The Duke Ellington Orchestra

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Duke_Ellington_Orchestra
GPTKB entity
Statements (65)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:orchestra
gptkbp:active_years 1923-1974
gptkbp:associated_acts gptkb:Louis_Armstrong
gptkb:Count_Basie_Orchestra
gptkb:Ella_Fitzgerald
gptkb:Billy_Strayhorn
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Harlem_Renaissance
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Grammy_Award
gptkb:NEA_Jazz_Masters_Award
gptkbp:founded 1923
gptkbp:founded_in gptkb:Duke_Ellington
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Duke_Ellington
gptkbp:genre gptkb:jazz
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Duke Ellington Orchestra
gptkbp:influenced Big Band music
Modern jazz
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Louis_Armstrong
gptkb:Fletcher_Henderson
gptkb:Benny_Goodman
gptkb:Count_Basie
gptkbp:legacy Influential in jazz history
Cultural ambassador for jazz
Innovated jazz composition
Pioneered orchestral jazz
gptkbp:notable_album gptkb:Ellington_at_Newport
gptkb:The_Nutcracker_Suite
gptkb:Masterpieces_by_Ellington
gptkb:Far_East_Suite
gptkb:Such_Sweet_Thunder
gptkb:The_Great_Paris_Concert
gptkbp:notable_members gptkb:Charles_Mingus
gptkb:Johnny_Hodges
gptkb:Duke_Ellington
gptkb:Paul_Gonsalves
gptkb:Cootie_Williams
gptkbp:notable_songs gptkb:Prelude_to_a_Kiss
gptkb:Satin_Doll
gptkb:Take_the_'_A'_Train
gptkb:Don't_Get_Around_Much_Anymore
gptkb:I_Got_It_Bad_(And_That_Ain't_Good)
gptkb:In_a_Sentimental_Mood
gptkb:It_Don't_Mean_a_Thing_(If_It_Ain't_Got_That_Swing)
gptkb:Mood_Indigo
gptkb:Sophisticated_Lady
gptkb:Caravan
gptkbp:performance gptkb:1974
gptkbp:performance_venue gptkb:Cotton_Club
gptkb:Apollo_Theater
gptkb:Newport_Jazz_Festival
gptkbp:performances gptkb:Cotton_Club
gptkb:Carnegie_Hall
gptkb:Newport_Jazz_Festival
gptkb:The_Apollo_Theater
gptkb:The_White_House
gptkbp:record_label gptkb:Columbia_Records
gptkb:RCA_Victor
gptkb:Capitol_Records
gptkbp:style gptkb:band
gptkb:Swing
Orchestral jazz
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Billie_Holiday
gptkb:Duke_Ellington
gptkb:Tony_Bennett
gptkb:Ella_Fitzgerald
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3