Edward Ellington (przydomek Duke) rozpoczął naukę gry na fortepianie w wieku 7 lat. Mając 15 lat napisał swą pierwszą kompozycję - "Soda Fountain Rag". W latach 1915 -1918 pobierał lekcje u Olivera Perry'ego i Henry'ego Granta. W 1922 r. grał w zespole Wilbura Sweatmana.
W następnym roku założył zespół "The Washingtonians" (m.in. Sonny Greer, Otton Hardwick, Arthur Whetsol, Elmer Snowden). W 1924 r. nagrał pierwsze płyty z kolejnym własnym zespołem zwanym "The Deacons".
Początkiem kariery bigbandu "Duke Ellington and His Orchestra" były występy w "Cotton Club" w Harlemie i nagrania dla wytwórni Victor w roku 1927. W 1930 r. zespół towarzyszył Maurice'owi Chevalierowi. Od 1931 r. dołączyła do orkiestry Elligtona wokalistka Ivie Anderson, która śpiewała z zespołem do 1942 r.
W 1944 r. Duke zajął pierwsze miejsce w ankiecie "Esquire" w kategoriach
aranżer i lider bigbandu. Jego orkiestra liczyła wówczas 18 muzyków. W
latach 50-tych u Ellingtona zaczynało lub rozwijało kariery wielu
słynnych muzyków: m.in. Oscar Pettiford, Paul Gonsalves, Johny Hodges, Clark Terry, Ella Fitzgerald, Mahalia Jackson.
Duża rolę w propagowaniu jazzu w świecie odegrały kilkakrotne tournées
jego bigbandu po Europie (w 1971 r. po koncertach w ówczesnym ZSRR
wystąpił na Jazz Jamboree), Azji i Ameryce Południowej.
Był laureatem licznych nagród i honorowych doktoratów. W 1971 roku
został pierwszym muzykiem jazzowym przyjętym w poczet Królewskiej
Akademii Muzyki w Sztokholmie. Podczas koncertu w styczniu 1974 r.
zasłabł. W szpitalu pracował nad swoimi ostatnimi kompozycjami.
Skomponował wiele utworów, które stały się standardami: m.in. "Black and Tan Fantasy"; "Mood Indigo"; "It Don't Mean a Thing"; "Sophisticated Lady"; "Solitude"; "Satin Doll"; "In a Sentimental Mood"; "Concerto for Cootie"; "Ko-Ko". Najsłynniejsza jest jednak aranżacja Ellingtona kompozycji Juana Tizola "Caravan".
Single
| Tytuł | Wykonawca | Data wydania | UK | US | Wytwórnia [US] |
Komentarz |
| East St. Louis Toodle-Oo / Birmingham Breakdown | Duke Ellington & His Washingtonians | 07.1927 | - | 10[4] | Columbia 953 | [written by Duke Ellington / Bubber Miley] |
| Black and Tan Fantasy / Creole Love Call | Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra | 05.1928 | - | 15[3];B:19[1] | Victor 21 137 | [written by Duke Ellington / Bubber Miley][B:written by Duke Ellington / Bubber Miley / Rudy Jackson][B:vocal:Adelaide Hall] |
| Doing The New Low-Down/ Diga Diga Doo | Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra | 11.1928 | - | 20[1];B:17[1] | Okeh 8602 | [written by Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh][B:written by Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh][vocal:Irving Mills][utwór z musicalu na Broadway'u "Blackbirds of 1928"] |
| The Mooche / Hot and Bothered | Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra | 12.1928 | - | 16[2] | Okeh 8623 | [written by Duke Ellington / Irving Mills] |
| Three Little Words / Ring Dem Bells | Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra | 10.1930 | - | 1[3][13];B:17[1] | Victor 22 528 | [written by Ruby / Kalmar][B:written by Duke Ellington][vocals:Bing Crosby,Al Rinker & Harry Barris][B:vocals-Cootie Williams,Johnny Hodges][utwór z filmu "Check and Double Check"] |
| Blue Again / To Whom It May Concern [by Bert Lown Orchestra] | Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra | 02.1931 | - | 12[2] | Victor 22 603 | [written by Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh][vocal:Sid Garry] |
| Mood Indigo / When a Black Man's Blue | Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra | 02.1931 | - | 3[10] | Victor 22 587 | [written by Barney Bigard / Duke Ellington / Irving Mills] |
| Rockin' in Rhythm / Twelfth Street Rag | Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra | 03.1931 | - | 19[1] | Brunswick 6038 | [written by Duke Ellington / Irving Mills / Harry Carney] |
| Creole Rhapsody (Parts 1 & 2) | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 07.1931 | - | 18[2] | Brunswick 6093 | [written by Duke Ellington] |
