艾灵顿公爵日以继夜的编写音乐；虽然他是个钢琴家，但有人说他真正的乐器是他的乐团及与他共同合作的天才音乐家：乐团中的鼓手桑尼葛利尔 (Sonny Greer) 为创团队员；第二长号手 Juan Tizol 是波多黎各人 (Puerto Rican) ，他为乐团添加了一点拉丁风格；长号手罗伦斯布朗 (Lawrence Brown) 于1932年添加乐团，一待就是19年，而负责弹奏小提琴及小号的则为雷南斯(Ray Nance)；另一位爵士乐中的伟大女性则是负责为艾灵顿编曲的玛丽卢威廉斯 (Mary Lou Williams)。
　

Duke Ellington wrote music night and day. Although he was a pianist, it was said that his real instrument was his band and the gifted musicians with whom he worked. His drummer, Sonny Greer, was with the band from the beginning; second trombonist Juan Tizol was a Puerto Rican musician who added a little Latin influence to the band; trombonist Lawrence Brown joined the band in 1932 and stayed for 19 years; and Ray Nance played both the violin and trumpet. Mary Lou Williams, one of the great women in jazz, arranged music for Ellington.

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