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Biography
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The Duke Ellington Orchestra
Effective period / Period of releases: 1975 - 2023
Members: Lew Soloff, Clark Terry, Danny Bank, John Longo, Roland Hanna, Mercer Ellington, Joe Temperley, Louis Bellson, Harold Minerve, Bill Tillman, Raymond Harris (3), Phyllis Taff
After Duke Ellington's death in 1974 there was a group of musicians (most of them former members of his orchestra) that used to play Ellington's repertoire.This artist is meant to gather those works. Therefore, it mustn't be used when Duke Ellington himself is one of the featured artists in the band.