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Biography
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Mercer Ellington
Real name: Mercer Kennedy Ellington
Effective period / Period of releases: 1958 - 1994
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 and the father of Paul Ellington.