Ellington

American  

[el-ing-tuhn] / ˈɛl ɪŋ tən /

noun

1. Edward Kennedy Duke, 1899–1974, U.S. jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and conductor.

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Ellington British  

/ ˈɛlɪŋtən /

noun

1. Duke, nickname of Edward Kennedy Ellington. 1899–1974, US jazz composer, pianist, and conductor, famous for such works as "Mood Indigo" and "Creole Love Call"

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Example Sentences

“Mingus at Monterey” was recorded in September 1964, at a Monterey Jazz Festival whose headliners also included Ellington, Thelonious Monk and Miles Davis.

From The Wall Street Journal

By the 1940s, Duke Ellington’s orchestra was performing it regularly.

From The Wall Street Journal

The jazz bandleader Duke Ellington claimed to be “crazy about baseball” and recalled working as a vendor at Washington Senators’ games.

From The Wall Street Journal

"When you first become Muslim, you try to navigate some of the things that are new," Ellington explains.

From BBC

Recounted travel writer H. Ellington Brook, “Everybody that could find an office went into the real-estate business ... a crowd of speculators settled down upon Los Angeles like flies upon a bowl of sugar.”

From Los Angeles Times