2008. 20 March 1918 – 20 August 2013), was an English-American jazz pianist, composer and writer.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Marian McPartland · See more »
Martin Williams (writer)
Martin Tudor Hansford Williams (9 August 1924, Richmond, Virginia – 11 or 12 April 1992) was an American jazz critic and writer.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Martin Williams (writer) · See more »
Mary Lou Williams
Mary Lou Williams (born Mary Elfrieda Scruggs; May 8, 1910 – May 28, 1981) was an American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Mary Lou Williams · See more »
Maurice Chevalier
Maurice Auguste Chevalier (September 12, 1888 – January 1, 1972) was a French actor, cabaret singer and entertainer.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Maurice Chevalier · See more »
Maurice Ravel
Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Maurice Ravel · See more »
Max Roach
Maxwell Lemuel Roach (January 10, 1924 – August 16, 2007) was an American jazz drummer and composer.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Max Roach · See more »
Mayan Theater
The Mayan Theater in Los Angeles, California, is a landmark former movie palace.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Mayan Theater · See more »
McHenry Boatwright
John McHenry Boatwright (February 29, 1928November 5, 1994) was an American operatic bass-baritone and singing teacher.
New!!: Duke Ellington and McHenry Boatwright · See more »
Mercer Ellington
Mercer Kennedy Ellington (March 11, 1919 – February 8, 1996) was an American musician, composer, and arranger.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Mercer Ellington · See more »
Michael Langham
Michael Seymour Langham (22 August 1919 – 15 January 2011) was an English director and actor, who spent much of his career living and working in Canada and the United States.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Michael Langham · See more »
Mickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney (born Joseph Yule Jr.; September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014) was an American actor, vaudevillian, comedian, producer and radio personality.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Mickey Rooney · See more »
Mildred Dixon
Mildred Dixon (November 21, 1904 –September 18, 2001) was a dancer at the Cotton Club in Harlem who became a longtime companion of composer and musician Duke Ellington, and manager of his company.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Mildred Dixon · See more »
Miles Ahead (album)
Miles Ahead is an album by Miles Davis that was released in 1957 by Columbia Records.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Miles Ahead (album) · See more »
Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Miles Davis · See more »
Milton College
Milton College was a private college located in Milton, Wisconsin.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Milton College · See more »
Molefi Kete Asante
Molefi Kete Asante (born Arthur Lee Smith Jr.; August 14, 1942) is an African-American professor.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Molefi Kete Asante · See more »
Money Jungle
Money Jungle is a studio album by pianist Duke Ellington with double bassist Charles Mingus and drummer Max Roach.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Money Jungle · See more »
Monterey Jazz Festival
The Monterey Jazz Festival (MJF), in Monterey, California, is one of the world's longest consecutively running jazz festivals.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Monterey Jazz Festival · See more »
Mood Indigo
"Mood Indigo" (1930) is a jazz composition and song, with music by Duke Ellington and Barney Bigard with lyrics by Irving Mills.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Mood Indigo · See more »
Murder at the Vanities
Murder at the Vanities is a 1934 American Pre-Code musical film based on the 1933 Broadway musical with music by Victor Young.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Murder at the Vanities · See more »
National Museum of American History
The National Museum of American History: Kenneth E. Behring Center collects, preserves, and displays the heritage of the United States in the areas of social, political, cultural, scientific, and military history.
New!!: Duke Ellington and National Museum of American History · See more »
New Orleans Suite
New Orleans Suite is the eighth studio album by American pianist, composer, and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded and released on the Atlantic label in 1970.
New!!: Duke Ellington and New Orleans Suite · See more »
New York (state)
New York is a state in the northeastern United States.
New!!: Duke Ellington and New York (state) · See more »
New York City
The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.
