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Ellington was born on April 29, 1899, to James Edward Ellington and Daisy (née Kennedy) Ellington in Washington, D.C. Both his parents were pianists. Daisy primarily played parlor songs, and James preferred operatic arias. [7] They lived with Daisy's parents at 2129 Ida Place (now Ward Place) NW, in D.C.'s West End neighborhood. [8]
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was born on April 29, 1899, in Washington D.C. His father James Edward Ellington and his mother Daisy Kennedy Ellington were pianists. His father played operatic arias while parlor songs were his mother’s first choice.
54th St. and Lexington Ave. New York, NY. t all started, one hundred years ago, with a family. Before the birth of Edward Kennedy Ellington on April 29, 1899, there was a young Washington CD couple, Daisy Kennedy Ellington and James Edward Ellington. Today, three generations of Ellingtons are working passionately to carry on the Ducal legacy.
Born: April 29, 1899. Washington, D.C. Died: May 24, 1974. New York, New York. African American composer, band leader, and pianist. Duke Ellington is considered by many to be one of America's most brilliant jazz composers (writers of music) of the twentieth century. Ellington's classics include "Don't Get Around Much Anymore," "Mood Indigo ...
James Edward Ellington was born in Lincolnton, North Carolina, on April 15, 1879, and moved with his parents to Washington D.C. in 1886. They were among thousands of blacks who had moved north, away from the rural and semirural towns of the South, between the Civil War and World War I.
Jan 29, 2021 · His father, James Edward Ellington, in addition to his work as a butler, driver, caretaker and handyman for a prominent Washington, D.C. doctor, worked as a part-time butler there on several ...
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Aug 21, 2024 · Duke Ellington (born April 29, 1899, Washington, D.C., U.S.—died May 24, 1974, New York, N.Y.) was an American pianist who was the greatest jazz composer and bandleader of his time. One of the originators of big-band jazz, Ellington led his band for more than half a century, composed thousands of scores, and created one of the most ...
