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Apr 22, 2011 · On this episode of Piano Jazz, recorded in 1994, Mercer Ellington joins host Marian McPartland to discuss working for his famous father, composing and Billy Strayhorn, and to play a piano duet...
Feb 9, 1996 · Mercer Ellington, a trumpet player, arranger, composer and band leader who had led the Duke Ellington Orchestra since his father's death in 1974, died Thursday in Denmark. He was 76. Mr....
Feb 9, 1996 · We remember band leader and composer MERCER ELLINGTON, the son of Duke Ellington. He perpetuated the big band tradition his father made famous as head of the Duke Ellington Band. When he was a...
Mercer Ellington. Biography. Mercer Ellington was born in Washington, D.C., the only child of Duke and Edna Ellington. He received formal music training and eventually led his own band as a trumpet player.
Apr 22, 1999 · Band leader and composer MERCER ELLINGTON, the son of Duke Ellington. He perpetuated the big band tradition his father made famous as head of the Duke Ellington Band. With the death of his...
Feb 10, 1996 · Feb. 10, 1996 12 AM PT. From Times Staff and Wire Reports. COPENHAGEN — Mercer Ellington, who led the Duke Ellington Orchestra as arranger, composer and conductor after his father’s death, has...
Feb 10, 1996 · Mercer Ellington, a bandleader who spent much of his career maintaining the musical legacy of his father, Duke Ellington, died on Thursday in Gentofte Hospital in Copenhagen. He was 76. The...
