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 africanamerican 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/el
lington-bio.htm
http://www.biography.com/articles/Duke-Ellington-9286338