New!!: Duke Ellington and New York City · See more »
Newport Jazz Festival
The Newport Jazz Festival is a music festival held every summer in Newport, Rhode Island.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Newport Jazz Festival · See more »
Nicholas Ray
Nicholas Ray (born Raymond Nicholas Kienzle Jr., August 7, 1911 – June 16, 1979) was an American film director best known for the movie Rebel Without a Cause. Ray is also appreciated for a large number of narrative features produced between 1947 and 1963 including Bigger Than Life, Johnny Guitar, They Live by Night, and In a Lonely Place, as well as an experimental work produced throughout the 1970s titled We Can't Go Home Again, which was unfinished at the time of Ray's death from lung cancer.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Nicholas Ray · See more »
Northern Illinois University
Northern Illinois University (NIU) is a public research university in DeKalb, Illinois, United States, with satellite centers in Chicago, Hoffman Estates, Naperville, Rockford, and Oregon.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Northern Illinois University · See more »
Okeh Records
Okeh Records is an American record label founded by the Otto Heinemann Phonograph Corporation, a phonograph supplier established in 1916, which branched out into phonograph records in 1918.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Okeh Records · See more »
Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame
The Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame, located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is a non-profit organization that honors jazz, blues and gospel musicians in the state of Oklahoma.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame · See more »
One-Step
The One-Step was a ballroom dance popular in social dancing at the beginning of the 20th century.
New!!: Duke Ellington and One-Step · See more »
Orchestral jazz
Orchestral jazz is a jazz genre that developed in New York City in the 1920s.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Orchestral jazz · See more »
Orson Welles
George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American actor, director, writer, and producer who worked in theatre, radio, and film.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Orson Welles · See more »
Otto Hardwick
Otto James "Toby" Hardwicke (May 31, 1904 – August 5, 1970) was a saxophone player associated with Duke Ellington.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Otto Hardwick · See more »
Otto Preminger
Otto Ludwig Preminger (5 December 1905 – 23 April 1986) was an American theatre and film director, originally from Austria-Hungary.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Otto Preminger · See more »
Paris Blues
Paris Blues is a 1961 American feature film made on location in Paris, starring Sidney Poitier as expatriate jazz saxophonist Eddie Cook, and Paul Newman as trombone-playing Ram Bowen.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Paris Blues · See more »
Parlour music
Parlour music is a type of popular music which, as the name suggests, is intended to be performed in the parlours of middle-class homes by amateur singers and pianists.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Parlour music · See more »
Pathé Records
Pathé Records was a France-based international record company and label and producer of phonographs, active from the 1890s through the 1930s.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Pathé Records · See more »
Paul Gonsalves
Paul Gonsalves (–) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist best known for his association with Duke Ellington.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Paul Gonsalves · See more »
Paul Newman
Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008) was an American actor, voice actor, film director, producer, race car driver, IndyCar owner, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and activist.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Paul Newman · See more »
Percy Grainger
George Percy Aldridge Grainger (8 July 188220 February 1961) was an Australian-born composer, arranger and pianist.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Percy Grainger · See more »
Perdido (song)
"Perdido" is a jazz standard composed by Juan Tizol and was first recorded on December 3, 1941 by Duke Ellington.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Perdido (song) · See more »
Philadelphia
Philadelphia is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Philadelphia · See more »
Phonograph record
A phonograph record (also known as a gramophone record, especially in British English, or record) is an analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Phonograph record · See more »
Play On!
Play On! is a musical adaptation of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, featuring the music of Duke Ellington, with a book by Cheryl L. West.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Play On! · See more »
Pneumonia
Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung affecting primarily the small air sacs known as alveoli.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Pneumonia · See more »
Pratt Institute
Pratt Institute is a private, nonsectarian, non-profit institution of higher learning located in the Clinton Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, United States, with a satellite campus located at 14th Street in Manhattan and an extension campus in Utica, New York (Pratt MWP).
