• Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins is a jazz album by Duke Ellington and Coleman Hawkins that was recorded on August 18, 1962, and released in February...
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    Coleman Hawkins Plays Make Someone Happy from Do Re Mi (Moodsville, 1962) Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins (Impulse!, 1962) with Duke Ellington Today...
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  • This is the discography of recordings by Duke Ellington, including those nominally led by his sidemen (mainly in the 1930s and early 1940s), and his later...
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  • It was one of Ellington's many collaborations in the early 1960s with musicians such as Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Coleman Hawkins, Max Roach, and...
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    "Caravan" is an American jazz standard by Juan Tizol and Duke Ellington, first performed by Ellington in 1936. Irving Mills wrote lyrics, but they are rarely...
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    Mercer Kennedy Ellington (March 11, 1919 – February 8, 1996) was an American musician, composer, and arranger. His father was Duke Ellington, whose band...
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    Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) (category Duke Ellington Orchestra members)
    Artists, 1961) Piano in the Background (Columbia, 1962) Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins (Impulse!, 1963) Afro-Bossa (Reprise, 1963) The Great Paris...
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  • Sonny Meets Hawk! is a 1963 album by jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins, with Coleman Hawkins appearing as guest artist. It was recorded at RCA Victor Studio...
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    Mood Indigo (category Songs with music by Duke Ellington)
    Lawson – Introducing Linda Lawson (1960) Duke Ellington and Coleman HawkinsDuke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins (Impulse! 1962) Clark Terry and Bob Brookmeyer...
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    Ray Nance (category Duke Ellington Orchestra members)
    Count Meets the Duke (Columbia, 1961) All American in Jazz (Columbia, 1962) Midnight in Paris (Columbia, 1962) Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins (Impulse...
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  • Nutcracker Suite is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded for Columbia Records in 1960 featuring jazz interpretations...
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    Ben Webster (category Duke Ellington Orchestra members)
    original inspiration by Coleman Hawkins. Webster became close to Jimmy Blanton and Billy Strayhorn, the other two newcomers to Ellington's orbit. Webster's personality...
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  • First Time! The Count Meets the Duke is an album by American pianists, composers and bandleaders Duke Ellington and Count Basie with their combined Orchestras...
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  • The Duke Plays Ellington is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington featuring trio sessions recorded for the Capitol label...
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    The Duke Ellington Memorial by Robert Graham is installed at Duke Ellington Circle in Manhattan, New York City, New York. The monument depicts Duke Ellington...
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    The Duke Ellington School of the Arts (established 1974) is a high school located at 35th Street and R Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C., and dedicated...
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  • album by the Thelonious Monk Septet, which for this recording included Coleman Hawkins and John Coltrane. It was released in November 1957 through Riverside...
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  • The Genius of Coleman Hawkins is a 1957 album by tenor saxophonist Coleman Hawkins, featuring the Oscar Peterson quartet. "I'll Never Be The Same" (Gus...
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  • including Duke Ellington, Lena Horne, Jule Styne, and Richard Rodgers. Notably, Henderson maintained a lengthy pre-professional relationship with Ellington, having...
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    The Duke Ellington Bridge, named after American jazz pianist Duke Ellington, carries Calvert Street NW over Rock Creek in Washington, D.C., United States...
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  • jazz tenor saxophonist Coleman Hawkins, including recordings made between 1939 and 1956. It takes its name from one of Hawkins' most famous performances...
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  • Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster is a studio album recorded on October 16, 1957, by Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster, accompanied by a rhythm section...
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  • Ella at Duke's Place is a 1965 studio album by Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington, accompanied by his Orchestra. While it was the second (and last) studio...
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    Johnny Hodges (category Duke Ellington Orchestra members)
    Hodges with Coleman Hawkins Hawkins! Eldridge! Hodges! Alive! At the Village Gate! (Verve, 1962) with Joya Sherrill Joya Sherrill Sings Duke (20th Century...
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  • Steven "Steve" Ellington (July 26, 1941 – March 22, 2013) was an American jazz drummer. He was the grand-nephew of Duke Ellington. Ellington picked up drums...
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  • Ivie Anderson (category Duke Ellington Orchestra members)
    28, 1949) was an American jazz singer. Anderson was a member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra for more than a decade. Ivie Anderson was born July 10, 1905...
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  • Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book is a 1957 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by Duke Ellington and his orchestra...
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  • The Popular Duke Ellington is a studio album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington featuring many of the tunes associated with his...
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  • The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World (category Coleman Hawkins live albums)
    1967 live album featuring Duke Ellington and his orchestra, Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, T-Bone Walker, Coleman Hawkins, Clark Terry and Zoot Sims...
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    Duke Ellington Circle is a traffic circle located at the northeast corner of Central Park at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and 110th Street in Harlem...
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