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Noun Named Entity
Categories: American jazz bandleaders, Pulitzer Prize winners, Columbia Records artists, Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Big band pianists
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Ellington  Duke Ellington  Edward Kennedy Ellington  Duke Elington  Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
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United States jazz composer and piano player and bandleader (1899-1974) WordNet 3.0
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United States jazz composer and piano player and bandleader (1899-1974) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life. Wikipedia
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger Wikipedia Disambiguation
American composer, pianist and bandleader Wikipedia Disambiguation
American jazz pianist and composer Wikidata
IS A
jazz musician
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HAS PART
Ella at Duke's Place
AWARD RECEIVED
Legion of Honour
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Spingarn Medal
Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards
Grammy Trustees Award
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CAUSE OF DEATH
lung cancer
CHILD
Mercer Ellington
COPYRIGHT REPRESENTATIVE
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP
United States
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Obalky knih.cz
DISCOGRAPHY
Duke Ellington discography
EDUCATED AT
Armstrong High School
ETHNIC GROUP
African-American
FAMILY NAME
Kennedy
GENRE
gospel
jazz
swing
vocal music
GIVEN NAME
Edward
INSTRUMENT
piano
LANGUAGES SPOKEN, WRITTEN OR SIGNED
English
MANNER OF DEATH
natural causes
MEDICAL CONDITION
synesthesia
MEMBER OF
Alpha Phi Alpha
Royal Swedish Academy of Music
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Duke Ellington Orchestra
MOVEMENT
Harlem Renaissance
NOMINATED FOR
Academy Award for Best Original Musical
NOTABLE WORK
It Don't Mean a Thing
Just Squeeze Me
(In My) Solitude
Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue
Black, Brown and Beige
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OCCUPATION
bandleader
composer
conductor
lyricist
pianist
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PLACE OF BIRTH
Washington
PLACE OF BURIAL
Woodlawn Cemetery
PLACE OF DEATH
New York
RECORD LABEL
Philips Records
Decca
Columbia Records
SEX OR GENDER
male
STUDENT OF
Willie "Big Eyes" Smith
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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Ellington, Duke Ellington, Edward Kennedy Ellington
Wikipedia
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Duke Ellington
Wikidata
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Duke Ellington
Wikipedia Redirections
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Duke Elington, Duke ellington, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Duke Ellington Band, Duke Ellington Orchestra, Edna Thompson, Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington, Edward Kennedy Ellington, Mood Ellington, Skin Deep (Duke Ellington song), Tempo Music, The Duke Ellington Orchestra
Wikidata Alias
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Duke Elington, Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington, Edward Kennedy Ellington, Mood Ellington

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