New!!: Duke Ellington and Pratt Institute · See more »
Presidential Medal of Freedom
The Presidential Medal of Freedom is an award bestowed by the President of the United States and is—along with the comparable Congressional Gold Medal—the highest civilian award of the United States.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Presidential Medal of Freedom · See more »
Prince Hall Freemasonry
Prince Hall Freemasonry is a branch of North American Freemasonry founded by Prince Hall on September 29, 1784 and composed predominantly of African Americans.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Prince Hall Freemasonry · See more »
Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine and online journalism, literature, and musical composition in the United States.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Pulitzer Prize · See more »
Pulitzer Prize for Music
The Pulitzer Prize for Music is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes that are annually awarded for Letters, Drama, and Music.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Pulitzer Prize for Music · See more »
Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards
The Pulitzer Prize jury has the option of awarding special citations and awards where they consider necessary.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards · See more »
Purdue University
Purdue University is a public research university in West Lafayette, Indiana and is the flagship campus of the Purdue University system.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Purdue University · See more »
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Often "Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky" in English.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky · See more »
Quarter (United States coin)
The quarter, short for quarter dollar, is a United States coin worth 25 cents, one-fourth of a dollar.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Quarter (United States coin) · See more »
Racial segregation
Racial segregation is the separation of people into racial or other ethnic groups in daily life.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Racial segregation · See more »
Ragtime
Ragtime – also spelled rag-time or rag time – is a musical style that enjoyed its peak popularity between 1895 and 1918.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Ragtime · See more »
Ralph J. Gleason
Ralph Joseph Gleason (March 1, 1917 – June 3, 1975) was an American jazz and popular music critic.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Ralph J. Gleason · See more »
Ray Nance
Ray Willis Nance (December 10, 1913, in Chicago – January 28, 1976, in New York City) was a jazz trumpeter, violinist and singer.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Ray Nance · See more »
Rent party
A rent party (sometimes called a house party) is a social occasion where tenants hire a musician or band to play and pass the hat to raise money to pay their rent, originating in Harlem during the 1920s.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Rent party · See more »
Reprise Records
Reprise Records is an American record label founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Reprise Records · See more »
Rex Stewart
Rex William Stewart (February 22, 1907 – September 7, 1967) was an American jazz cornetist best remembered for his work with the Duke Ellington orchestra.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Rex Stewart · See more »
Riverside Drive (Manhattan)
Riverside Drive is a scenic north-south thoroughfare in the Manhattan borough of New York City.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Riverside Drive (Manhattan) · See more »
Robert Graham (sculptor)
Robert Graham (August 19, 1938 – December 27, 2008) was Mexican-born, American sculptor based in the state of California in the United States.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Robert Graham (sculptor) · See more »
Roseland Ballroom
The Roseland Ballroom was a multipurpose hall, in a converted ice skating rink, with a colorful ballroom dancing pedigree, in New York City's theater district, on West 52nd Street in Manhattan.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Roseland Ballroom · See more »
Roulette Records
Roulette Records was an American record company and label founded in 1957 by George Goldner, Joe Kolsky, Morris Levy and Phil Kahl, with creative control given to producers and songwriters Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Roulette Records · See more »
Royce Hall
Royce Hall is a building on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
New!!: Duke Ellington and Royce Hall · See more »
Ruby Keeler
Ethel Ruby Keeler (August 25, 1909 – February 28, 1993) billed professionally as Ruby Keeler, was a Canadian-born American actress, dancer and singer most famous for her on-screen pairing with Dick Powell in a string of successful early musicals at Warner Brothers, particularly 42nd Street (1933).
