Duke Ellington - lyrics

Top Duke Ellington albums

Vol. 2-1945

(1997)

Vol. 2-1940

(1996)

Vol. 2-1939

(1996)

Vol. 2-1938

(1996)

Top Duke Ellington lyrics

A Lesson In C *
Duke Ellington

216

A Gypsy Without A Song *
Duke Ellington

229

A Ghost of a Chance
Duke Ellington

255

A Blues Serenade *
Duke Ellington

179

Duke Ellington biography

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, ... Show more