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Duke Ellington

real name Edward Kennedy Ellington

US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader

Washington, D.C., United States · 1899-04-29 – 1974-05-24

Duke Ellington is credited on 32,413 releases across 8,824 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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32,413

Credits

8,824

Albums

8

Decades active

1,239

In collections

Biography

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American jazz pianist, composer and leader of his eponymous orchestra (born April 29, 1899, Washington, D.C.; died May 24, 1974 in New York City, N.Y.).
Known for his residency at the Cotton Club (1927-1931) and for composing over a thousand pieces (often in collaboration), many of them now standards. Billy Strayhorn shared composing duties (1939-1967).
Father of Mercer Ellington, who took over the leadership of the orchestra after Duke died remaining until his own death in 1996. Grandfather.

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Credited work

32,413 releases · 8,824 albums · active 1950–2026

  • Performance · 62,631
  • Other credits · 2,385
  • Production · 253

Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Newport Jazz Festival · Carnegie Hall · Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey

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