Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
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| born | 1899 |
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| died | 1974 |
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| appears in search results as | Duke Ellington |
| family name | Ellington |
| gender | male |
| given name | Duke |
Harlem Air-shaft & Sepia Panorama & Savoy Blues | writer |
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performance of 'unknown music' performance of 'Sweet Georgia Brown' performance of '''Trumpet in Spades' and 'Boy Meets Horn' ' performance of ''Carolina Shout'' performance of ''East St Louis Toodle-oo'' performance of ''Night Creature'' performance of ''Stormy Weather'' performance of 'Alto saxophone music' performance of 'Argentinian Tango music' performance of 'Ballad singing' performance of 'Banjorine music' performance of 'Big Band swing era music' performance of 'Blues singing, male voice' performance of 'Blues singing, male voices' performance of 'Count Basie Big Band' performance of 'Dixieland jazz' performance of 'Duke Ellington Band' performance of 'Female Gospel Singing' performance of 'Female Jazz singing' performance of 'New Orleans jazz' performance of 'New Orleans jazz' performance of 'New York jazz' performance of 'Saxophone music' performance of 'Saxophone music' performance of 'Swing Era Jazz' performance of 'Traditional Brazilian music' performance of 'Traditional West African music' performance of 'Trombone music' performance of 'West African instrumental music' performance of 'an operatic performance' performance of 'bass and voice' performance of 'battle of music' performance of 'clarinet music' performance of 'classical music' performance of 'classical music' performance of 'dance-drumming' performance of 'female vocalist' performance of 'female voice and guitar' performance of 'horn and piano music' performance of 'unknown music' performance of 'jazz band performance' performance of 'sacred concert music' performance of 'singing in the style of Bing Crosby' performance of 'song for male voice' performance of 'trumpet music' performance of 'trumpet music' performance of 'trumpet music' performance of 'trumpet music' performance of 'trumpet music' performance of 'trumpet music' performance of 'under conversation music' performance of 'jazz (, performance of)' performance of 'jazz (, performance of)' | listeners |
performance of 'Duke Ellington concert' performance of 'Jazz Concerts' performance of 'It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing' performance of 'Jazz and swing' performance of ''Stormy Weather'' | performers |
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