Duke Ellington Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Duke Ellington, based on 2 World History Database records associated with United States of America.

2 records1922–19372 events0 places

Chronological biography

1922

Duke Ellington Orchestra1922

Arts / Popular Music

Jazz musician Duke Ellington moves to New York, forms band that ultimately becomes Duke Ellington Orchestra

1937

Caravan14 May 1937

Arts / Popular Music

Duke Ellington & his band recorded the classic, "Caravan", for Brunswick Records

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.