Al Celley Collection of Duke Ellington Materials

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Al Celley Collection of Duke Ellington Materials

1943-1989

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8227b0efa-2c3a-4607-a95d-539a6675e9fe

A diverse collection of papers assembled by Duke Ellington's road manager, Al Celley. The collection includes correspondence, photographs of Ellington and his orchestra at various times and locations; concert ephemera; handwritten notes; business and financial documents, primarily receipts; and travel ephemera.

2.5 Cubic feet (7 boxes, 1 oversize folder, 2 films)

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Archives Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 11662985

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Archives Center

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Celley, Al

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Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974

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Duke Ellington (b. Edward Kennedy Ellington, April 29, 1899, Washington, DC–d. May 24, 1974, New York, NY) was a composer, pianist, and jazz orchestra leader. He began piano lessons at 7 and wrote his first composition, "Soda Fountain Rag", in 1914. Ellington became a more serious piano student as a teenager after hearing poolroom pianists in Washington, DC. Ellington moved to Harlem, ultimately becoming part of the Harlem Renaissance in the early 1920s. He began a regular booking at the Cott...