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Duke Ellington Duke Ellington was a jazz artist of the 1900's. He was born April, 29th 1899, in Washington, DC. He died May, 24th 1974. He was 75 at death he died in New York city. He plays an insttrument, piano. He preformed in Washington, DC and in Virginia, also in the cotton club. Some of the songs he wrote are, Choclate kiddies, Black & Tan, Fantasy creole,and Love call. He got started being a jazz artist at the age of 7. He started playing the piano at this age, he knew it would take him somewhere in his life. A fact about his child hood is that he got nicknamed by a class mate who admired him, he also loved music back then too.

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