Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
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Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington April 29, 1899, Washington, DC – May 24, 1974, New York City; At the age of seven, Ellington began taking piano lessons from Marietta Clinkscales; In the summer of 1914, while working as a soda jerk at the Poodle Dog Café, Ellington wrote his first composition, "Soda Fountain Rag" (also known as the "Poodle Dog Rag"); Ellington started sneaking into Frank Holiday's Poolroom at the age of fourteen. Hearing the poolroom pianists play ignited Ellington's love for the instrument, and he began to take his piano studies seriously; Ellington started to play gigs in cafés and clubs in and around Washington, D.C. His attachment to music was so strong that in 1916 he turned down an art scholarship to the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. Three months before graduating he dropped out of Armstrong Manual Training School, where he was studying commercial art; move to Harlem, ultimately becoming part of the Harlem Renaissance; In October 1926, Ellington made an agreement with agent-publisher Irving Mills; began regular booking at the Cotton Club, 1927; Ellington's appearance at the Newport Jazz Festival on July 7, 1956 returned him to wider prominence and introduced him to a new generation of fans; Ellington married his high school sweetheart, Edna Thompson (d. 1967), on July 2, 1918, when he was 19. The next spring, on March 11, 1919, Edna gave birth to their only son, Mercer Kennedy Ellington;
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Name Entry: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
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Name Entry: Ellington, Obie Duke, 1889-1974
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Name Entry: Turner, Joe, 1899-1974
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Name Entry: エリントン, エドワード・ケネディ, 1899-1974
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Name Entry: Greer, Sonny, 1899-1974
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Name Entry: Эллингтон, Д. (Дюк), 1899-1974
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Name Entry: Ėllington, Di︠u︡k, 1899-1974
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Name Entry: Ellington, Diuk, 1899-1974
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Name Entry: Duke, Obie, 1889-1974
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Name Entry: Ellington, Edward Kennedy, 1899-1974
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Name Entry: エリントン, デューク, 1899-1974
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