Gender
Male
Born
Apr 29, 1899
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Died
May 24, 1974
New York, New York, USA
Composer Lyricist Source Material
Also Known As
Edward Kennedy Ellington [Birthname]
Relations
Husband of
Edna Ellington (1918 - 1967) her death
Father of
Mercer Ellington
Grandfather of
Mercedes Ellington
  • CREDITS
    A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical (Nov 11, 2024 - Feb 23, 2025)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs by Harry Akst, Louis Alter, Louis Armstrong, Sidney Arodin, Boyd Atkins, Paul Barbarin, Irving Berlin, James M. Black, Harry Brooks, Shelton Brooks, Hoagy Carmichael, Eddie deLange, Thomas A. Dorsey, Jimmy Van Eaton, Edwin B. Edwards, Duke Ellington, Ben Ellison, Mark Fisher, Fred Fisher, Porter Grainger, Jerry Herman, Turner Layton, Clarence Muse, Giacomo Puccini, W.H. Ragas, Leon René, Otis René, D. James LaRocca, Vincent Rose, Harry Ruby, Luis Carl Russell, Arthur Schwartz, Terry Shand, Larry Shay, Larry Shields, John Stafford Smith, Tony Spargo, Sam Theard, Robert Thiele, Percy Venable, Ángel Villoldo, Thomas "Fats" Waller, George Weiss, Hudson Whittaker and Spencer Williams
    Swing! (Dec 09, 1999 - Jan 14, 2001)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs by Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Benny Goodman, James R. Mundy, Charles Christian, B. Plater, T. Bradshaw, B. Feyhe, Don George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James, Count Basie, Don Raye, Hughie Prince, Ann Hampton Callaway, Casey MacGill, Everett Bradley, Ilene Reid, Jonathan Smith, Sid Kuller, Hoagy Carmichael, Paul Francis Webster, Earl Hagen, Lynne Taylor-Corbett, Paul Kelly, Johnny Mercer, Edgar DeLange, Jerry Gray, Mack Gordon, Harry Warren, Mack David, Joan Whitney, Alex J. Kramer, Jack Murphy, Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal, Joe Garland, Lew Brown, Sam H. Stept, Charlie Tobias, Walter Bishop, Lewis Raymond, Clarence Williams, Juan Tizol, Arthur Hamilton, Harold Arlen, Bob Wills, Tommy Duncan, Seymour Simons, Gerald Marks, Dorothy Fields, Otto A. Harbach, Jimmy McHugh, Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II, Bill Elliott, Edgar Sampson, Chick Webb, Andy Razaf, Michael Heitzman, E. Johnson, Louis Prima and Leon Berry
    Dream (Apr 03, 1997 - Jul 06, 1997)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs by Harold Arlen, Rube Bloom, Hoagy Carmichael, Walter Donaldson, Duke Ellington, Ziggy Elman, Bernie Hanighen, Jerome Kern, Matt Malneck, Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer, David Raksin, Victor Schertzinger, Billy Strayhorn, James Van Heusen, Harry Warren and Richard Whiting
    Play On! (Mar 20, 1997 - May 11, 1997)
    Musical, Original
    • With the songs of Duke Ellington; Featuring songs by Billy Strayhorn, Don George, Harry James, Johnny Hodges, Ben Carruthers, Irving Mills, Albany "Barney" Bigard, Irving Gordon, Eddie de Lange, Henry Nemo and John Redmond
    Timon of Athens (Nov 04, 1993 - Dec 05, 1993)
    Play, Original
    • Incidental music by Duke Ellington
    Black and Blue (Jan 26, 1989 - Jan 20, 1991)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs by Ellas McDaniel, W. C. Handy, Spencer Williams, Clarence Williams, J. Turner Layton, Andy Razaf, Alex Hill, Louis Armstrong, Percy Venable, Jimmy McHugh, Doc Daugherty, Ellis Reynolds, Duke Ellington, Bubber Miley, Jimmie Lunceford, Saul Chaplin, Porter Grainger, Everett Robbins, Thomas "Fats" Waller, Harry Brooks, John Green, Harry Akst, Benny Goodman, Chick Webb, Edgar Sampson, Eubie Blake, Leslie Johnakins, Andy Kirk, Harold Arlen, Big Maybelle Smith, Sy Johnson and Leroy Kirkland
    Stardust (Feb 19, 1987 - May 17, 1987)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs by Hoagy Carmichael, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Leroy Anderson, Eleanor Young, Harry D. Squires, Cliff Burwell, Frank Perkins, Irving Mills, Ben Oakland, Matt Malneck, Frank Signorelli, Sammy Fain, Jean Delettre, Rube Bloom, Bing Crosby, Alan Grey, Cab Calloway, Harry White, Peter DeRose, Will Hudson, Michael Edwards, Sigmund Spaeth, Russ Morgan, Arnold Johnson, Edgar Sampson, Glenn Miller, Fred Markush, Domenico Modugno and Heinz Roemheld
