Overview
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Apr 29, 1899 (126 years old)
Duke Ellington
Known For
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
An aspiring singer is tasked with promoting the music catalogue...
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
In 1936, Victor H. Green (1892-1960) published The Negro Motorist...
Jazz Legends in Their Own Words
A journey into the BBC archives unearthing glorious performances and...
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.
Acting
2024
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
2024
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
2022
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
2021
Duke Ellington in Isfahan
2019
The Apollo
2019
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
2019
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra - Live
2018
The Jazz Ambassadors
2014
Jazz Legends in Their Own Words
2014
Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989
2007
Alice Babs - Swing It!
2004
The Harlem Renaissance
2004
Improvisation
2003
Piano Blues
2003
The Intimate Duke Ellington
2001
Jazz
1991
The Lou Rawls Show with Duke Ellington