Duke Ellington
Biography & Bibliography

The following bibliographical information relates to periodicals and books present in the archive of the Jazz-Institut Darmstadt. Our extensive periodical collection comprises 1.000 periodicals, more than 60.000 single issues. About 50% of the collection have been indexed. 

Following the more recent entries you'll find abbreviations which will give you a clue about the nature in the respective articles. The abbreviations are: 

(A) = analytical remarks 
(B) = extensive book review 
(BT) = blindfold test 
(C) = concert review 
(D) = discography
(F) = feature article
(I) = interview    

("I") = article written by the respective musician himself 
(N) = very short news item
(O) = obituary
(R) = extensive record review 
(T) = transcription
[vert.file] = xerox copy archived at Jazzinstitut Darmstadt
[digi.file] = digital copy archived at Jazzinstitut Darmstadt

The Jazz Index on this page has been compiled and updated 8. January 2006 by Wolfram Knauer

 1940:Duke Ellington + Billy Strayhorn

  • Ted Toll: Ellington Lauded as All Time Greatest, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part One: The Life of Duke Ellington 1927-1950, Cambridge 1999 [book: Vail Publishing], p. 186 (F; reprint, from 1940)

1941:

  • Almena Davis: Ellington Opus Gets Once-Over, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part One: The Life of Duke Ellington 1927-1950, Cambridge 1999 [book: Vail Publishing], p. 199 (C: "Jump for Joy"; reprint, from 1941)
  • NN: Joe Turner Star of Duke's Revuew! Added After Premiere, Blues Singer Hits, Along with Rex, Hidges, Other Ellingtonians, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part One: The Life of Duke Ellington 1927-1950, Cambridge 1999 [book: Vail Publishing], p. 202 (C: "Jump for Joy"; reprint, from 1941)
  • Almena Davis: Duke Ellington Fascinates Interviewer as He Takes 'Downbeat' Writer to Task, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 143-146 (F/I; Reprint, from: California Eagle, 9.Jan.1941)
  • Duke Ellington: Speech of the Week. We, Too, Sing 'America', in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 146-148 ("I"; Reprint, from: California Eagle, 13.Feb.1941)
  • NN: Duke Touring Coast, in: Down Beat, 8/6 (15.Mar.1941), p. 12 (N)
  • John Pittman: The Duke Will Stay on Top! - On Jump for Joy, Opera, and Dissonance as a "Way of Life", in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 148-151 (F/I; Reprint, from: unknown, San Francisco, Aug/Sep.1941)
  • Kenneth Rogers: Musical Horoscopes. Duke Ellington, in: Down Beat, 8/16 (15.Aug.1941), p. 18 (F)
  • NN: Duke Relegated to Pit Band in New Revue, in: Down Beat, 8/15 (1.Aug.1941), p. 13 (F: "Jump for Joy")
  • NN: Duke's Revue Shifts to High, But Pit Slows, in: Down Beat, 8/16 (15.Aug.1941), p. 7 (short F: "Jump for Joy")
  • NN: 'The Bli Blip', in: Down Beat, 8/16 (15.Aug.1941), p. 17 (N/photo: "Jump for Joy")
  • NN: Another Duke Album Coming, in: Down Beat, 8/19 (1.Oct.1941), p. 15 (F)
  • NN: Ellington Will Open Trocadero, in: Down Beat, 8/21 (1.Nov.1941), p. 13 (N)
  • NN: Let's Buy a Band, in: Music and Rhythm, 2/13 (Dec.1941), p. 34 (short F)

 1942:

  • André Coeuroy: Le rôle d'Ellington, in: André Coeuroy: Histoire générale du Jazz. Strette - Hot - Swing, Paris 1942 [book], p. 109-112 (F)
  • Bud McCaffrey Jr.: Hot Wax. An Ellington Criticism, in: Jazz Quarterly, Fall 1942, p. 29-30 (R: Cotton Tail; Never No Lament; Conga Brava; Ko-Ko; Bojangles; a Portrait of Bert Williams)
  • Buddy Howard: Ellington Celebrates 20th Year in Music, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part One: The Life of Duke Ellington 1927-1950, Cambridge 1999 [book: Vail Publishing], p. 212 (C; reprint, from 1942)
  • NN & Bary Ulanov: Duke Ellington, Hotel Sherman, Chicago, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part One: The Life of Duke Ellington 1927-1950, Cambridge 1999 [book: Vail Publishing], p. 218 (C; reprint, from 1942)
  • NN: Ellington Refuses to Play Own Tune, in: Down Beat, 9/4 (15.Feb.1942), p. 8 (N: "I've Got It Bad and That Ain't Good")
  • NN: Duke Waxes Three More Originals, in: Down Beat, 9/6 (15.Mar.1942), p. 15 (N)
  • NN: Pot Wants an "Au Reet" Zoot Suit, in: Down Beat, 9/6 (15.Mar.1942), p. 12 (N/photo: comedy team Pot, Pan and Skillet, touring with Ellington)
  • NN: Too Much Music, in: Down Beat, 9/6 (15.Mar.1942), p. 24 (N/photo)
  • Charles Abbott: Philly Jazz Combo Set for Debut?, in: Down Beat, 9/8 (15.Apr.1942), p. 19 (short C)
  • NN: What, Joe Louis With Powder Puff?, in: Down Beat, 9/8 (15.Apr.1942), p. 1 (N/photo)
  • NN: Duke Denies Show Plans, in: Down Beat, 9/9 (1.May 1942), p. 21 (N: denies plans for Paul Robeson musical)
  • "new": Duke Tells 'Em A Thing or Two. Ellington Taks a Few Raps at 'Self-Styled Critics', in: Down Beat, 9/18 (15.Sep.1942), p. 2 (I)
  • "dix": Profiling the Players. Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, in: Down Beat, 9/20 (15.Oct.1942), p. 19 (F/short biographies of his musicians)
  • Lexa Egon May: Chords and Discords. Incomparable Duke, in: Down Beat, 9/20 (15.Oct.1942), p. 10 (letter)
  • NN: Ellington Scheduled to Open Hollywood Canteen, in: Down Beat, 9/20 (15.Oct.1942), p. 6 (short F)

