Ellington Musicians

Name	Inst	Bday	Born	Died	Years In Band	Great Moments
Hayes Alvis	b	5/2	1907	1972	1935-1938
Cat Anderson	t	9/12	1916	1981	1944-1971*	El Viti
Ivie Anderson	v	7/10	1905	1949	1931-1942	It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
Harold Ashby	ts	3/27	1925	2003	1968-1974
Alice Babs	v	1/26	1924		1968
Louis Bacon	t v	11/1	1904	1967	1933-1934*	Dear Old Southland
Shorty Baker	t	5/26	1914	1966	1938-1962*
Butch Ballard	d	12/26	1917		1950-1953*
Smith Ballew	v	1/21	1902	1984	1930
Dud Bascomb	t	5/16	1916	1972	1947
Sidney Bechet	cl	5/14	1897	1959	1925, 1932
Aaron Bell	b	4/24	1922	2003	1960-1962
Louie Bellson	d	7/6	1924		1951-1953 1965-1966	Skin Deep
Joe Benjamin	b	11/4	1919	1974	1970-1974*
Bill Berry	t	9/14	1930	2002	1961-1962
Barney Bigard	cl	3/3	1906	1980	1928-1942
Dave Black	d	1/23	1928		1953-1955
Jimmy Blanton	b	10/??	1918	1942	1939-1941	Pitter Panther Patter
Wellman Braud	b	1/25	1891	1966	1927-1935
Lawrence Brown	tb	8/3	1907	1988	1932-1951 1960-1970
Chick Bullock	v	9/16	1908	1981	1931
Harry Carney	bs	4/1	1910	1974	1927-1974
Jeff Castleman	b	1/27	1946		1967-1969
Chris Columbus	d	1/17	1902		1967
Chuck Connors	tb	8/18	1930		1961-1974
Willie Cook	t	11/11	1923	2000	1951-1970*
Buster Cooper	tb	4/4	1929		1962-1969
Baby Cox	v				1928	The Mooche
Bing Crosby	v	5/2	1904	1977	1930 1932	St Louis Blues
Wild Bill Davis	org	11/24	1918	1995	1969-1971
Kay Davis	v	12/5	1920		1944-1950	On A Turquoise Cloud
Wilbur DeParis	tb	1/11	1900	1973	1945-1947
Henry Edwards	bb	2/22	1898	1965	1925-1926
Duke Ellington	p	4/29	1899	1974	1923-1974
Marie Ellington	v				1944-1945	"the pretty department"
Mercer Ellington	t	3/11	1919	1996	1965-1974	Things Ain't What They Used To Be
Rolf Ericson	t	8/29	1922	1997	1963-1964, 1969 1969
Ella Fitzgerald	v	4/25	1918	1996	1957-1966*	Duke Ellington Songbook
Fats Ford	t				1950-1951 1959-1961
Victor Gaskin	b	8/25	1934		1969-1970
Matthew Gee	tb	11/25	1925	1979	1959-1963*
Tyree Glenn	tb	11/23	1912	1974	1947-1951 1968-1974
Paul Gonsalves	ts	7/12	1920	1974	1950-1974	Dim & Cres In Blue
Sonny Greer	d v	12/13	1895	1982	1923-1951
Fred Guy	g bj	5/23	1897	1971	1925-1949
Adelaide Hall	v	10/20	1904	1993	1927 1932-1933	Creole Love Call
Jimmy Hamilton	cl ts	5/25	1917	1994	1943-1968	Jump For Joy
Otto Hardwick	as	5/31	1904	1970	1923-1928 1932-1946*
Chauncey Haughton	cl	2/26	1909	1989	1942-1943
Shelton Hemphill	t	3/16	1906	1959	1944-1949
Al Hibbler	v	8/16	1915	2001	1943-1951*	I Like The Sunrise
Johnny Hodges	as	7/25	1907	1970	1928-1951 1955-1970	Blood Count
Billie Holiday	v	4/7	1915	1959	1934
Charlie Irvis	tb	??	1899	1939	1924-1926
Quentin Jackson	tb	1/13	1909	1976	1948-1959
