"She had innate class comparable to Ellington’s own." Their relationship ended after he became involved with someone else. Legacy Mildred is the namesake of Ellington's song "Sophisticated Lady" (1933) Joe Sealy’s Africville Stories in Music contains the song "Duke’s in Town", which is about the visits Ellington and Dixon made to Africville. Dixon's cousin from Africville, Clara Carvery Adams, is the namesake of Duke Ellington's song "Clara" References American female dancers 1904 births 2001 deaths People from Boston American people of Canadian descent African-American female dancers African-American dancers 20th-century American dancers 20th-century African-American women 20th-century African-American people