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Bradford Steven "Steve" Ellington (July 26, 1941 – March 22, 2013) was an Americanjazz drummer. He was the grand-nephew ofDuke Ellington.^[1]

Ellington picked up drums when he was four years old^[2] and played withRay Charles when he was nine.^[1] In the latter half of the 1950s he played withCharles Brown,George Adams, andDuke Pearson.^[2] He studied for one year at theNew England Conservatory of Music in 1961–1962, where he played withSam Rivers, then worked withJune Christy,Joe Castro, andHampton Hawes.^[2] He began playing withRoland Kirk in 1964, with whom he would perform and record through 1970; aside from Kirk, he played as a sideman himself withJackie McLean,Chet Baker,Stanley Turrentine, andMose Allison.^[2] Concomitantly, he led his own band in 1965–1966, whose sidemen wereWoody Shaw,Walter Davis, Jr.,Wilbur Ware, andC. Sharpe.^[2]

In the 1970s Ellington worked withBilly Eckstine, Brick Jazz Funk Fusion,Hampton Hawes,Art Farmer,Freddy Cole,Freddie Hubbard,Ike Isaacs,Maxine Sullivan,Harry "Sweets" Edison,Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, andDan Wall.^[2] He returned to work with Rivers in the period 1980–1982, played withSonny Stitt andDave Holland, then put together a new ensemble of his own, which was active from 1985 to 1990.^[2] He was the drummer forMichel Petrucciani's trio from 1988 to 1990, and in the 1990s worked withHal Galper,Steve Grossman,James Moody, andJohnny Griffin.^[2]

Ellington died in Montgomery at the age of 71. He had been dealing with cancer for about two years.^[1]

WithArt Farmer

• On the Road (Contemporary, 1976)^[3]

WithHal Galper

• Live at Port Townsend '91 (Double-Time, 1991)^[4]
• Let's Call This That (Double-Time, 1999)^[5]

WithHampton Hawes

• The Green Leaves of Summer (Contemporary, 1964)^[6]

WithDave Holland

• Jumpin' In (ECM, 1984)^[7]

WithRoland Kirk

• Gifts & Messages (Mercury, 1964)^[8]

With Piero Odorici

• Panarea (Jazz Today, 1997)^[9]

WithSam Rivers

• A New Conception (Blue Note, 1966 [1967])^[10]
• Dimensions & Extensions (Blue Note, 1967 [1986])^[11]
• Crosscurrent: Live at Jazz Unité (Blue Marge, 1981 [1982])^[12]
• Undulation (Archive Series Volume 5) (NoBusiness, 1981 [2021])^[13]

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