Duke Ellington Woodlawn Cemetery

The Story

Jazz Musician and Composer. One of the most celebrated figures in American music history, Ellington led his orchestra for over five decades and composed over 1,000 works. He chose his burial site in Woodlawn years before his death, near the grave of singer Florence Mills, whom he immortalized in the song Black Beauty. His burial in 1974 gave rise to what became the famous Jazz Corner, as musicians requested to be buried near him. Miles Davis is very close, just across the path.

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