Collection of Duke Ellington Ephemera and Related Audiovisual Materials

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Collection of Duke Ellington Ephemera and Related Audiovisual Materials

1914-2017

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3.2 Cubic feet (6 boxes)

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

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SNAC Resource ID: 11663463

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

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Walburn, Jerry

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Lasker, Steven

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Dimmer, Dennis

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Brown, N.H.

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Barkin, Stanley

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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...