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Duke Ellington
Also credited as Edward Kennedy Ellington, Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington
Born Apr 29, 1899Died at 75Washington, District of Columbia, USAActing
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.
