Mercer Ellington
Composer
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
He collaborated with Clark Terry as an arranger on the album Duke With a Difference.