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Duke Ellington

Blues
Jazz
Classical music
Duke Ellington disliked the term 'jazz', preferring to refer to his style of music simply as 'American'. Duke Ellington wrote more than a thousand songs in his career which spanned five decades, making a name for himself as one of America's great composers and band leaders, heading up an orchestra of jazz greats. His parents were both pianists and the young Edward Ellington was himself playing piano by the time he was seven, though at the time he had a greater interest in playing baseball and pool. With a growing interest in ragtime he composed his first tune Soda Fountain Rag at...
Songs
On the Sunny Side of the Street
On the Sunny Side of the StreetDuke Ellington

The Great Paris Concert

4:29

It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington

The Great Reunion

3:58

Mood Indigo
Mood IndigoDuke Ellington, Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington & His Orchestra

At Fargo 1940

4:00

Drop Me off in Harlem
Drop Me off in HarlemLouis Armstrong and Duke Ellington

The Essential: Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington

In a Mellow Tone
In a Mellow ToneDuke Ellington

Historically Speaking - The Duke

2:53

Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me
Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me 

Live; Bonus Track

Duke Ellington

Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington Recording Together for the First Time

4:33

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