Arts > Music > Jazz > USA > "Duke" Ellington   1899-1974

Jam Session

Composer-pianist-arranger Duke Ellington

playing "Sophisticated Lady"

during jam session

at photographer Gjon Mili's studio.

Location: New York, NY, US

Date taken: 1943

Photograph: Gjon Mili

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Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington    1899-1974

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