ABOUT MERCER ELLINGTON
Jazz composer, bandleader, and trumpeter remembered for albums like 1959's Colors in Rhythm and 1996's Only God Can Make a Tree.
He began his career as a bandleader in 1939.
His album Digital Duke won the Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album in 1988.
His father is legendary bandleader Duke Ellington .
He collaborated with Clark Terry as an arranger on the album Duke With a Difference.
