Duke Ellington
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Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1924 through the rest of his life. Music critic Ralph J. Gleason called him "Ame
Publicity portrait, c. 1940s
British pressing of "East St. Louis Toodle-Oo" (1927)
Adelaide Hall recorded "Creole Love Call" with Ellington in 1927. The recording became a worldwide hit.
Ellington at the Hurricane Club, Broadway & West 51st Street, New York City, May 1943
Mildred Dixon
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Mildred Dixon was a dancer at the Cotton Club in Harlem, New York City, who became a longtime companion of composer and musician Duke Ellington, and manager of his company. She was born in Boston, Mas
Duke Ellington
…written by Dorothy Fields (later Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler), with some Ellington originals mixed in. (Here, he moved in with a dancer, his second wife Mildred Dixon). Weekly radio broadcasts from the club gave Ellington national exposure. At the same time, Ellington also recorded Fields–McHugh and Fats Waller–Andy…
Mildred Dixon
Mildred Dixon, companion of Duke Ellington