| Limehouse Blues / Echoes of the Jungle | Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra | 08.1931 | - | 13[3] | Victor 22 743 | [written by Douglas Furber / Philip Braham][utwór z musicalu "A to Z"] |
| It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) / Rose Room | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 02.1932 | - | 6[6];B:15[3] | Brunswick 6265 | [written by Duke Ellington / Irving Mills][vocal:Ivie Anderson] |
| Creole Rhapsody | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 03.1932 | - | 19[1] | Victor 36 049 | [written by Duke Ellington] |
| Moon Over Dixie / Baby When You Ain't There | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 06.1932 | - | 14[3] | Brunswick 6317 | [written by Duke Ellington-Ted Koehler][vocal:Sonny Greer] |
| Blue Ramble / The Sheik (Of Araby) | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 07.1932 | - | 16[3] | Brunswick 6336 | [written by Duke Ellington] |
| Drop Me Off at Harlem / Slippery Horn | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 05.1933 | - | 17[3] | Brunswick 6527 | [written by Duke Ellington/Nick Kenny] |
| Sophisticated Lady / Stormy Weather | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 05.1933 | - | 3[16];B:4[16] | Brunswick 6600 | [written by Duke Ellington/Mitchell Parish-Irving Mills][B:written by Harold Arlen-Ted Koehler][utwór z filmu "World At Large"] |
| I'm Satisfied / Jive Stomp | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 09.1933 | - | 11[3] | Brunswick 6638 | [written by Duke Ellington/Mitchell Parish][vocal:Ivie Anderson] |
| In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree / Harlem Speaks | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 09.1933 | - | 13[2] | Brunswick 6646 | [written by Egbert Van Alstyne/Harry Williams] |
| Daybreak Express / Dear Old Southland | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 02.1934 | - | 20[1] | Victor 24 501 | [written by Duke Ellington] |
| Cocktails for Two / Live and Love Tonight | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 05.1934 | - | 1[5][15] | Victor 24 617 | [written by Arthur Johnson/Sam Coslow][utwór z filmu "Murder at The Vanites"] |
| Moonglow / Solitude | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 10.1934 | - | 2[7];B:2[16] | Brunswick 6987 | [written by Will Hudson/Eddie DeLange][B:written by Duke Ellington/Eddie De Lange-Irving Mills] |
| Saddest Tale / Sump'n 'Bout Rhythm | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 11.1934 | - | 9[3] | Brunswick 7310 | [written by Duke Ellington-Irving Mills][vocal:Duke Ellington] |
| Merry-Go-Round / Admiration Stomp | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 06.1935 | - | 6[5] | Brunswick 7440 | [written by Duke Ellington] |
| In a Sentimental Mood / Showboat Shuffle | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 07.1935 | - | 14[3] | Brunswick 7461 | [written by Duke Ellington/Manny Kurtz-Irving Mills] |
| Accent on Youth / Truckin' | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 09.1935 | - | 6[7] | Brunswick 7514 | [written by Vee Lawnhurst/Tot Seymour] |
| Cotton / Margie | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 10.1935 | - | 4[6] | Brunswick 7526 | [written by Rube Bloom/Ted Koehler][vocal:Ivie Anderson] |
| Isn't Love the Strangest Thing / (There Is) No Greater Love | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 03.1936 | - | 12[3] | Brunswick 7625 | [written by J. Fred Coots/Benny Davis][vocal:Ivie Anderson] |
| Love Is Like a Cigarette / Kissin' My Baby Goodnight | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 04.1936 | - | 8[10] | Brunswick 7627 | [written by Walter Kent/Richard Jerome][vocal:Ivie Anderson] |
| Clarinet Lament (Barney's Concerto) / Echoes of Harlem (Cootie's Concerto) | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 05.1936 | - | 12[3];B:19[1] | Brunswick 7650 | [written by Duke Ellington-Barney Bigard][B:written by Duke Ellington] |