Hilton Jefferson	as	7/30	1903	1968	1952-1953
Herb Jeffries	v	9/24	1916		1940-1942
Freddy Jenkins	t v tap	10/10	1906	1978	1928-1934 1937-1938
Jimmy Johnson	d	1/20	1930		1959-1960
Lonnie Johnson	g	2/8	1899	1970	1928
Money Johnson	t	2/23	1918	1978	1968-1974
Claude Jones	tb	2/11	1901	1962	1944-1948
Herbie Jones	t				1963-1968
Rufus Jones	d	5/27	1936	1990	1966-1973*	Far East Suite Afro-Eurasian Eclipse
Wallace Jones	t	11/16	1906	1983	1936-1947*
Taft Jordan	t	2/15	1915	1981	1943-1947
Al Killian	t	10/15	1916	1950	1947-1950
John Lamb	b	12/4	1933		1964-1967
Steve Little	d				1967-1968
Wendell Marshall	b	10/24	1920	2002	1948-1953
Howard McGhee	t	3/6	1918	1987	1961
Louis Metcalf	t	2/28	1905	1981	1926-1928
Bubber Miley	t	4/3	1903	1932	1924-1929
The Mills Brothers	v				1932	Diga Diga Doo
Irving Mills	v	1/16	1884	1985	1926-1930
Harold Minerve	as cl	1/3	1922	1992	1971-1974
Eddie Mullins	t				1959-1962
Ray Nance	t vn v	12/10	1913	1976	1940-1965*
Joe Nanton	tb	2/1	1904	1946	1926-1946
Oscar Pettiford	b	9/30	1922	1960	1945-1954*
Eddie Preston	t	9/5	1928		1963, 1971
Russell Procope	as cl	8/11	1908	1981	1946-1974	4:30 Blues
Junior Raglin	b	3/16	1917	1955	1941-1947
Betty Roche	v	1/9	1920	1999	1942-1953
John Sanders	tb				1954-1959 1967
Al Sears	ts	2/21	1910	1990	1944-1949
Ernie Shepard	b	7/19	1916	1965	1962-1964
Joya Sherrill	v	8/20	1927		1944-1946 1956	I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
Willie Smith	as	11/25	1910	1967	1951-1952
Rex Stewart	t c	2/22	1907	1967	1934-1945	Menelik The Lion Of Judah
Billy Strayhorn	p	11/29	1915	1967	1938-1967	Take The "A" Train
Billy Taylor	b	4/3	1906	1986	1935-1939
Malcolm Taylor	tb				1970-1972
Clark Terry	t	12/14	1920		1951-1959
Juan Tizol	tb	1/22	1900	1984	1929-1944 1951-1953 1960-1961
Norris Turney	as	9/8	1921	2001	1969-1973
Dick Vance	t	11/28	1915	1985	1951-1952
Ethel Waters	v	10/31	1896	1977	1932
Ben Webster	ts	3/27	1909	1973	1940-1943 1948-1949
Mae West	v	8/17	1892	1980	1934
Arthur Whetsel	t	??	1905	1940	1923-1924 1928-1936
Cootie Williams	t	7/10	1911	1985	1929-1940 1962-1974	Ring Dem Bells
Francis Williams	t	9/20	1910	1983	1946-1951
Nelson Williams	t	9/26	1917	1973	1949-1951 1956 1958 1969-1970
Gerald Wilson	t	9/4	1918		1954-1955 1959-1960
Booty Wood	tb	12/27	1919	1987	1959-1960 1963 1970-1972
Jimmy Woode	b	9/23	1928	2005	1955-1960
Britt Woodman	tb	6/4	1920	2000	1951-1960
Sam Woodyard	d	1/7	1925	1988	1955-1973*

*in band intermittently during years listed

I've tried not only to pick the greatest Ellingtonians here, but also some distinguished guests. I will include more personnel as I am able to find additional biographical information.