The Duke Ellington Orchestra is the preeminent performer of the music of Duke Ellington. A prolific composer, Ellington created over two thousand pieces of music, including the standard songs Take the A-Train and It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) and the longer works Black, Brown and Beige, Liberian Suite, and Afro-Eurasian Eclipse. The Orchestra features Barrie Lee Hall, one of the original orchestra members.