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Duke Ellington
Born: 1899-04-29 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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.
Rated Filmography (28)
Sorted by Score8.7
It's Black Entertainment
2002
8.0
Bli-Blip
1942
8.0
Jazz Ball
1956
8.0
Duke Ellington at the Côte d'Azur with Ella Fitzgerald and Joan Miro
1966
7.8
Anatomy of a Murder
1959
7.8
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
2019
7.7
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
2024
7.7
Moments without Proper Names
1987
7.5
Reveille with Beverly
1943
7.0
The Jazz Ambassadors
2018
7.0
The First World Festival of Negro Arts
1966
6.8
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
2022
6.8
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
1935
6.5
Cabin in the Sky
1943
6.5
Piano Blues
2003
6.4
The Apollo
2019
6.3
Black and Tan
1929
6.3
The Hit Parade
1937
6.2
Birth of the Blues
1941
6.1
A Bundle of Blues
1933
6.1
Belle of the Nineties
1934
6.0
The Harlem Renaissance
2004
6.0
Jazz Evolution
2008
5.7
Check and Double Check
1930
5.6
Murder at the Vanities
1934
5.3
Many Happy Returns
1934
4.2
The Story Of The Blues
2004
0.5
Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989
2014