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Mercer Ellington. Soundtrack: Metro. Composer ("Things Ain't What They Used to Be"), trumpeter, conductor, and arranger, educated at Juilliard, New York University, and Columbia University. He formed his own band in 1939, and served in the US Army during World War II, then led his band until 1949. By 1954 he was the road manager and trumpeter for the Cootie Williams orchestra, and then general ...
Mercer Ellington. More images. Real Name: Mercer Kennedy Ellington. Profile: American jazz trumpet player, composer & arranger. Born: 11 March 1919 in Washington, District Of Columbia, USA. Died: 8 February 8 1996 in Los Angeles, California, USA (aged 76). He is the son of Duke Ellington.
10 de feb. de 1996 · The day after Duke Ellington's funeral on 27 May 1974, his son Mercer took over the Ellington band and left with it on a tour of Bermuda. This was not, like the still proliferating Glenn Miller ...
Mercer Ellington (1919-1996) Mercer Ellington. Composer ("Things Ain't What They Used to Be"), trumpeter, conductor, and arranger, educated at Juilliard, New York University, and Columbia University. He formed his own band in 1939, and served in the US Army during World War II, then led his band until 1949. By 1954 he was the road manager and ...
7 de abr. de 2012 · [English version see below, please]Mercer Kennedy Ellington (* 11.03.1919; † 08.02.1996), Sohn des Komponisten, Pianisten und Bandleaders Duke Ellington, spi...
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29 de feb. de 2024 · Mercer Ellington can be seen briefly as part of one of the dancing couples in this 1941 video The recordings heard on this podcast episode: Pigeons and Peppers (CD: “The Complete 1936-1940 Variety, Vocalion and Okeh Small Group Sessions” Mosaic Records #235)
Mercer wrote a biography in 1978 (Duke Ellington in Person), directed the so-so musical Sophisticated Ladies (1981-1983), supervised the release of many previously unavailable Ellington recordings and led the inaccurately titled Duke Ellington Orchestra on an occasional basis, recording a few dates that often had all-stars as ringers. ~ Scott ...