| Oh, Babe! Maybe Someday / Monopoly Swing [by Will Hudson Orchestra] | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 06.1936 | - | 8[5] | Brunswick 7667 | [written by Duke Ellington][vocal:Ivie Anderson] |
| Jazz Lips / Sloppy Joe | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 06.1936 | - | 20[1] | Bluebird 6396 | [written by Duke Ellington] |
| Yearning for Love / Trumpets in Spades | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 10.1936 | - | 16[1] | Brunswick 7752 | [written by Duke Ellington/Mitchell Parish-Irving Mills] |
| The New East St. Louis Toodle-Oo / I've Got to Be a Rug Cutter | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 05.1937 | - | 16[2] | Master 101 | [written by Duke Ellington-Bubber Miley] |
| There's a Lull in My Life / It's Swell of You | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 05.1937 | - | 12[2] | Master 117 | [written by Harry Revel/Mack Gordon][vocal:Ivie Anderson][utwór z filmu "Wake up and live"] |
| Scattin' at the Kit Kat / The New Birmingham Breakdown | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 06.1937 | - | 9[5] | Master 123 | [written by Duke Ellington-Irving Mills] |
| Caravan / Azure | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 07.1937 | - | 4[18];B:13[4] | Master 131 | [written by Duke Ellington-Juan Tizol-Irving Mills][B:written by Duke Ellington/Irving Mills] |
| All God's Chillun Got Rhythm / Alabamy Home | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 07.1937 | - | 14[2] | Master 137 | [written by Walter Jurmann-Bronislau Kaper/Gus Kahn][vocal:Ivie Anderson with Benny & The Chrinoline Choir][utwór z filmu "A day at the races"] |
| Harmony in Harlem / Black Butterfly | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 02.1938 | - | 15[2] | Brunswick 8044 | [written by Duke Ellington-Johnny Hodges-Irving Mills] |
| If You Were in My Place (What Would You Do?) / Scrounch | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 03.1938 | - | 10[3] | Brunswick 8093 | [written by Duke Ellington/Henry Nemo-Irving Mills][vocal:Ivie Anderson] |
| I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart / The Gal From Joe's | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 03.1938 | - | 1[3][19];B:20[1] | Brunswick 8108 | [written by Duke Ellington/Henry Nemo-Irving Mills][B:written by Duke Ellington-Irving Mills] |
| Lambeth Walk / Prelude to a Kiss | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 09.1938 | - | 7[7];B:18[2] | Brunswick 8204 | [written by Noel Gay/Douglas Furber][B:written by Duke Ellington/Irving Gordon-Irving Mills] |
| You, You Darlin' | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 05.1940 | - | 28[1] | Victor 26537 | [written by M.K. Jerome-Jack Scholl][vocal:Herb Jeffries] |
| Ko-Ko / Conga Brava | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 06.1940 | - | 25[1] | Victor 26577 | [written by Duke Ellington] |
| At a Dixie Roadside Diner / My Greatest Mistake | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 09.1940 | - | 27[1] | Victor 26719 | [written by Edgar Leslie/Johnny Burke][vocal:Ivie Anderson] |
| Sepia Panorama (Night House) / Harlem Air Shaft | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 11.1940 | - | 24[1] | Victor 26731 | [written by Duke Ellington] |
| Flamingo / The Girl in My Dreams Tries to Look Like You | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 06.1941 | - | 11[4] | Victor 27326 | [written by Theodor Grouya/Edmund Anderson][vocal:Herb Jeffries][#28 hit for Herb Alpert & Tijuana Brass in 1966] |
| Take the "A" Train / The Sidewalks of New York | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 07.1941 | - | 11[7] | Victor 27380 | [written by Billy Strayhorn] |
| I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good / Chocolate Shake | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 10.1941 | - | 13[3] | Victor 27531 | [written by Duke Ellington/Paul Francis Webster][vocal:Ivie Anderson] |
| Hayfoot, Strawfoot/Sherman Shuffle | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 11.1942 | - | - | Victor 20-1505 | [written by Lenk, Drake, McGrane][10[1].R&B Chart] |
