Duke Ellington
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
CHILDHOOD
- His Mom and Dad’s names were Daisy and James.
- His sibling was Ruth Ellington.
- As a kid he worked as a soda jerk.
- His parents were pianist.
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CHILDHOOD 2
- He always dressed smart.
- At age 15 he wrote his first song called the Soda Fountain Rag.
- At age 7 he started playing piano.
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MIDLIFE
- At 18 he created his first musical group called the Dukes Serenaders.
- In 1923 he moved to New York and created the Washingtons.
- By 1927 they had secured an engagement at the Harlem Cotton Club.
- He left the Cotten Club in 1933.
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MID LIFE 2
- He was known for playing the piano.
- In 1933 Duke and his orchestra toured Europe for the first time.
- The band was invited to the Newport Jazz Festival in 1956.
- At 19 he married Edna Thompson and had there only child Mercer Ellington.
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TOWARDS END OF LIFE
- In 1965 he was shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize for Music.
- For his 70 birthday he performed at the White House for Richard Nixon.
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END OF LIFE
- At his funeral more than 1200 people attended.
- After his death he won 3 Grammy awards and a Pulitzer Prize.
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DEATH
- He died in Manhattan at age 75.
- He was buried at Wild Rose Cemetery.
- He died of lung cancer.
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IT DON’T MEAN A THING
- https://youtu.be/myRc-3oF1d0
- Duke and Ella Fitzgerald performed this together 1965 on the Ed Sullivan Show.
- The song introduced the word swing into popular music language.
- 256 singers and bands have performed this song.
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QUESTIONS
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