Duke Ellington
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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.2916 |
| Birthday | 1899-04-29 |
| Place of Birth | Washington, District of Columbia, USA |
| Also Known As | Edward Kennedy Ellington, Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington, |
1959
Anatomy of a Murder
7.833/1147
Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who murdered a local innkeeper after his wife claimed that he raped her....
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Anatomy of a Murder
1934
Murder at the Vanities
5.5/11
Shortly before the curtain goes up the first time at the latest performance of Earl Carroll's Vanities, someone is attempting to injure the leading la...
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Murder at the Vanities
1934
Belle of the Nineties
5.857/14
Nightclub entertainer Ruby Carter moves from St. Louis to New Orleans to escape Tiger Kid. At Ace Lamont's club, she gains fame but faces drama with A...
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Belle of the Nineties
1941
Birth of the Blues
6/10
Jeff grows up near Basin Street in New Orleans, playing his clarinet with the dock workers. He puts together a band, the Basin Street Hot-Shots, which...
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Birth of the Blues
2014
Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989
0.5/1
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra plus Sarah Vaughan & Her Trio live in Berlin. Featuring: Duke Ellington (piano), Sarah Vaughan (vocals), Harold Ashby (...
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Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989
2007
Jazz Icons: Duke Ellington Live in '58
0/0
Jazz Icons: Duke Ellington features the earliest-known filmed full-length concert by one of the 20th Century's greatest songwriters and bandleaders. F...
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Jazz Icons: Duke Ellington Live in '58
1929
Black and Tan
6.3/33
Duke Ellington plays hot jazz in a fictional story that finds him down on his luck; he tries in vain to dissuade his friend, dancer Fredi Washington,...
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Black and Tan
2021
Duke Ellington in Isfahan
0/0
This short documentary by writer and archivist Ehsan Khoshbakht tells the story of Duke Ellington's concert tour of the Middle East in 1963 and the de...
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Duke Ellington in Isfahan
1974
On the Road with Duke Ellington
0/0
Documentary portrait of the legendary jazz bandleader. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2000.
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On the Road with Duke Ellington
1933
A Bundle of Blues
5.6/8
Duke Ellington and his orchestra play two jazz compositions plus 'Stormy Weather' (sung by Ivy Anderson).
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A Bundle of Blues
1935
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
6.6/17
A rising nineteen-year-old singer by the name of Billie Holiday made her screen debut in this musical landmark, which features Duke Ellington and his...
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Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
1937
The Hit Parade
5/2
Agent Pete Garland is fired by society singer Monica Barrett after he got her a new radio contract, because she thinks her lawyer friend Teddy Leeds f...
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The Hit Parade
1947
Date with Duke
1/1
Duke Ellington at the piano conducts a group of puppet perfume bottles playing his "Perfume Suite."
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Date with Duke
1991
The Lou Rawls Show with Duke Ellington
0/0
With a unique style that encompassed soul, jazz and pop, Lou Rawls established himself as one of the premier voices of the modern musical age. This ou...
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The Lou Rawls Show with Duke Ellington
1942
Jam Session
6.2/27
Duke Ellington and Orchestra perform 'C Jam Blues'.
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Jam Session
1943
Reveille with Beverly
7/5
Beverly Ross, the switchboard operator at a local radio station, jumps at the chance to be the DJ for an early morning show before the soldiers at a n...
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Reveille with Beverly
1942
Bli-Blip
8/1
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra perform "Bli-Blip" with Marie Bryant and Paul White
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Bli-Blip
1952
Mood Indigo
6/1
Duke Ellington Orchestra performs "Mood Indigo" for Snader Telescriptions.
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Mood Indigo
1952
Sophisticated Lady
0/0
Duke Ellington Orchestra performing "Sophisticated Lady" for Snader Telescriptions film.
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Sophisticated Lady
2005
Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
0/0
This remarkable DVD includes rare TV and film performances, an especially rare radio interview with Mike Wallace, an audio-only rehearsal session with...
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Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
2004
The Story Of The Blues
4.2/2
The story of The Blues traces the four main traditions of blues music: Form Blues, Blues, Urban Blues and Blues Electric. The blues has evolved and di...
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The Story Of The Blues
2024
Steve e il Duca
0/0
In 1999, on the occasion of the centenary of Ellington's birth, Franco Maresco commissioned Steve Lacy to perform ten songs by the Duke, which were re...
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Steve e il Duca
2007
Alice Babs - Swing It!
0/0
This documentary film features plenty of archival material, also showing Alice Babs from her private side: as a vivacious lady who has held on to her...
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Alice Babs - Swing It!
2004
The Harlem Renaissance
6/1
Chronicling the Harlem Renaissance era, this retrospective documentary tracks the origins of the soulful music of the period, along with the challenge...
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The Harlem Renaissance
1952
Solitude
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Solitude
1942
I Got It Bad & That Ain't Good
0/0
1942 Short restored in true form
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I Got It Bad & That Ain't Good
1942
Flamingo
0/0
Restored film directed by Josef Berne, released in 1942
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Flamingo
1943
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
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Restored Film released in 1943, directed by Jay Bonafield
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Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
1949
Symphony In Swing
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Restored film directed by Will Cowan in 1943
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Symphony In Swing
1950
Salute to Duke Ellington
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Short directed by Will Cowan as tribute to Duke Ellington
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Salute to Duke Ellington
2004
Improvisation
0/0
Improvisational jazz performance filmed in 1950 by Gjon Mili plus Duke Ellington Trio filmed in July 1966, Count Basie at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1...
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Improvisation
1941
Hot Chocolate
7.8/4
Whitey's Lindy Hoppers at their best along with Duke Ellington and his Orchestra performing for this "Hot Chocolate" musical short.
