Category:Duke Ellington

**Duke Ellington**
	American jazz musician, composer and band leader (1899-1974) Duke Ellington 1940
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Name in native language	Duke Ellington
Date of birth	29 April 1899; Washington, D.C.; Edward Kennedy Ellington
Date of death	24 May 1974; New York City
Manner of death	natural causes;
Cause of death	lung cancer;
Place of burial	Woodlawn Cemetery;
Pseudonym	Duke Ellington (English, stage name);
Work period (start)	1922;
Country of citizenship	United States of America;
Residence	Duke Ellington House (1939–1969);
Educated at	Armstrong High School;
Occupation	pianist; composer; autobiographer; jazz musician; conductor; bandleader; record producer; film score composer; musician; music arranger; lyricist; jazz arranger;
Member of	American Academy of Arts and Letters; American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Royal Swedish Academy of Music; Alpha Phi Alpha; Duke Ellington Orchestra; Duke Ellington and his Washingtonians;
Movement	Harlem Renaissance;
Child	Mercer Ellington;
Spouse	Edna Thompson;
Notable work	Black, Brown and Beige; Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue; Harlem; It Don't Mean a Thing; Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me); Solitude;
Award received	Spingarn Medal (1959); Presidential Medal of Freedom (1969); Legion of Honour; Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (1966); Grammy Trustees Award (1968); German Film Award for best original music (1957); AAAS Fellow; star on Hollywood Walk of Fame;
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