Mercer Ellington

Person · Open Library

Works

1

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1899-04-29

Active to

1974-05-24

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Listeners

1,275

Total plays

4,258

Mercer K. Ellington (11 March 1919–8 February 1996) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and arranger. Ellington was born in Washington, DC, the son of famous composer, pianist, and bandleader Duke Ellington. By the age of eighteen he had written his first piece to be recorded by his father ("Pigeons and Peppers"). In 1939, 1946–1949, and 1959 he led his own bands, many of whose members went on to play with his father, or to achieve independent fame (notably Dizzy Gillespie <a href="https

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome

   · 2001 · cited 18,620x

2. Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger

   · 2016 · cited 11,704x

3. In vitro selection of RNA molecules that bind specific ligands

   · 1990 · cited 8,799x

4. GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral

   · 2017 · cited 8,261x

5. WAF1, a potential mediator of p53 tumor suppression

   · 1993 · cited 6,568x

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Washington, D.C.

Place of death

Copenhagen

Father

Duke Ellington

Occupation

jazz musician

Languages spoken

English language

Genre

jazz

Instrument

trumpet

Image

Mercer Ellington.jpg

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