New!!: Duke Ellington and Ruby Keeler · See more »
Sathima Bea Benjamin
Beatrice "Sathima Bea" Benjamin (17 October 1936 – 20 August 2013) was a South African vocalist and composer, based for nearly 45 years in New York City.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Sathima Bea Benjamin · See more »
Sheet music
Sheet music is a handwritten or printed form of music notation that uses modern musical symbols to indicate the pitches (melodies), rhythms or chords of a song or instrumental musical piece.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Sheet music · See more »
Shuffle Along
Shuffle Along is a musical with music and lyrics by Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake, and a thin revue-style connecting plot about a mayoral race, written by Flournoy Miller and Aubrey Lyles.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Shuffle Along · See more »
Sidney Bechet
Sidney Bechet (May 14, 1897 – May 14, 1959) was an African American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Sidney Bechet · See more »
Sidney Poitier
Sir Sidney Poitier, (born February 20, 1927) is a Bahamian-American actor, film director, author, and diplomat.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Sidney Poitier · See more »
Sir Duke
"Sir Duke" is a song composed and performed by Stevie Wonder, from his 1976 album Songs in the Key of Life.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Sir Duke · See more »
Slavery
Slavery is any system in which principles of property law are applied to people, allowing individuals to own, buy and sell other individuals, as a de jure form of property.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Slavery · See more »
Smithsonian Institution
The Smithsonian Institution, established on August 10, 1846 "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge," is a group of museums and research centers administered by the Government of the United States.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Smithsonian Institution · See more »
Soda jerk
A soda jerk (or soda jerker) is a person—typically a youth—who operates the soda fountain in a drugstore, often for the purpose of preparing and serving flavored soda water or an ice cream soda.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Soda jerk · See more »
Sonny Greer
Sonny Greer (December 13, 1895 – March 23, 1982) was an American jazz drummer and vocalist, best known for his work with Duke Ellington.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Sonny Greer · See more »
Sophisticated Ladies
Sophisticated Ladies is a musical revue based on the music of Duke Ellington.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Sophisticated Ladies · See more »
Sophisticated Lady
"Sophisticated Lady" is a jazz standard, composed as an instrumental in 1932 by Duke Ellington.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Sophisticated Lady · See more »
Spanish Tinge
The phrase Spanish tinge is a reference to an Afro-Latin rhythmic touch that spices up the more conventional rhythms commonly used in jazz and pop music.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Spanish Tinge · See more »
Spingarn Medal
The Spingarn Medal is awarded annually by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) for outstanding achievement by an African American.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Spingarn Medal · See more »
Stan Kenton
Stanley Newcomb Kenton (December 15, 1911 – August 25, 1979) was an American popular music and jazz artist.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Stan Kenton · See more »
Standard (music)
In music, a standard is a musical composition of established popularity, considered part of the "standard repertoire" of one or several genres.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Standard (music) · See more »
Stanley Silverman
Stanley Silverman (born July 5, 1938 in New York City) is an American composer, arranger, conductor and guitarist.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Stanley Silverman · See more »
Stars and Stripes (newspaper)
Stars and Stripes is an American military newspaper that focuses and reports on matters concerning the members of the United States Armed Forces.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Stars and Stripes (newspaper) · See more »
Steinway & Sons
Steinway & Sons, also known as Steinway, is an American-German piano company, founded in 1853 in Manhattan, New York City, the United States, by German piano builder Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg (later known as Henry E. Steinway).
New!!: Duke Ellington and Steinway & Sons · See more »
Stereotype
In social psychology, a stereotype is an over-generalized belief about a particular category of people.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Stereotype · See more »
Stevie Wonder
Stevland Hardaway Morris (né Judkins; born May 13, 1950), known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Stevie Wonder · See more »
Stratford Festival
The Stratford Festival is an internationally recognized annual repertory theatre festival which operates from April to October in the city of Stratford, Ontario, Canada.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Stratford Festival · See more »
Stride (music)
Harlem Stride Piano, stride piano, commonly abbreviated to stride, is a jazz piano style that was developed in the large cities of the East Coast of the United States, mainly New York City, during the 1920s and 1930s.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Stride (music) · See more »
Sturgis, Michigan
Sturgis is a city in St. Joseph County in the U.S. state of Michigan.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Sturgis, Michigan · See more »
Such Sweet Thunder
Such Sweet Thunder is a Duke Ellington album, released in 1957.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Such Sweet Thunder · See more »
Symphony in Black
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life is a nine-and-a-half minute musical short produced in 1935 that features Duke Ellington’s early extended piece, "A Rhapsody of Negro Life".