| Don't Get Around Much Anymore | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 05.1943 | - | 8[14] | Victor 26 610 | [written by Duke Ellington/Bob Russell][nagrany też w 1940r pod tytułem "Never no lament"][#57 hit for The Belmonts in 1961][1[3][25].R&B Chart] |
| Perdido / Raincheck | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 05.1943 | - | 21[1] | Victor 27880 | [written by Juan Tizol/Hans Jan Lengsfelder aka Harry Lenk-Ervin Drake] |
| Take the "A" Train | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 07.1943 | - | 19[1] | Victor 27380 | [utwór z filmu "Reveille with Beverly"] |
| Bojangles (A Portrait Of Bill Robinson) | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 08.1943 | - | 19[1] | Victor 26 644 | [written by Duke Ellington] |
| A Slip of the Lip (Can Sink a Ship) / Sentimental Lady (I Didn't Know About You) | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 11.1943 | - | 19[1];B:19[1] | Victor 1528 | [written by Mercer Ellington-Luther Henderson][vocal:Ray Nance][A:1[1][16].R&B Chart][B:1[1][18].R&B Chart] |
| Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 01.1944 | - | 10[6] | Victor 1547 | [written by Duke Ellington/Bob Russell][vocal:Al Hibbler][1[8][18].R&B Chart] |
| Main Stem / Johnny Come Lately | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 03.1944 | - | 23[1] | Victor 1556 | [written by Duke Ellington][1[4][14].R&B Chart] |
| My Little Brown Book/Someone | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 06.1944 | - | - | Victor 20-1584 | [written by Duke Ellington][A:4[18].R&B Chart][B:7[7].R&B Chart] |
| I Don't Mind/What Am I Here For? | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 12.1944 | - | - | Victor 20-1598 | [written by Duke Ellington][9[3].R&B Chart] |
| I'm Beginning to See the Light / Don't You Know I Care (Or Don't You Care to Know) | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 02.1945 | - | 6[12] | Victor 1618 | [written by Duke Ellington-Johnny Hodges-Harry James/Don George][vocal:Joya Sherrill][A:4[8].R&B Chart][B:10[1].R&B Chart] |
| I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues / I Didn't Know About You | Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra | 03.1945 | - | - | 20-1623 | [written by Don George, Duke Ellington][vocal:Al Hibbler with Kay Davis][4[3].R&B Chart] |
| Come to Baby, Do! / Tell Ya What I'm Gonna Do | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 02.1946 | - | 13[1] | Victor 1748 | [written by Sidney Miller/Inez James][vocal:Joya Sherrill] |
| Don't Be So Mean To Baby ('Cause Baby's So Good To You)/It's Mad, Mad, Mad! | Duke Ellington | 11.1948 | - | - | Columbia 38295 | [written by Lee, Barbour][vocal:Al Hibbler][15[1].R&B Chart] |
| Satin Doll / Without a Song | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 06.1953 | - | 27[3] | Capitol 2458 | [written by Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn/Johnny Mercer] |
| Boo-Dah / Give Me the Right | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 11.1953 | - | 30[1] | Capitol 2598 | [written by Billy Strayhorn] |
| Skin deep | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 03.1954 | 7[4] | - | Columbia CL-933 | [written by Louis Bellson] |
Albumy
| Tytuł | Wykonawca | Data wydania | UK | US | Wytwórnia [US] |
Komentarz |
| Ellington at Newport | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 06.1957 | - | 14[1] | Columbia 934 | - |
| The Nutcracker Suite | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 04.1961 | 11[2] | - | Columbia CL 1541 | - |
| Ellington '65 | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra | 10.1964 | - | 133[7] | Reprise 6122 | - |
| The Duke at Tanglewood | Duke Ellington/Boston Pops/Arthur Fiedler | 05.1966 | - | 145[3] | RCA Victor 2857 | - |
| Francis A. & Edward K. | Frank Sinatra & Duke Ellingtona | 02.1968 | - | 78[13] | Reprise 1024 | - |
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