Composer, band leader, pianist and author of more than 1,000 compositions, Duke Ellington was a giant of American music. While working primarily in the jazz idiom, he also composed popular, blues, gospel and classical. He composed many film scores. He and George Gershwin are probably the preeminent composers of the pre-rock era.
His version of "Jingle Bells" is a bit of a trifle for the Duke, but all the elements of a larger Ellington work are here in miniature. And it swings like mad!
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