Mercer Kennedy Ellington (March 11, 1919 – February 8, 1996) was an American musician, composer, and arranger. His father was Duke Ellington, whose band...

Duke Ellington. New York City: Doubleday & Company Inc. p. ix. Ellington, Duke (1970). Current Biography. H.W. Wilson Company. Mercer Ellington to Marian...

Lawrence, Duke Ellington and His World, p. 130. Harvey G. Cohen, Duke Ellington's America, p. 297. Mercer Ellington, Stanley Dance, Duke Ellington in Person:...

Ain't What They Used to Be" is a 1942 jazz standard with music by Mercer Ellington and lyrics by Ted Persons. In 1941 there was a strike against the American...

jazz standard that was composed by Juan Tizol and Duke Ellington and first performed by Ellington in 1936. Irving Mills wrote lyrics, but they are rarely...

Strayhorn and son Mercer Ellington, who were registered with ASCAP's competitor BMI, to "write a whole new book for the band," Mercer recalled. "'A' Train"...

Kurtz) - 2:30 "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington) - 2:56 "All Too Soon" (Ellington, Carl Sigman) - 3:08 "Janet" - 2:15 "Kinda Dukish"...

were sometimes given nothing more than a list of chords to play from. Mercer Ellington has stated that Juan Tizol conceived the melody to "Caravan" in 1936...

Avenue Presbyterian Church on December 26, 1965. Duke Ellington – piano Cat Anderson, Mercer Ellington, Herb Jones, Cootie Williams – trumpet Lawrence Brown...

performed with the Duke Ellington Orchestra see Duke Ellington discography 1950-51 Great Times! with Duke Ellington (Mercer, 1964) 1958  !!!Live!!! (Roulette...

Mercer is the given name of: Mercer Barrows, American television producer, art director and writer Mercer Ellington (1919–1996), American jazz trumpeter...

Duke Ellington & John Coltrane is a jazz album by Duke Ellington and John Coltrane. It was released in January 1963 through Impulse! Records. It was one...

"Satin Doll" is a jazz standard written by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. Written in 1953, the song has been recorded by...

married to bandleader Mercer Ellington (who was then her manager), before their union was annulled later that year due to Ellington's Mexican divorce from...

Journal Vol XVIII. Number 11 (2006). Print. Mercer Ellington On Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz Mercer Ellington On Piano Jazz Juan Tizol at AllMusic Juan...

Ellington at Newport is a 1956 live jazz album by Duke Ellington and his band of their 1956 concert at the Newport Jazz Festival, a concert which revitalized...

Bigard, Ellington) – 2:37 "Moon Mist" (Mercer Ellington) – 2:58 "What Am I Here For?" (Ellington, Frankie Laine) – 3:28 "I Don't Mind" (Ellington, Strayhorn)...

Look up Ellington in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ellington may refer to: Ellington, Cambridgeshire, a village and civil parish Ellington, Northumberland...

the orchestra and for Ellington. It was not possible, according to Mercer Ellington, for his father and the saxophonist to be in the same room without...

(tracks 1–4), Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman (tracks 5–7) – trombone Mercer Ellington (tracks 1–4) - French horn Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet, tenor saxophone...

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...

album by Mercer Ellington and the Duke Ellington Orchestra that won the Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album in 1988. Mercer Ellington – conductor...

and Woody Shaw. Under the leadership of Mercer Ellington, in the 1970s, Spaulding played in the Duke Ellington Orchestra. In the 1980s, Spaulding worked...

narcotics. Mercer Ellington refused to tell Duke of the passing of Gonsalves, fearing the shock might further accelerate his father's decline. Ellington and...

(alternative take) – 4:11 "Amad" (alternative take) – 4:15 Duke Ellington – piano Mercer Ellington – trumpet, flugelhorn Herbie Jones – trumpet, flugelhorn William...

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...

Park, Mercer Ellington employed Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Dorham, and Charles Mingus. Throughout the 1940s, Mercer and his father, Duke Ellington, frequently...

Ellington died the following year, Hall continued to play with the band under the direction Ellington's son, Mercer Ellington. After Mercer Ellington...

"Creole Love Call" is a 1927 jazz standard by Duke Ellington, Bubber Miley and Rudy Jackson. The song is associated with vocalist Adelaide Hall. The song...

– 6:47 "Ruint" (Mercer Ellington, Johnny Hodges) – 2:32 "Bend One" (Hodges) – 2:59 "You Need to Rock" (Hodges) – 5:52 Duke Ellington – piano Johnny Hodges...