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Hot Chocolate
1966
The Strolling '20s
0/0
Harry Belafonte and Sidney Poitier travel down memory lane to see what life was like back in the 1920s. Harry Belafonte introduces this musical, writt...
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The Strolling '20s
2000
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1929-1943
0/0
Joined by the likes of saxophonist Ben Webster and trumpeter Cootie Williams, jazz giant Duke Ellington demonstrates in this collection of performance...
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Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1929-1943
2018
The Jazz Ambassadors
7/2
The Cold War and Civil Rights collide in this remarkable story of music, diplomacy and race. Beginning in 1955, when America asked its greatest jazz a...
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The Jazz Ambassadors
2008
Jazz Evolution
6/1
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Jazz Evolution
1956
Jazz Ball
7/1
A made-for-TV musical revue, compiled from soundies and film and TV performances by jazz greats from the 1930s to the 1950s.
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Jazz Ball
1943
Cabin in the Sky
6.5/47
When compulsive gambler Little Joe Jackson dies in a drunken fight, he awakens in purgatory, where he learns that he will be sent back to Earth for si...
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Cabin in the Sky
2003
Duke Ellington: Live At The Tivoli Gardens
0/0
Call him the Duke of Denmark, as this is the second superb Ellington performance recorded in that country to be released in 2003 alone. It's also an a...
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Duke Ellington: Live At The Tivoli Gardens
2003
Piano Blues
6.5/10
Director — and piano player — Clint Eastwood explores his life-long passion for piano blues, using a treasure trove of rare historical footage in addi...
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Piano Blues
2003
The Intimate Duke Ellington
0/0
Duke Ellington's fifty year career was full of accomplishments as a highly original pianist, arranger, prolific composer and leader of a timeless orch...
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The Intimate Duke Ellington
2002
It's Black Entertainment
8/2
A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Americans in film over the last century. Vanessa Willi...
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It's Black Entertainment
1975
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
0/0
Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a primarily black audience.
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Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
2019
The Apollo
6.5/18
The history of New York City's Apollo Theater in Harlem is given the full treatment.
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The Apollo
1930
Check and Double Check
5.3/6
Amos and Andy trying to make a go of their "open-air" taxi business while they get caught up in a society hassle, involving driving musicians to a fan...
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Check and Double Check
2005
Duke Ellington: The Big Band Feeling
0/0
This 1952 recording includes 2 performances of Duke and his Orchestra, one on Jan. 7, 1952 and one on Aug. 12, 1952. 12 of his signature pieces are fe...
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Duke Ellington: The Big Band Feeling
1934
Many Happy Returns
5.3/3
Gracie Allen assumes the "management" of the shop owned by her papa Horatio Allen, turning it into a radio station and then an aviary---with the usual...
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Many Happy Returns
2019
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
7.7/62
In 1936, Victor H. Green (1892-1960) published The Negro Motorist Green Book, a book that was both a travel guide and a survival manual, to help Afric...
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The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
2022
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
6.8/4
In 1955, on his report, a medical examiner wrote in the box: age, “about 53 years”. Charlie Parker nicknamed Bird just died, at 34. His death will be...
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Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
2024
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
7.703/64
Jazz and decolonization are intertwined in a powerful narrative that recounts one of the tensest episodes of the Cold War.
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Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
1967
Duke Ellington: Love You Madly
0/0
Profile of Duke Ellington featuring performances and interviews with the legendary bandleader. The performance footage was recorded in a number of pla...
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Duke Ellington: Love You Madly
2014
Jazz Legends in Their Own Words
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A journey into the BBC archives unearthing glorious performances and candid interviews from the golden age of jazz. Featuring some of the greatest nam...
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Jazz Legends in Their Own Words
2024
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
0/0
An aspiring singer is tasked with promoting the music catalogue of his great-grandfather, the famous songwriter Jimmy McHugh, recorded by everyone fro...
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I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
2019
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra - Live
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In this concert from his great European tour Duke gives a big band concert to be remembered in Brussel’s Marni Theatre. Featuring star soloists Money...
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Duke Ellington and his Orchestra - Live
1966
Duke Ellington at the Côte d'Azur with Ella Fitzgerald and Joan Miro
8/1
The rather dusty black-and-white footage, dating from the summer of 1966, opens with bikinis, beach umbrellas and Foster Grant-shaded sophisticates st...
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Duke Ellington at the Côte d'Azur with Ella Fitzgerald and Joan Miro
1966
The First World Festival of Negro Arts
7/1
"This documentary film covers a 24-day arts festival in Dakar, Senegal that highlighted Black contributions to the cultural heritage of mankind and wa...
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The First World Festival of Negro Arts
1969
Duke Ellington Orchestra @ Berliner Jazztage 1969
0/0
Founded in 1964 under the name Berliner Jazztage, Jazzfest Berlin is one of Europe's oldest and most renowned jazz festivals. In 1969, on the occasion...
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Duke Ellington Orchestra @ Berliner Jazztage 1969
1987
Moments without Proper Names
7/2
Parks makes himself the subject, tracing his development as a person and an artist through a non-narrative abstract self-portrait that combines his ph...
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Moments without Proper Names
1991
The Very Best of The Ed Sullivan Show (Vol. 1)
0/0
Carol Burnett hosts a look back at the storied Ed Sullivan Show, featuring reminiscences and legendary performances by stars from music and comedy.
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The Very Best of The Ed Sullivan Show (Vol. 1)
1934
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10
0/0
Essentially an advertisement for Murder at the Vanities (1934). Features Chico Marx, W.C. Fields, Duke Ellington and many others.
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