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Duke Ellington
A.K.A:
Edward Kennedy Ellington - Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington -1899-04-29 -1974-05-24
Male
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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Biography
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and leader of a jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life. Born in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based in New York City from the mid-1920s and gained a national profile through his orchestra's appearances at the Cotton Club in Harlem.
