Duke Ellington

The greatest jazz composer of all time!

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@LostNUnbound BREAKING: MVP Candidate Russel Westbrook signs with the Golden State Warriors

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@LostNUnbound LLLLLL

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@LostNUnbound BREAKING: MVP Candidate Russel Westbrook signs with the Golden State Warrios

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(1974) Hello fans.The doctors say I don't have long. May the world of jazz continue on in my absence. May jazz inspire you as it has for me.

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(1972) 9th grammy. Almost doesn't seem like a big deal

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(1971) Just won my 8th grammy. Can't believe it, almost seems like a fantasy

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I'm speechless. I just received the Medal of Freedom from President Richard Nixon

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(1968) Ohhhhhh boy. Just won grammy award again. #BacktoBacktoBack

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Unreal. One more grammy for me! (1967)

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(1966) UNBELIEVABLE another grammy for me!

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(1965) ANOTHER ducky grammy

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(1959) HOT DAWG!!! Just won three grammys for my performance in Anatomy of a murder.

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(July 7th 1956) My careers has been in a slump,but when I played at the Newport Jazz Festival today people are saying my career has revived.

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@gene_tuney @rjcho19 That's bee's knees!

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(1943) I think I just wrote one of my most popular songs ever called "It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing

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(1940) Orchestra is growing even more popular. People are calling this the "Golden age" for us

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(1938) Things aren't working out. I am leaving my family

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(1933) Taking a trip overseas to England to play Jazz with my orchestra.

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@BABEdaRUTH Rhatz! I'm sorry for your loss.

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(1931) My Orchestra and I have decided to leave the cotton club. It's been a true journey.