Edward Kennedy Ellington, better known as Duke Ellington, born on April 29, 1899, was a composer, pianist, and bandleader ...

Duke Ellington: leader, piano; Cat Anderson: trumpet; Cootie Williams: trumpet; Ambrose Jackson: trumpet; Mercer Ellington: trumpet; Nelson Williams: trumpet; Benny ...

Duke Ellington ... that several of Ellington’s musicians learned how to play in Boy Scout bands. In endowing the late Bubber Miley, originator of the growl style on the trumpet and one of ...