1943:Duke Ellington: Black, Brown and Beige Manuscript

  • Jake Trussell Jr.: The Duke's Music, in: Jazz Quarterly, Spring 1943, p. 31-32 (F)
  • NN: Duke Ellington, Hurricane, New York, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part One: The Life of Duke Ellington 1927-1950, Cambridge 1999 [book: Vail Publishing], p. 239 (C; reprint, from 1943)
  • R.P.: Duke Ellington at Carnegie Hall, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part One: The Life of Duke Ellington 1927-1950, Cambridge 1999 [book: Vail Publishing], p. 230 (C; reprint, from 1943)
  • Helen M. Oakley: Ellington to Offer 'Tone Parallel'. Black Brown and Beige Are Three Movements of New Concert Piece, in: Down Beat, 10/2 (15.Jan.1943), p. 13 (F); Reprint, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 155-158 (F)
  • Howard Taubman: The 'Duke' Invades Carnegie Hall, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 158-160 (F; Reprint, from: New York Times Magazine, 17.Jan.1943)
  • NN: Chicago Band Briefs, in: Down Beat, 10/2 (15.Jan.1943), p. 4 (F: Dorothy Donegan, Louis Jordan, Milt Larkin, Bob Allen, Woody Herman, Freddy Wood, Dick Jurgens, Arnett Cobb, Duke Ellington, others)
  • NN: Ellington to Play Boston Concert, in: Down Beat, 10/1 (1.Jan.1943), p. 15 (N)
  • NN: Ellington Wins Swing Poll. Tommy Dorsey Best in Sweet, Dorsey Wins Too. Duke Takes Crown Held By Goodman for Four Years Out of Five, in: Down Beat, 10/1 (1.Jan.1943), p. 1, 13 (N)
  • NN: Heterogeneous Crop of Platter-Brains, in: Down Beat, 10/2 (15.Jan.1943), p. 4 (N/photo: Leonard Feather, Harry Lim, Mike Levin, Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn)
  • NN: May Broadcast Duke's Concert, in: Down Beat, 10/2 (15.Jan.1943), p. 1 (N)
  • NN: More of Ellington Discographies Soon, in: Down Beat, 10/1 (1.Jan.1943), p. 9 (N)
  • NN: Program for the First Carnegie Hall Concert, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 160-165 (F; Reprint of the original program notes from 23.Jan.1943)
  • Paul Bowles: Duke Ellington in Recital for Russian War Relief, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 165-166 (C; Reprint, from: New York Herald Tribune, 25.Jan.1943)
  • Roger Pryor Dodge: Duke Ellington, in: Roger Pryor Dodge: Hot Jazz and Jazz Dance, Collected Writings, 1929-1964, New York 1995 [book], p. 106-108 (F/T: Yellow Dog; Reprint, from: Jazz Magazine, Jan.1943)
  • John Hammond: Is the Duke Deserting Jazz?, in: The Jazz Record, #1 (15.Feb.1943), p. 4-5 (F); Reprint, in: Jazz (USA), 1/8 (May 1943), p. 15 (F); Reprint, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 171-173 (F)
  • Mike Levin: Duke Fuses Classical and Jazz! Stuff Is There, Says Mix, Needing Development to Attain New Art Form, in: Down Beat, 61/7 (Jul.1994), p. 24 (C: Black, Brown & Beige; Reprint, from: Down Beat, 15.Feb.1943); Reprint, in: Down Beat: 60 Years of Jazz, Milwaukee 1995 (Hal Leonard Corp.) [book], p. 55-56 (C); Reprint, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 166-170 (C)
  • Jake Trussell Jr.: Ellington Hits the Top, and the Bottom, in: Jazz (USA), 1/8 (May 1943), p. 16, 20 (F)
  • Leonard G. Feather: Heil Hammond!, in: Jazz (USA), 1/8 (May 1943), p. 14, 20 (F); reprint: as "Leonard Feather Rebuts Hammond", in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book: Oxford University Press], p. 173-175 (F)
  • Bob Thiele: The Case of Jazz Music, in: Jazz (USA), 1/9 (Jul.1943), p. 19-20 (F); reprint, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 175-178 (F)
  • Charles Edward Smith: On the Record. "A Duke Ellington Panorama" (Victor), in: Jazz (USA), 1/9 (Jul.1943), p. 18 (R)
  • NN: Personelskifte i Duke Ellingtons Orkester, in: Jazz Reports, 3/4 (Sep.1943), p. 14 (F/N)
  • NN: Skippy Williams with Ellington, in: Down Beat, 10/17 (1.Sep.1943), p. 1 (N)
  • Winthrop Sargeant: Is Jazz Music? / Duke Ellington: Defense of Jazz, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 207-208 (F; Reprint, from: American Mercury, 57/238 [Oct.1943]; American Mercury, 57/241 [Jan.1944])
  • Winthrop Sargeant: Is Jazz Music?, in: The Needle, Jul.1944, p. 12-18 (F; Reprint aus American Mercury Magazine, Oct.1943; Reaktion dazu von Duke Ellington, in: The Needle, Jul.1944, p. 10-11)
  • NN: Ellington Band for Stevens in Chicago Soon. Hepsters Crowd with N.Y. Capitol to Jump with Duke, in: Down Beat, 10/21 (1.Nov.1943), p. 1 (F/C)
  • Jim Weaver: Jazz and Ellingtonia, in: Jazz (USA), 1/10 (Dec.1943), p. 13, 17 (F)
  • Roger Pryor Dodge: On the Record. "Ellingtonia Vol. 1" (Brunswick), in: Jazz (USA), 1/10 (Dec.1943), p. 11-12 (R); reprint, in: Roger Pryor Dodge: Hot Jazz and Jazz Dance, Collected Writings, 1929-1964, New York 1995 [book], p. 305-306 (R)

