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Duke Ellington

Composer / Bandleader / Piano / New York, USA

Duke Ellington
Book the orchestraThe season

Fifty years at the head of one orchestra, from the Cotton Club to the cathedrals.

Records

Coming Up

  1. Black, Brown and Beige

    Carnegie Hall, New York

    Tuesday 27 OCT 2026

    Tickets: Black, Brown and Beige (opens in a new tab)

  2. Newport Jazz Festival

    Fort Adams State Park, Newport

    Wednesday 18 NOV 2026

    Tickets: Newport Jazz Festival (opens in a new tab)

  3. A Concert of Sacred Music

    Grace Cathedral, San Francisco

    Thursday 10 DEC 2026

  4. Take the “A” Train

    Apollo Theater, New York

    Friday 1 JAN 2027

    Tickets: Take the “A” Train (opens in a new tab)

Liner Notes

I know of nothing in Ravel so dextrous in treatment as the varied solos in the middle of the ebullient Hot and Bothered and nothing in Stravinsky more dynamic than the final section.
Constant LambertMusic Ho! A Study of Music in Decline, 1934
Now there, to me, is the most perfect band in existence.
Clare FischerDownBeat, 19 October 1967, on “Agra” from the Far East Suite
He just seems to have a sixth sense about things turning out so good.
Louie BellsonDownBeat, “Blindfold Test”, around 1964

Bookings

Sixteen players, for concert halls, festivals, dances and cathedrals. Tell us the hall, the date and the occasion; we answer within the week.