About:
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
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  Anatomy of a Murder
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  Pie Eye (uncredited)
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  Murder at the Vanities
  as
  Duke Ellington
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  Belle of the Nineties
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  Piano Player
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  Birth of the Blues
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  Self (archive footage)
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  Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989
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  Self