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Duke Ellington
Composer, Actor, Director, Additional Credits
Born April 29, 1899Died May 24, 1974 (75 years)
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.
Filmography
| 2016 | Talking Sticks · as Composer |
| 1997 | |
| 1977 | |
| 1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1969 | Change of Mind · as Original Music Composer |
| 1966 | Assault on a Queen · as Original Music Composer |
| 1964 | NET Playhouse (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 1961 | Paris Blues · as Original Music Composer |
| 1961 | The Asphalt Jungle (TV Series) |
| 1959 | Anatomy of a Murder · as Original Music Composer |
| 1957 | Holiday · as Composer |
| 1953 | |
| 1950 | Salute to Duke Ellington · as Composer |
| 1945 | |
| 1943 | |
| 1935 | Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life · as Original Music Composer |