    Uptown...It's Hot! (Jan 29, 1986 - Feb 16, 1986)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs by Louis Armstrong, Horace Gerlach, Duke Ellington, Frank Owens, Harry Akst, Harold Arlen, E. A. Swan, Jimmy McHugh, George Gershwin, Cab Calloway, Chick Webb, Ella Fitzgerald, Van Alexander, John Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Count Basie, Frankie Lymon, M. A. Brunner, Sam Cooke, Al Lewis, Vincent Rose, Larry Stock, Richard Penniman, Chuck Berry, Carole King, Gerald Goffin, Phil Spector, Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, Prince, Marvin Gaye, Ivy Joe Hunter, William Stevenson, Brian Holland, Lamont Herbert Dozier, Eddie Holland, Norman J. Whitfield, John C. Fogarty, B. T. Express, Dorothy LaBostrie, Joe Lubin and Leon Evans
    Sophisticated Ladies (Mar 01, 1981 - Jan 02, 1983)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Duke Ellington
    • Based on the music of Duke Ellington
    • Featuring songs with lyrics by Duke Ellington, John Guare, Don George, Juan Tizol, Ervin M. Drake, Hans Lengsfelder, Al Hibbler, Irving Mills, Sid Kuller, Bob Russell, John Redmond, Billy Strayhorn, Nick Kenny, Bill Katz, R. Thiele, Manny Kurtz, Johnny Hodges, Harry James, Johnny Mercer, Lee Gaines, Mack David, Gerald Wilson, Paul Francis Webster and Mitchell Parish
    The 1940's Radio Hour (Oct 07, 1979 - Jan 06, 1980)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs by Bobby Troupe, Garth Montgomery, Len Mackenzie, William Wirges, Harry Warren, George Gershwin, Harold Arlen, Milton Ager, Burton Lane, Richard Rodgers, Ross Gorman, Ruth Lowe, Don Raye, Hughie Prince, Duke Ellington, Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane, Sammy Fain and Stanley Lebowsky
    The American Dance Machine (Jun 14, 1978 - Dec 03, 1978)
    Special, Original
    • Featuring songs by Jule Styne, George M. Cohan, Richard Rodgers, Harold Rome, Sandy Wilson, John Kander, Gary Geld, Cy Coleman, Jerry Jeff Walker, David Heneker, Duke Ellington, Meredith Willson, Frederick Loewe, Cole Porter, Vincent Youmans and James Van Heusen
    Bubbling Brown Sugar (Mar 02, 1976 - Dec 31, 1977)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs by Noble Sissle, Eubie Blake, Lil Armstrong, Shelton Brooks, Cab Calloway, Jimmy Cox, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, Earl "Fatha" Hines, W. C. Handy, Arthur Herzog, Jr., Avon Long, W. Benton Overstreet, Maceo Pinkard, Edgar Sampson, Will E. Skidmore, Billy Strayhorn, Renton Tunnah, Thomas "Fats" Waller, Chick Webb, Bert Williams, Billy Higgins, Irving Mills, Paul Denniker and Charles H. Gabriel
    • Featuring songs with lyrics by Eubie Blake, Noble Sissle, Eddie de Lange, Irving Mills, Loften Mitchell, Mitchell Parish, Andy Razaf, Alex Rogers, Paul Webster, Russell Wooding, Shelton Brooks, Civilla Durfee Martin, Maceo Pinkard, Earl "Fatha" Hines, Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Avon Long, Lil Armstrong, Renton Tunnah, Will E. Skidmore, Cab Calloway, W. Benton Overstreet, Billy Higgins, Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog, Jr.
    Pousse-Café (Mar 18, 1966 - Mar 19, 1966)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Duke Ellington
    Beggar's Holiday (Dec 26, 1946 - Mar 29, 1947)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Duke Ellington
    Blue Holiday (May 21, 1945 - May 26, 1945)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Al Moritz, Duke Ellington, E.Y. Harburg and Morey Amsterdam
    • Lyrics by Al Moritz, Duke Ellington, E.Y. Harburg and Morey Amsterdam
    Sophisticated Ladies (Oct 01, 1984 - May 12, 1985)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Duke Ellington
    • Based on the music of Duke Ellington
    Sophisticated Ladies (May 24, 1983 - Oct 09, 1983)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Duke Ellington
    • Based on the music of Duke Ellington
    Sophisticated Ladies - Los Angeles (Jan 27, 1982 - Sep 19, 1982)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Duke Ellington
    • Based on the music of Duke Ellington
  • AWARDS

