Duke Ellington

from Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Artwork for Anatomy of a MurderImage of Duke Ellington

Biography

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.

Timeline

2026Aged 127

  • Poster for Only the Dead Know Brooklyn

    Musician

2024Aged 125

2022Aged 123

  • Poster for Charlie Parker: Bird Songs

    Self (archive footage)

2021Aged 122

  • Poster for Duke Ellington in Isfahan

    Self (archive footage)

2019Aged 120

  • Poster for Duke Ellington and his Orchestra - Live

    Himself

  • Poster for The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

    Self - Musician (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Apollo

    Self (archive footage)

2018Aged 119

  • Poster for The Jazz Ambassadors

    Self (archive footage)

2014Aged 115

  • Poster for Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan  Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989

    Self

  • Poster for Jazz Legends in Their Own Words

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Concerto Ellington-Marsalis

    Music

2012Aged 113

  • Poster for The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for So Long

    Original Music Composer

2010Aged 111

2008Aged 109

  • Poster for Jazz Evolution

    Self - Piano

2007Aged 108

  • Poster for Alice Babs - Swing It!

    Himself (archive footage)

  • Poster for Jazz Icons: Duke Ellington Live in '58

    Self - Piano

2005Aged 106

  • Poster for Duke Ellington: The Big Band Feeling

    Self

  • Poster for Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection

    Himself

2004Aged 105

  • Poster for Improvisation

    Self

  • Poster for The Harlem Renaissance

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Story Of The Blues

    Self

2003Aged 104

  • Poster for The Intimate Duke Ellington

    Self

  • Poster for Piano Blues

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Duke Ellington: Live At The Tivoli Gardens

    Self

2002Aged 103

  • Poster for It's Black Entertainment

    Self (archive footage)

2000Aged 101

  • Poster for Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1929-1943

    Self

1997Aged 98

  • Poster for Nutcracker Sweeties

    Music

1991Aged 92

  • Poster for The Lou Rawls Show with Duke Ellington

    Self

  • Poster for The Very Best of The Ed Sullivan Show (Vol. 1)

    (Unknown)

1988Aged 89

  • Poster for Sand Dance

    Music

1987Aged 88

  • Poster for Moments without Proper Names

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Misanthrope

    Original Music Composer

1982Aged 83

  • Poster for Sophisticated Ladies

    Musical

1978Aged 79

  • Poster for The War of the Infras

    Music

1977Aged 78

  • Poster for The Turning Point

    Music

1975Aged 76

  • Poster for Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

    Self (archive footage)

1969Aged 70

  • Poster for Duke Ellington Orchestra @ Berliner Jazztage 1969

    Self

  • Poster for Change of Mind

    Original Music Composer

1966Aged 67

  • Poster for The First World Festival of Negro Arts

    Himself

  • Poster for The Strolling '20s

    Self

  • Poster for Duke Ellington at the Côte d'Azur with Ella Fitzgerald and Joan Miro

    Self

  • Poster for Assault on a Queen

    Original Music Composer

1961Aged 62

  • Poster for Paris Blues

    Original Music Composer

1959Aged 60

  • Poster for Anatomy of a Murder

    Pie Eye (uncredited)

1958Aged 59

1957Aged 58

  • Poster for Daybreak Express

    Music

1956Aged 57

  • Poster for Jazz Ball

    Self (archive footage)

1950Aged 51

1949Aged 50

1947Aged 48

  • Poster for Date with Duke

    Self

1945Aged 46

  • Poster for The Vampire

    Music

1943Aged 44

1942Aged 43

1941Aged 42

  • Poster for Birth of the Blues

    Self (archive footage)

1937Aged 38

  • Poster for The Hit Parade

    Duke Ellington

1935Aged 36

  • Poster for Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life

    Self

1934Aged 35

  • Poster for Hollywood on Parade No. B-10

    Self

  • Poster for Murder at the Vanities

    Duke Ellington

  • Poster for Many Happy Returns

    Piano Player (uncredited)

  • Poster for Belle of the Nineties

    Piano Player

  • Poster for Masks and Memories

    Songs

1933Aged 34

  • Poster for A Bundle of Blues

    Self

  • Poster for Betty Boop's May Party

    Music

1930Aged 31

  • Poster for Check and Double Check

    Orchestra Leader

1929Aged 30

  • Poster for Black and Tan

    Duke Ellington