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Duke Ellington is a pianist, composer, autobiographer (United States).
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1924 through the rest of his life. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based in New York City from the mid-1920s and gained a national profile through his orchestra's appearances at the Cotton Club in Harlem. A master at writing miniatures for the three-minute 78 rpm recording format, Ellington wrote or collaborated on more than one thousand compositions; his extensive body of work is the largest recorded personal jazz legacy, and many of his pieces have become standards. He also recorded songs written by his bandsmen, such as Juan Tizol's "Caravan", which brought a Spanish tinge to big band jazz.
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| Born | 29 April 1899 |
| Profession | pianist, composer, autobiographer |
| Nationality | United States |
| Educated at | Armstrong High School |
| Spouse | Edna Thompson |
| Children | Mercer Ellington |
| Awards | Presidential Medal of Freedom, Grammy Trustees Award, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Spingarn Medal, German Film Award for best original music, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, |
| Moon Sign (Rashi) | Sagittarius |
| Nakshatra | Mula (Pada 1) |
| Sun Sign | Aries |
| Ascendant (Lagna) | Capricorn |
| Birth data reliability | Reference |
Birth details come from a published reference (source: Internet) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
Computed with Swiss Ephemeris (Lahiri ayanamsa).
Our library holds 314 writers and poets with a computed Vedic chart from reliable birth data. 29 of them (9%) have the Moon in Sagittarius, like Duke Ellington, and 16 (5%) share the Mula Nakshatra — the #3 most common Moon Nakshatra among writers and poets, where Shravana leads with 18 (6%).
For scale, an even spread would put about 3.7% in each of the 27 Nakshatras and 8.3% in each Moon sign. These are simple counts from our dataset, not a prediction.
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Duke Ellington was born on 29 April 1899. Birth details come from a published reference (source: Internet) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
Duke Ellington's Moon sign (Rashi) is Sagittarius and the Nakshatra is Mula, pada 1, computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa.
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