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.

Known For

Birth of the Blues

Self (archive footage)

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

Self (archive footage)

Belle of the Nineties

Piano Player

Jazz Ball

Self (archive footage)

The Harlem Renaissance

Self (archive footage)

Anatomy of a Murder

Pie Eye (uncredited)

Moments without Proper Names

Self (archive footage)

The Lou Rawls Show with Duke Ellington

Self