Proudly working on over 1000 compositions, Ellington’s impressive selection of work is one of the biggest recorded in jazz history, enabling his works to become the standard that those after him worked towards.
Duke Ellington, an American jazz composer and pianist, led the eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 until his passing in 1974. Proudly working on over 1000 compositions, Ellington’s impressive selection of work is one of the biggest recorded in jazz history, enabling his works to become the standard that those after him worked towards.