Awards & Winners

Duke Ellington

Date of Birth 29-April-1899
Place of Birth Washington, D.C.
(United States of America, United States, with Territories, Contiguous United States, Area code 202)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Duke Ellingtton, The Duke, Duke Elinton, Duke Ellinton, Edward Kennedy Ellington, Elligton, Duke, Edward Ellington, Duke Ellington , Sir Duke, Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington, Duke Elligton, Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington, Edward Kennedy Ellington, Duke, Edward Kennedy Ellington, Edward Kennedy « Duke » Ellington, Edward Kennedy Ellington, Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Edward Kennedy Ellington, Sir Duke
Profession Bandleader, Lyricist, Musician, Composer, Film Score Composer, Actor, Pianist
Quotes
  • ”No man, let her hang loose…!!! It`s great !!!”
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist and bandleader of jazz orchestras. His career spanned over 50 years, leading his orchestra from 1923 until he died. Though widely considered to have been a pivotal figure in the history of jazz, Ellington himself embraced the phrase "beyond category" as a "liberating principle", and referred his music to the more general category of "American Music", rather than to a musical genre such as "jazz". Born in Washington, D.C., he was based in New York City from the mid-1920s, and gained a national profile through his orchestra's appearances at the Cotton Club. In the 1930s they toured in Europe. Some of the musicians who were members of Ellington's orchestra, such as saxophonist Johnny Hodges, are still, in their own right, considered to be among the best players in jazz, but it was Ellington who melded them into the best-known jazz orchestral unit in the history of jazz. Several members of the orchestra remained members for several decades. A master at writing miniatures for the three-minute 78 rpm record format, Ellington often composed specifically for the style and skills of his individual musicians, such as "Jeep's Blues" for Hodges, and "Concerto for Cootie" for trumpeter Cootie Williams, which later became "Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me" with Bob Russell's lyrics.

Awards by Duke Ellington

Check all the awards nominated and won by Duke Ellington.

2014


Nominations 2014 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Broadway Musical After Midnight

1999


Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards
(Bestowed posthumously, commemorating the centennial year of his birth, in recognition of his musical genius, which evoked aesthetically the principles of democracy through the medium of jazz and thus made an indelible contribution to art and culture.)

1994


Nominations 1994 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music in a Play Timon of Athens

1979


Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Honored for : Duke Ellington at Fargo, 1940 Live
(Artist)

Nominations 1979 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album Duke Ellington at Fargo, 1940 Live

1976


Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Honored for : The Ellington Suites
(Artist)

Nominations 1976 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album The Ellington Suites

1974


Grammy Hall of Fame Award
Honored for : Moon Indigo
Grammy Hall of Fame Award
Honored for : Moon Indigo

1972


Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Honored for : Togo Brava Suite
(Artist)

Nominations 1972 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album Togo Brava Suite

1971


Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Honored for : New Orleans Suite
(Artist)

Nominations 1971 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album New Orleans Suite

1969


Presidential Medal of Freedom

Nominations 1969 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Or Musical Program NET Playhouse
Duke Ellington - A Concert of Sacred Music

1968


Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Honored for : ...and His Mother Called Him Bill
(Artist)

Nominations 1968 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album ...and His Mother Called Him Bill

1967


Grammy Trustees Award
Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Honored for : The Far East Suite
(Artist)

Nominations 1967 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album The Far East Suite

1966


Grammy Award for Best Original Jazz Composition
Honored for : In the Beginning God

Nominations 1966 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Original Jazz Composition In the Beginning God

1965


Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Honored for : Ellington '66

Nominations 1965 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album Ellington '66

1961


Nominations 1961 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Musical Paris Blues

1959


Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Honored for : Anatomy of a Murder
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition
Honored for : Anatomy of a Murder
Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra – for Dancing
Honored for : Anatomy of a Murder

Nominations 1959 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra – for Dancing Anatomy of a Murder
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Anatomy of a Murder
Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Anatomy of a Murder

1957


German Film Award in Silver for Best Score
Honored for : Jonas

Nominations 1957 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
German Film Award in Silver for Best Score Jonas