Duke Ellington

By :Cody Roberts

Duke Ellington's backround

• Duke Ellington was born on april,29,1899 and died May,24, 1974.

• Duke Ellington was America's greatest jazz composer and bandleader.

Educational background

• He made the best distinctive ensemble sounds in the whole western music.

• Duke Ellington dropped out of school in the middle of high school year.

When he began

• He began to play music in Washington D.C in 1917.

• Duke Ellington lead his band for more than half a century!!!!!!

Duke Ellingtons awards

Duke Ellington has won awards like best music, scoring of a musical picture and outstanding individual achievement and

lots and lots more.

Duke Ellington's childhood background• When Duke Ellington was a kid he

grew up in a middle class family

• He grew up in a african-american community in his grandparents house with his tight-knit family.

His musical background

• When he moved to New York in 1923, he spent about several years honing his skills as a bandleader, songwriter, and pianist.

• As a teen he became serious about the piano and sought to emulate local ragtime pianist.

The websites I got my information from

• http://rholmes.myweb.uga.edu/ellington-bio.htm

http://www.biography.com/articles/Duke-Ellington-9286338