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Duke Ellington is considered the most important composer in the history of jazz because he wrote over 1000 original compositions encompassing a wide range of genres such as blues, gospel, film scores, popular and classical.
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There are many but I would recommend:- (1) Duke Ellington and His World by A.H.Lawrence (2) The Duke Ellington Reader edited by Mark Tucker.
No. Douglas Ellington is a grand nephew to Duke Ellington.
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In the related links box below, I posted the information. It is the wikipedia article on his compositions.
The address of the Ellington Library is: 130 S Main St, Ellington, 63638 M
Ellington Ratliff's parents names are James Edward Ellington and Daisy Kennedy Ellington.
Duke Ellington wrote over 1,000 compositions. Although an amazing composer of jazz, Ellington's music stretched into various other genres, including blues, gospel, film scores, popular, and classical. In his fifty year career, Duke Ellington played over 20,000 performances in Europe, Latin America, the Middle East as well as Asia. Duke Ellington received 13 Grammy Awards. His real name was Edward Kennedy Ellington, but he was named Duke because of his refined manners and bearing, and the name was givin to him by a adorring classmate. As a child, Duke hated his piano lessons so later he quit. But when he became a teenager, and took up piano again because he wanted to impress a girl.
Duke Ellington had 1 wive Edna Thompson (i believe) and 1 child (gender=male) Mercer