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Charles Mingus, who had been fired by Ellington decades earlier, wrote the elegy "Duke Ellington's Sound Of Love" in 1974, a few months after Ellington's death. Stevie Wonder wrote the song "Sir Duke" as a tribute to Ellington, which appeared on his album Songs in the Key of Life released in 1976.
Pages in category "Songs with music by Duke Ellington" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Ellington wrote directions for Strayhorn to get to his house by subway. The directions began with the words "Take the A Train", referring to the then-new A subway service that runs through New York City, going at that time from eastern Brooklyn , on the Fulton Street Line opened in 1936, up into Harlem and northern Manhattan , using the Eighth ...
The Music Of Duke Ellington Played By Duke Ellington: Columbia Unclear if all or only some tracks were previously released 1956 In a Mellotone: RCA Victor: 1940–1942 1959 [3] Ellington Moods: Jazz Legacy The Duke's D.J. Special: Fresh Sound Records 1964 Daybreak Express: 1964 Great Times! Riverside: with Billy Strayhorn: 1965 Jumpin ' Punkins ...
The music was composed and arranged by Ellington in August 1931 during intermissions at the Lincoln Tavern in Chicago; [3] the lyrics were contributed by Irving Mills. According to Ellington, the song's title was the credo of trumpeter Bubber Miley, [4] who was dying of tuberculosis at the time; [5] Miley died the year the song was released. [6]
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The song was originally entitled "Never No Lament" and was first recorded by Duke Ellington and his orchestra on May 4, 1940. [2] "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" quickly became a hit after Bob Russell wrote its lyrics in 1942. [3] Two different recordings of "Don't Get Around Much Anymore", one by The Ink Spots and the 1940 instrumental by ...
"Come Sunday" is a piece by Duke Ellington, which became a jazz standard. It was written as a part of the first movement of a suite entitled Black, Brown and Beige . Ellington was engaged for a performance at Carnegie Hall on January 23, 1943, for which he wrote the entire composition (that whole concert was released in 1977 as The Carnegie ...