In 1996 Charlie Ellington at Cambridge University showed that vortices created by many insects ’ wings and non-linear effects were a vital source of lift ; vortices and non-linear phenomena are notoriously difficult areas of hydrodynamics, which has made for slow progress in theoretical understanding of insect flight.

James Ellington made blueprints for the United States Navy.

When his drummer Sonny Greer was invited to join the Wilber Sweatman Orchestra in New York City, Ellington made the fateful decision to leave behind his successful career in Washington, D. C., and move to Harlem, becoming one of the figures of the Harlem Renaissance.

In 1927, Ellington made a career-advancing agreement with agent-publisher Irving Mills, giving Mills a 45 % interest in Ellington's future.

These recordings, later released as Duke Ellington at Fargo, 1940 Live, are among the first of innumerable live performances which survive, made by enthusiasts or broadcasters, significantly expanding the Ellington discography.

Although he made two more stage appearances before his death, Ellington performed what is considered his final " full " concert in a ballroom at Northern Illinois University on March 20, 1974.

It includes one of Saul Bass's most celebrated title sequences, an innovative musical score by Duke Ellington ( who plays a character called Pie-Eye in the film ) and has been described by a law professor as " probably the finest pure trial movie ever made ".

He had already been created Viscount Swinton, of Masham in the County of York, in 1935, and was made Baron Masham, of Ellington in the County of York, at the same time he was given the earldom.

Bestowed posthumously on Edward Kennedy " Duke " Ellington, 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.

:"... a level of compositional and orchestral ingenuity that made her one of perhaps two or three composer-arrangers in jazz whose name could seriously be mentioned in the company of Duke Ellington, Eddie Sauter and Gil Evans.

Though he stayed with Ellington for only two years, Blanton made an incalculable contribution in changing the way the double bass was used in jazz.

Its first outing on the following day began with visits to ' The Tubs ', a miners ' memorial made from tubs once used underground in Ellington Colliery, Northumberland, which honours the memory of all of the men and boys who lost their lives in the mines of Spennymoor and district, then went on to two war memorials, the main cenotaph outside the leisure centre and a smaller memorial in Tudhoe Cemetery.

Major cultural contributions were made by F. Scott Fitzgerald, George Gershwin, Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong, and the Harlem Renaissance was the banner under which an explosion of African American culture and creativity lived.

Coleman Hawkins, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, and Stan Getz were among the musicians who appeared on the show ; Miles Davis made six appearances.

Lighthouse made its debut on May 14, 1969, at the Rock Pile in Toronto, introduced by Duke Ellington with the words, " I'm beginning to see the Light ... house ".

Today, Ellington is made up almost exclusively of private housing.

Recovered stereophonic versions of two recordings made in February 1932 by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra have been issued on LP and CD under the title Stereo Reflections in Ellington and are also included in the 22-CD set The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition.

After some time on a chorus line at New York's Roxy Theater, she auditioned with the big band of Duke Ellington at age 16 ; though she never made it into Ellington's band, she soon became a singer with bands led by Randy Brooks, Art Mooney, Billy Eckstine, Charlie Barnet, and Claude Thornhill.

When he entered the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Wallace Roney had already made his recording debut at age 14, and had attained distinction as a gifted local performer in the Washington, D. C area.

Later in the decade, Tracey made the arrangements for an Acker Bilk record, Blue Acker and his first album dedicated to Duke Ellington compositions ( both recorded in 1968 ), in this case to commemorate Ellington's 70th birthday the following year.

Bestowed posthumously on Edward Kennedy " Duke " Ellington, 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.

He stayed with Ellington for almost eight years, and featured on a range of Ellington standards, including " Do Nothin ' Til You Hear From Me ", the words for which were written specifically for him and which reached # 6 on the Billboard pop chart ( and # 1 for eight weeks on the " Harlem Hit Parade ") in 1944, " I Ain't Got Nothin ' But the Blues ," and " I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So ".