New!!: Duke Ellington and Symphony in Black · See more »
Take the "A" Train
"Take the 'A' Train" is a jazz standard by Billy Strayhorn that was the signature tune of the Duke Ellington orchestra.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Take the "A" Train · See more »
Tango
Tango is a partner dance which originated in the 1880s along the River Plate (Río de Plata), the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Tango · See more »
Ted Koehler
Ted L. Koehler (July 14, 1894 – January 17, 1973) was an American lyricist.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Ted Koehler · See more »
The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe (sometimes abbreviated as The Globe) is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts, since its creation by Charles H. Taylor in 1872.
New!!: Duke Ellington and The Boston Globe · See more »
The Bronx
The Bronx is the northernmost of the five boroughs of New York City, in the U.S. state of New York.
New!!: Duke Ellington and The Bronx · See more »
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph, commonly referred to simply as The Telegraph, is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally.
New!!: Duke Ellington and The Daily Telegraph · See more »
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.
New!!: Duke Ellington and The Ellington Suites · See more »
The Far East Suite
The Far East Suite is an album by Duke Ellington that won the Grammy Award in 1968 for Best Instrumental Jazz Performance – Large Group or Soloist with Large Group.
New!!: Duke Ellington and The Far East Suite · See more »
The Real Ambassadors
The Real Ambassadors is a jazz musical developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s by Dave and Iola Brubeck, in collaboration with Louis Armstrong and his band.
New!!: Duke Ellington and The Real Ambassadors · See more »
Theater District, Manhattan
New York City's Theater District (sometimes spelled Theatre District, and officially zoned as the "Theater Subdistrict") is an area in Midtown Manhattan where most Broadway theaters are located, as well as many other theaters, movie theaters, restaurants, hotels, and other places of entertainment.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Theater District, Manhattan · See more »
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919) was an American statesman and writer who served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Theodore Roosevelt · See more »
Time (magazine)
Time is an American weekly news magazine and news website published in New York City.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Time (magazine) · See more »
Timon of Athens
Timon of Athens (The Life of Tymon of Athens) is a play by William Shakespeare, published in the First Folio (1623) and probably written in collaboration with another author, most likely Thomas Middleton, in about 1605–1606.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Timon of Athens · See more »
Togo Brava Suite
Togo Brava Suite is an album by American pianist, composer, and bandleader Duke Ellington.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Togo Brava Suite · See more »
Turner Layton
Turner Layton (July 2, 1894 – February 6, 1978), born John Turner Layton, Jr., was an African-American songwriter, singer and pianist.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Turner Layton · See more »
Two-step (dance move)
The two-step is a step found in various dances, including many folk dances.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Two-step (dance move) · See more »
United Artists Records
United Artists Records was a record label founded by Max E. Youngstein of United Artists in 1957 to issue movie soundtracks.
New!!: Duke Ellington and United Artists Records · See more »
United States Mint
The United States Mint is the agency that produces circulating coinage for the United States to conduct its trade and commerce, as well as controlling the movement of bullion.
New!!: Duke Ellington and United States Mint · See more »
United States Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States.
New!!: Duke Ellington and United States Navy · See more »
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public research university in the Westwood district of Los Angeles, United States.
New!!: Duke Ellington and University of California, Los Angeles · See more »
University of Illinois Press
The University of Illinois Press (UIP) is a major American university press and is part of the University of Illinois system.
New!!: Duke Ellington and University of Illinois Press · See more »
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California (USC or SC) is a private research university in Los Angeles, California.
New!!: Duke Ellington and University of Southern California · See more »
Variety show
Variety shows, also known as variety arts or variety entertainment, is entertainment made up of a variety of acts including musical performances, sketch comedy, magic, acrobatics, juggling, and ventriloquism.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Variety show · See more »
Victor Talking Machine Company
The Victor Talking Machine Company was an American record company and phonograph manufacturer headquartered in Camden, New Jersey.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Victor Talking Machine Company · See more »
Waltz
The waltz is a ballroom and folk dance, normally in time, performed primarily in closed position.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Waltz · See more »
WAMU
WAMU (88.5 FM) is a public news/talk station that services the greater Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
New!!: Duke Ellington and WAMU · See more »
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Washington, D.C. · See more »
West End, Washington, D.C.
