caption associated_acts death_date death_place birth_name years_active article_title landscape background birth_date instrument genre image origin name occupation
photo by tom marcello duke ellington 8 february 1996 copenhagen , denmark mercer kennedy ellington 1930s-1996 mercer ellington
 yes non_vocal_instrumentalist 11 march 1919 trumpet swing , big band mercer ellington.jpg washington , d.c. , usa mercer ellington trumpeter , composer , arranger
mercer ellington

mercer kennedy ellington -lrb- 11 march 1919 -- 8 february 1996 -rrb- was an american jazz trumpeter , composer , and arranger .