These eight collections paid tribute to Cole Porter ( 1956 ), Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart ( 1956 ), Duke Ellington ( 1957 ), Irving Berlin ( 1958 ), George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin ( 1959 ), Harold Arlen ( 1961 ), Jerome Kern ( 1963 ) and Johnny Mercer ( 1964 ).

Many of the other Lucky Records issues are surprisingly eclectic, including recordings by Eddie Condon, Red Allen, Cab Calloway and Duke Ellington, but also rural southern blues records otherwise unissued outside of the United States in the era ( and in the US mostly restricted to labels catering to the African American market ).

It was the first band I ever joined where the musicians carried records on the road ... Duke Ellington records ... Woody Herman discs Charlie Barnet V-Discs ... That's the first time I sort of got into jazz.

Both Russ Morgan and Duke Ellington had hit records of the song in the United States.

As well as releasing US records by the likes of Ray Charles, Dizzy Gillespie, Sammy Davis, Jr. and Duke Ellington, Barclay engaged Gerhard Lehner, a German sound engineer, to make original recordings in avenue Hoche, Paris.

Always rated at the top of the list ... You would hear more Ted Heath records than ours, Basie or Ellington ...”

They made a lot of records together, not only under the name of Duke Ellington, but built groups around Duke's side men who were great instrumentalists in their own right.

Snowden left the group in early 1924 and Ellington took over as bandleader.

In 1924, while working with Ellington, Miley also recorded Down In The Mouth Blues and Lenox Avenue Shuffle as a duo named The Texas Blue Destroyers, with Alvin Ray on reed organ.

As a major, he commanded Kelly Field, Texas, from October 5, 1920, to February 1921, served at Fort Sam Houston as air officer of the Eighth Corps Area until November 1921, and was commanding officer of the 1st Pursuit Group, first at Ellington Field, Texas, and later at Selfridge Field, Michigan, until September 24, 1924.

Ellington was brought up as a strictly Orthodox Jew and attended the South London Jewish School ( 1924 – 30 ), before entering show business at the age of twelve, when he appeared in an acting role on the London stage.

Ellington receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Richard Nixon | President Nixon, 1969.

Duke Ellington receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969

Composer Duke Ellington, pictured receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Richard Nixon, is often held to be one of the most influential musical figures of the 20th century.

The club not only gave Ellington national exposure through radio broadcasts originating there ( first through WHN, then over WEAF and after September 1929 through the NBC Red Network-WEAF was the flagship station for that network-on Fridays ), but enabled him to develop his repertoire while composing not only the dance tunes for the shows, but also the overtures, transitions, accompaniments, and " jungle " effects that gave him the freedom to experiment with orchestral colours and arrangements that touring bands rarely had.

Also the Newest / Youngest break out big band in Alabama which incorporates everything from Duke Ellington to Bob Marley ; the New South Jazz Orchestra which prominently features the Tuscaloosa Horns and the composing / arranging skills of members of the Tuscaloosa Horns.

He has listed further influence from The Specials and Roxy Music, as well as from Fletcher Henderson, Jimmie Lunceford and Duke Ellington on his composing and arrangements.

Ellington may have taken advantage of him, but not in the mercenary way that others had taken advantage of Ellington ; instead, he used Strayhorn to complete his thoughts, while giving Strayhorn the freedom to write on his own and enjoy at least some of the credit he deserved.

Though Duke Ellington took credit for much of Strayhorn ’ s work, he did not maliciously drown out his partner.

On the other hand, Ellington gave Strayhorn full credit as his collaborator on later, larger works such as Such Sweet Thunder, A Drum Is a Woman, The Perfume Suite and The Far East Suite, where Strayhorn and Ellington worked closely together.

He is also one of the well-known vocalists from the Ellington orchestra, having sung not the first version ( that credit goes to Ivie Anderson ), but arguably the definitive version of " It Don't Mean a Thing ( If It Ain't Got That Swing ).

Much has been made about Mills ' co-writing credit on a number of key Ellington compositions.