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E.A. Ellington was a writer, known for Gilda (1946) and Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1944). He was married to Jerry Seelen and Lester Lee. He died on 27 December 1975.
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- December 27, 1975
- E.A. Ellington
E.A. Ellington was a writer, known for Gilda (1946) and Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1944). He was married to Jerry Seelen and Lester Lee. He died on 27 December 1975.
- December 27, 1975
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Mercedes Ellington, Director/Choreographer, Producer, Performer, and Family Historian. This career has been affected in time related increments by race-ism, sex-ism, name-ism, and age-ism.
- “It Don’T Mean A Thing If It Ain’T Got That Swing.”
- Duke Ellington’s Early Career
- Duke Ellington’s Band
- Working with Billy Strayhorn
- Duke Ellington’s Recordings
Considered one of the greatest jazz composers of all time, Duke Ellington had an enormous impact on the popular music of the late 20th century. Among his more than two thousand songs are such hits as “In A Sentimental Mood,” “Sophisticated Lady,” “I Got It Bad And That Ain’t Good,” and “I’m Beginning To See The Light.” For almost fifty years he tou...
Born in Washington D.C. in 1899, Edward Kennedy Ellington, better known as “Duke,” began playing piano as a child. His mother, who also played the piano, oversaw his education, and by the time he was seventeen he began playing professionally. Making his name as a piano player in Washington, Ellington started to compose his own music. In 1923 he mov...
In 1931 Ellington left the Cotton Club and began a series of extended tours that would continue for the rest of his life. For Ellington, the big band was not simply made up of five reeds, four trumpets, three trombones, drums, a bass, and a piano; it was made up of individuals. Where other composers had concerned themselves with creating a sound th...
In 1939, Billy Strayhorn joined the band as an arranger, composer, and sometimes pianist. The two worked well together, continuing in the tradition that Ellington had built. Strayhorn’s contribution to Ellington’s achievements at the time were significant, and even some of their most popular tunes (such as “Take The A Train”) were written by Strayh...
Listen to some of Duke Ellington’s best-known songs and recordings:
E.A. Ellington is known as an Story. Some of his work includes Gilda, Irish Eyes Are Smiling, and Playhouse 90.
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Jul 26, 2021 · What we can learn about American history—and race, class and culture—from Duke Ellington's life story.