    Drama Desk Award

     

    Outstanding Music in a Play

    1994 | Nominee  | Timon of Athens
    Incidental music by Duke Ellington
A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical (Nov 11, 2024 - Feb 23, 2025)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs by Harry Akst, Louis Alter, Louis Armstrong, Sidney Arodin, Boyd Atkins, Paul Barbarin, Irving Berlin, James M. Black, Harry Brooks, Shelton Brooks, Hoagy Carmichael, Eddie deLange, Thomas A. Dorsey, Jimmy Van Eaton, Edwin B. Edwards, Duke Ellington, Ben Ellison, Mark Fisher, Fred Fisher, Porter Grainger, Jerry Herman, Turner Layton, Clarence Muse, Giacomo Puccini, W.H. Ragas, Leon René, Otis René, D. James LaRocca, Vincent Rose, Harry Ruby, Luis Carl Russell, Arthur Schwartz, Terry Shand, Larry Shay, Larry Shields, John Stafford Smith, Tony Spargo, Sam Theard, Robert Thiele, Percy Venable, Ángel Villoldo, Thomas "Fats" Waller, George Weiss, Hudson Whittaker and Spencer Williams
Swing! (Dec 09, 1999 - Jan 14, 2001)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs by Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Benny Goodman, James R. Mundy, Charles Christian, B. Plater, T. Bradshaw, B. Feyhe, Don George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James, Count Basie, Don Raye, Hughie Prince, Ann Hampton Callaway, Casey MacGill, Everett Bradley, Ilene Reid, Jonathan Smith, Sid Kuller, Hoagy Carmichael, Paul Francis Webster, Earl Hagen, Lynne Taylor-Corbett, Paul Kelly, Johnny Mercer, Edgar DeLange, Jerry Gray, Mack Gordon, Harry Warren, Mack David, Joan Whitney, Alex J. Kramer, Jack Murphy, Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal, Joe Garland, Lew Brown, Sam H. Stept, Charlie Tobias, Walter Bishop, Lewis Raymond, Clarence Williams, Juan Tizol, Arthur Hamilton, Harold Arlen, Bob Wills, Tommy Duncan, Seymour Simons, Gerald Marks, Dorothy Fields, Otto A. Harbach, Jimmy McHugh, Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II, Bill Elliott, Edgar Sampson, Chick Webb, Andy Razaf, Michael Heitzman, E. Johnson, Louis Prima and Leon Berry
Dream (Apr 03, 1997 - Jul 06, 1997)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs by Harold Arlen, Rube Bloom, Hoagy Carmichael, Walter Donaldson, Duke Ellington, Ziggy Elman, Bernie Hanighen, Jerome Kern, Matt Malneck, Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer, David Raksin, Victor Schertzinger, Billy Strayhorn, James Van Heusen, Harry Warren and Richard Whiting
Play On! (Mar 20, 1997 - May 11, 1997)
Musical, Original
  • With the songs of Duke Ellington; Featuring songs by Billy Strayhorn, Don George, Harry James, Johnny Hodges, Ben Carruthers, Irving Mills, Albany "Barney" Bigard, Irving Gordon, Eddie de Lange, Henry Nemo and John Redmond
Timon of Athens (Nov 04, 1993 - Dec 05, 1993)
Play, Original
  • Incidental music by Duke Ellington
Black and Blue (Jan 26, 1989 - Jan 20, 1991)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs by Ellas McDaniel, W. C. Handy, Spencer Williams, Clarence Williams, J. Turner Layton, Andy Razaf, Alex Hill, Louis Armstrong, Percy Venable, Jimmy McHugh, Doc Daugherty, Ellis Reynolds, Duke Ellington, Bubber Miley, Jimmie Lunceford, Saul Chaplin, Porter Grainger, Everett Robbins, Thomas "Fats" Waller, Harry Brooks, John Green, Harry Akst, Benny Goodman, Chick Webb, Edgar Sampson, Eubie Blake, Leslie Johnakins, Andy Kirk, Harold Arlen, Big Maybelle Smith, Sy Johnson and Leroy Kirkland
Stardust (Feb 19, 1987 - May 17, 1987)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs by Hoagy Carmichael, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Leroy Anderson, Eleanor Young, Harry D. Squires, Cliff Burwell, Frank Perkins, Irving Mills, Ben Oakland, Matt Malneck, Frank Signorelli, Sammy Fain, Jean Delettre, Rube Bloom, Bing Crosby, Alan Grey, Cab Calloway, Harry White, Peter DeRose, Will Hudson, Michael Edwards, Sigmund Spaeth, Russ Morgan, Arnold Johnson, Edgar Sampson, Glenn Miller, Fred Markush, Domenico Modugno and Heinz Roemheld
