Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington (õieti Edward Kennedy Ellington; 29. aprill 1899 Washington – 24. mai 1974 New York) oli Ameerika Ühendriikide džässpianist, -helilooja ja orkestrijuht.

Tähtsamad teosed

• "Mood Indigo"
• "Sophisticated Lady" (koos Irving Millsi ja Mitchell Parishiga)
• "Satin Doll" (koos Billy Strayhorniga ja Johnny Merceriga)
• "Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me"
• "I Let a Song Go Out Of My Heart" (koos Irving Millsi, Henry Nemo ja John Redmondiga)
• "It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"
• "Cotton Tail" (kirjutatud Ben Websterile)
• "Solitude"
• "In A Mellotone"
• "Creole Love Call"
• "Prelude To A Kiss" (koos Irving Millsiga)
• "C Jam Blues"
• "I'm Beginning To See The Light"
• "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)" (koos Paul Websteriga)

Ilmunud albumid

• "Masterpieces By Ellington" (1950)
• "Ellington at Newport" (1956)
• "Such Sweet Thunder" (1957)
• "Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook" (1957)
• "Indigos (album)|Ellington indigos" (1958)
• "Newport Jazz Festival" (1958)
• "Festival Session" (1959)
• "Blues in Orbit" (1959)
• "Anatomy of a Murder" (soundtrack album; 1959)
• "Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges: Back to Back" (1959)
• "Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges: Side by Side" (1959)
• "Piano in the Foreground" (1961)
• "Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington" (1961)
• "Duke Ellington & John Coltrane" (1962)
• "Duke Ellington meets Coleman Hawkins" (1962)
• "Money Jungle" (1962)
• "Afro-Bossa" (1962)
• "The Great Paris Concert" (1963)
• "A Morning in Paris" (1963)
• "Ella at Duke's Place" (1965)
• "The Symphonic Ellington" (1965)
• "Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur" (1966)
• "The Far East Suite]]" (1966)
• "...And His Mother Called Him Bill" (1967)
• "Francis A. & Edward K." (1968)
• "Latin American Suite" (1968)
• "Yale Concert" (1968)
• "New Orleans Suite" (1970)
• "Duke Ellington's 70th Birthday Concert" (1970)
• "The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse" (1971)
• "Live at the Whitney" (1972)
• "Duke's Big 4" (1973)

Tunnustus

• 1966 – Grammy elutööauhind
• 1970 – valiti Ameerika Kunstide ja Kirjanduse Akadeemia liikmeks

Vaata ka

• Sving