Person
Duke Ellington
- Known for
- Acting
- Birthday
- 1899-04-29
- Place of birth
- Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Gender
- Male
- Died
- 1974-05-24
- Popularity
- 1
Also known as: Edward Kennedy Ellington, Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington
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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.