Uptown...It's Hot! (Jan 29, 1986 - Feb 16, 1986)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs by Louis Armstrong, Horace Gerlach, Duke Ellington, Frank Owens, Harry Akst, Harold Arlen, E. A. Swan, Jimmy McHugh, George Gershwin, Cab Calloway, Chick Webb, Ella Fitzgerald, Van Alexander, John Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Count Basie, Frankie Lymon, M. A. Brunner, Sam Cooke, Al Lewis, Vincent Rose, Larry Stock, Richard Penniman, Chuck Berry, Carole King, Gerald Goffin, Phil Spector, Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, Prince, Marvin Gaye, Ivy Joe Hunter, William Stevenson, Brian Holland, Lamont Herbert Dozier, Eddie Holland, Norman J. Whitfield, John C. Fogarty, B. T. Express, Dorothy LaBostrie, Joe Lubin and Leon Evans
Sophisticated Ladies (Mar 01, 1981 - Jan 02, 1983)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Duke Ellington
  • Based on the music of Duke Ellington
  • Featuring songs with lyrics by Duke Ellington, John Guare, Don George, Juan Tizol, Ervin M. Drake, Hans Lengsfelder, Al Hibbler, Irving Mills, Sid Kuller, Bob Russell, John Redmond, Billy Strayhorn, Nick Kenny, Bill Katz, R. Thiele, Manny Kurtz, Johnny Hodges, Harry James, Johnny Mercer, Lee Gaines, Mack David, Gerald Wilson, Paul Francis Webster and Mitchell Parish
The 1940's Radio Hour (Oct 07, 1979 - Jan 06, 1980)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs by Bobby Troupe, Garth Montgomery, Len Mackenzie, William Wirges, Harry Warren, George Gershwin, Harold Arlen, Milton Ager, Burton Lane, Richard Rodgers, Ross Gorman, Ruth Lowe, Don Raye, Hughie Prince, Duke Ellington, Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane, Sammy Fain and Stanley Lebowsky
The American Dance Machine (Jun 14, 1978 - Dec 03, 1978)
Special, Original
  • Featuring songs by Jule Styne, George M. Cohan, Richard Rodgers, Harold Rome, Sandy Wilson, John Kander, Gary Geld, Cy Coleman, Jerry Jeff Walker, David Heneker, Duke Ellington, Meredith Willson, Frederick Loewe, Cole Porter, Vincent Youmans and James Van Heusen
Bubbling Brown Sugar (Mar 02, 1976 - Dec 31, 1977)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs by Noble Sissle, Eubie Blake, Lil Armstrong, Shelton Brooks, Cab Calloway, Jimmy Cox, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, Earl "Fatha" Hines, W. C. Handy, Arthur Herzog, Jr., Avon Long, W. Benton Overstreet, Maceo Pinkard, Edgar Sampson, Will E. Skidmore, Billy Strayhorn, Renton Tunnah, Thomas "Fats" Waller, Chick Webb, Bert Williams, Billy Higgins, Irving Mills, Paul Denniker and Charles H. Gabriel
  • Featuring songs with lyrics by Eubie Blake, Noble Sissle, Eddie de Lange, Irving Mills, Loften Mitchell, Mitchell Parish, Andy Razaf, Alex Rogers, Paul Webster, Russell Wooding, Shelton Brooks, Civilla Durfee Martin, Maceo Pinkard, Earl "Fatha" Hines, Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Avon Long, Lil Armstrong, Renton Tunnah, Will E. Skidmore, Cab Calloway, W. Benton Overstreet, Billy Higgins, Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog, Jr.
Pousse-Café (Mar 18, 1966 - Mar 19, 1966)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Duke Ellington
Beggar's Holiday (Dec 26, 1946 - Mar 29, 1947)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Duke Ellington
Blue Holiday (May 21, 1945 - May 26, 1945)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Al Moritz, Duke Ellington, E.Y. Harburg and Morey Amsterdam
  • Lyrics by Al Moritz, Duke Ellington, E.Y. Harburg and Morey Amsterdam
Sophisticated Ladies (Oct 01, 1984 - May 12, 1985)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Duke Ellington
  • Based on the music of Duke Ellington
Sophisticated Ladies (May 24, 1983 - Oct 09, 1983)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Duke Ellington
  • Based on the music of Duke Ellington
Sophisticated Ladies - Los Angeles (Jan 27, 1982 - Sep 19, 1982)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Duke Ellington
  • Based on the music of Duke Ellington

Drama Desk Award

 

Outstanding Music in a Play

1994 | Nominee  | Timon of Athens
Incidental music by Duke Ellington

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