The West End is a neighborhood in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C., bounded by K Street to the south, Rock Creek Park to the west and north, and New Hampshire Avenue and 21st Street to the east.
New!!: Duke Ellington and West End, Washington, D.C. · See more »
Wilbur Sweatman
Wilbur Coleman Sweatman (February 7, 1882 – March 9, 1961) was an African-American ragtime and dixieland jazz composer, bandleader, and clarinetist.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Wilbur Sweatman · See more »
Will Marion Cook
William Mercer Cook (January 27, 1869 – July 19, 1944), better known as Will Marion Cook, was an African-American composer and violinist from the United States.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Will Marion Cook · See more »
Will Vodery
Will Vodery (October 8, 1885 – November 18, 1951) was an African-American composer, conductor, orchestrator, and arranger, and one of the few black Americans of his time to make a name for himself as a composer on Broadway, working largely for Florenz Ziegfeld.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Will Vodery · See more »
William Morris Agency
The William Morris Agency (also known as WMA) was a Hollywood-based talent agency.
New!!: Duke Ellington and William Morris Agency · See more »
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (26 April 1564 (baptised)—23 April 1616) was an English poet, playwright and actor, widely regarded as both the greatest writer in the English language, and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.
New!!: Duke Ellington and William Shakespeare · See more »
Willie "The Lion" Smith
William Henry Joseph Bonaparte Bertholoff Smith (November 25, 1897 – April 18, 1973), also known as "The Lion", was an American jazz pianist and one of the masters of the stride style, usually grouped with James P. Johnson and Thomas "Fats" Waller as the three greatest practitioners of the genre in its golden age, from about 1920 to 1943.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Willie "The Lion" Smith · See more »
Winfried Zillig
Winfried Zillig (1 April 1905 – 18 December 1963) was a German composer, music theorist, and conductor.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Winfried Zillig · See more »
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791), baptised as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the classical era.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · See more »
Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York)
Woodlawn Cemetery is one of the largest cemeteries in New York City and is a designated National Historic Landmark.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York) · See more »
Yale University
Yale University is an American private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut.
New!!: Duke Ellington and Yale University · See more »
(In My) Solitude
"(In My) Solitude" is a 1934 jazz standard, composed by Duke Ellington, with lyrics by Eddie DeLange and Irving Mills.
New!!: Duke Ellington and (In My) Solitude · See more »
...And His Mother Called Him Bill
...And His Mother Called Him Bill is the seventh() studio album by Duke Ellington.
New!!: Duke Ellington and ...And His Mother Called Him Bill · See more »
100 Greatest African Americans
100 Greatest African Americans is a biographical dictionary of one hundred historically great Black Americans (in alphabetical order; that is, they are not ranked), as assessed by Temple University professor Molefi Kete Asante in 2002.
New!!: Duke Ellington and 100 Greatest African Americans · See more »
110th Street (Manhattan)
110th Street is a street in the New York City borough of Manhattan.
New!!: Duke Ellington and 110th Street (Manhattan) · See more »
1942–44 musicians' strike
On August 1, 1942, the American Federation of Musicians, at the instigation of union president James Petrillo, began a strike against the major American recording companies because of disagreements over royalty payments.
New!!: Duke Ellington and 1942–44 musicians' strike · See more »
1999 Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prizes for 1999 were announced on April 12, 1999.
New!!: Duke Ellington and 1999 Pulitzer Prize · See more »
50 State Quarters
The 50 State Quarters Program was the release of a series of circulating commemorative coins by the United States Mint.
New!!: Duke Ellington and 50 State Quarters · See more »
Redirects here:
Duke Elington, Duke Ellington Band, Duke Ellington Orchestra, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Duke ellington, Edna Thompson, Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington, Edward Kennedy Ellington, Mood Ellington, The Duke Ellington Orchestra.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Ellington
