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Biography

Born: April 29, 1899 in Washington D.C.
Genre: Jazz
Years Active: '20s, '30s, '40s, '50s, '60s, '70s

Duke Ellington was the most important composer in the history of jazz as well as being a bandleader who held his large group together continuously for almost 50 years. The two aspects of his career were related; Ellington used his band as a musical laboratory for his new compositions and shaped his writing specifically to showcase the talents of his bandmembers, many of whom remained with him for long periods. Ellington also wrote film scores and stage musicals, and several of his instrumental works...

Top Albums By Duke Ellington
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	Name	Artist	Time	Price
1.	Black and Tan Fantasy	Duke Ellington	3:20	$0.69
2.	Creole Love Call	Duke Ellington	3:13	$0.69
3.	East St Louis Toodle-Oo	Duke Ellington	3:36	$0.69
4.	The Mooche	Duke Ellington	3:13	$0.69
5.	Hot and Bothered	Duke Ellington	3:17	$0.69
6.	The Blues With a Feeling	Duke Ellington	3:15	$0.69
7.	Double Check Stomp	Duke Ellington	2:57	$0.69
8.	Mood Indigo	Duke Ellington	3:07	$0.69
9.	It Don't Mean a Thing	Duke Ellington	3:11	$0.69
10.	Slippery Horn	Duke Ellington	3:06	$0.69
11.	Daybreak Express	Duke Ellington	2:56	$0.69
12.	Dear Old Southland	Duke Ellington	3:37	$0.69
13.	Stompy Jones	Duke Ellington	3:04	$0.69
14.	Troubled Waters	Duke Ellington	3:29	$0.69
15.	Saddest Tale	Duke Ellington	3:17	$0.69
16.	Showboat Shuffle	Duke Ellington	2:55	$0.69
17.	Clarinet Lament	Duke Ellington	3:12	$0.69
18.	Echoes of Harlem	Duke Ellington	2:58	$0.69
19.	In a Jam	Duke Ellington	2:59	$0.69
20.	Diminuendo and Crescendo In Blue	Duke Ellington	5:52	$0.69
21.	A Gypsy Without a Song	Duke Ellington	2:57	$0.69
22.	Battle of Swing	Duke Ellington	2:58	$0.69
23.	Portrait of the Lion	Duke Ellington	2:34	$0.69
24.	Tootin' Through the Roof	Duke Ellington	2:55	$0.69
25.	Koko	Duke Ellington	2:46	$0.69
26.	Concerto for Cootie	Duke Ellington	3:24	$0.69
27.	Cotton Tail	Duke Ellington	3:13	$0.69
28.	Sepia Panorama	Duke Ellington	5:02	$0.69
29.	Take the a Train	Duke Ellington	2:55	$0.69
30.	Chelsea Bridge	Duke Ellington	3:06	$0.69
31.	Raincheck	Duke Ellington	2:31	$0.69
32.	Moonmist	Duke Ellington	3:03	$0.69
33.	Things Ain't What They Used To Be	Duke Ellington	3:19	$0.69
34.	Black, Brown and Beige	Duke Ellington	9:10	$0.69
35.	Midriff	Duke Ellington	3:23	$0.69
36.	Frankie and Johnny	Duke Ellington	7:06	$0.69
37.	Transblucency	Duke Ellington	3:00	$0.69
38.	Royal Garden Blues	Duke Ellington	3:08	$0.69
39.	Jam-A-Ditty	Duke Ellington	2:57	$0.69

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