Artist

Duke Ellington

Wins

Nominations

About Duke Ellington

"Music, of course, is what I hear and something that I more or less live by. It's not an occupation or profession, it's a compulsion."

Born Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington on April 29, 1899, in Washington, D.C. Died May 24, 1974, in New York, New York.
A legendary jazz composer, arranger and bandleader, Duke Ellington wrote a series of songs that became standards, including "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)," "Cotton Tail," "Mood Indigo," "Sophisticated Lady," "Solitude," and "In A Sentimental Mood."
Ellington won his first three GRAMMY Awards for the 2nd GRAMMY Awards for 1959, Best Performance By A Dance Band for Anatomy Of A Murder. He made his GRAMMY performance debut with "Satin Doll" on "The Best On Record" in 1966, which commemorated the 8th GRAMMY Awards.
In 1986 a United States commemorative stamp was issued featuring Ellington's likeness.
Ellington received the Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1966 and the Trustees Award, along with Billy Strayhorn, in 1968. "Mood Indigo" was his first recording inducted into the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame in 1975.
The Duke Ellington School of the Arts was founded in 1974 in Washington, D.C., a public high school offering a "dual curriculum encompassing professional arts training and academic enrichment, in preparation for college and careers in the arts."

All Grammy Awards and Nominations:
Duke Ellington

Year	Category	Artists	Title	All Nominees
1980	Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band	Duke Ellington	Duke Ellington At Fargo, 1940 Live	All Nominees
1977	Best Jazz Performance By A Big Band	Duke Ellington	The Ellington Suites	All Nominees
1973	Best Jazz Performance By A Big Band	Duke Ellington	Toga Brava Suite	All Nominees
1972	Best Instrumental Composition	Duke Ellington	New Orleans Suite	All Nominees
1972	Best Jazz Performance By A Big Band	Duke Ellington	New Orleans Suite	All Nominees
1971	Best Jazz Performance - Large Group Or Soloist With Large Group	Duke Ellington	Duke Ellington - 70th Birthday Concert	All Nominees
1969	Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Large Group Or Soloist With Large Group	Duke Ellington	And His Mother Called Him Bill	All Nominees
1968	Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Large Group Or Soloist With Large Group	Duke Ellington	Far East Suite	All Nominees
1967	Best Original Jazz Composition	Duke Ellington	In The Beginning God	All Nominees
1967	Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Group Or Soloist With Group	Duke Ellington	Concert Of Sacred Music (Album)	All Nominees
1966	Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Large Group Or Soloist With Large Group	Duke Ellington	Ellington '66	All Nominees
1966	Best Original Jazz Composition	Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn	Virgin Islands Suite	All Nominees
1965	Best Original Jazz Composition	Duke Ellington	Night Creature	All Nominees
1963	Best Jazz Performance - Large Group (Instrumental)	Count Basie, Duke Ellington	First Time! (Album)	All Nominees
1962	Best Instrumental Theme Or Instrumental Version Of Song	Duke Ellington	Paris Blues	All Nominees
1962	Best Sound Track Album Or Recording Of Score From Motion Picture Or Television	Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington	Paris Blues (Motion Picture) (Album)	All Nominees
1961	Best Jazz Performance Solo Or Small Group	Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges	Back To Back - Duke Ellington And Johnny Hodges Play The Blues	All Nominees
1961	Best Jazz Composition Of More Than Five Minutes Duration	Duke Ellington	Idiom '59	All Nominees
1960	Best Performance By A Dance Band	Duke Ellington	Anatomy Of A Murder	All Nominees
1960	Best Sound Track Album - Background Score From A Motion Picture Or Television	Duke Ellington	Anatomy Of A Murder	All Nominees
1960	Best Musical Composition First Recorded And Released In 1959 (More Than 5 Minutes Duration)	Duke Ellington	Anatomy Of A Murder	All Nominees
1960	Best Jazz Performance - Group	Duke Ellington	Ellington Jazz Party (Album)	All Nominees