1944:

  • David Ewen: Duke Ellington. "East Side, West Side...", in: David Ewen: Men of Popular Music, Chicago 1944 [book: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company], p. 83-96 (F)
  • NN: A Real Popular Demand Holds Duke Ellington Over in Loop, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part One: The Life of Duke Ellington 1927-1950, Cambridge 1999 [book: Vail Publishing], p. 258 (C; reprint, from 1944)
  • NN: Ellington Concert at Carnegie Hall. 'Perfume Suite' One of Main Works on Long Program, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part One: The Life of Duke Ellington 1927-1950, Cambridge 1999 [book: Vail Publishing], p. 263 (C; reprint, from 1944)
  • Robert Goffin: Satchmo and the Duke, in: Robert Goffin: Jazz. From the Congo to the Metropolitan, New York 1975 [book; Reprint, O: Garden City 1944], p. 167-179 (F)
  • Barry Ulanov: Ellington's Carnegie Hall Concert a Glorified Stage Show, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 210-212 (C; Reprint, from: Metronome, Jan.1944); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part One: The Life of Duke Ellington 1927-1950, Cambridge 1999 [book: Vail Publishing], p. 247 (R)
  • Colin McPhee: The Torrid Zone, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 213 (C; Reprint, from: Modern Music, 21/2 [Jan/Feb.1944])
  • Mike Levin: Duke Ellington (Reviewed at Carnegie Hall, New York), in: Down Beat, 11/1 (1.Jan.1944), p. 4 (C)
  • NN: That New World Will Be A-Comin', in: Down Beat, 11/1 (1.Jan.1944), p. 10 (F)
  • John Lucas: Duke Ellington - "Main Stem", "Johnny Come Lately" (Victor), in: Down Beat, 11/4 (15.Feb.1944), p. 8 (R)
  • Bob Copland: Chords and Discords. Woody and Duke, in: Down Beat, 11/6 (15.Mar.1944), p. 10 (letter)
  • NN: Joins Duke, in: Down Beat, 11/6 (15.Mar.1944), p. 14 (N/photo: singer Wini Johnson joins Ellington band)
  • NN: Ellingtonites Placed in 1-A, in: Down Beat, 11/8 (15.Apr.1944), p. 1 (short F)
  • NN: Al Sears Joins Ellington Saxes, in: Down Beat, 11/10 (15.May 1944), p. 16 (short F)
  • NN: Ellington On the Cover, in: Down Beat, 11/9 (1.May 1944), p. 1, cover (N/cover)
  • John Lucas: Duke Ellington - "Someone", "My Little Brown Book" (Victor), in: Down Beat, 11/12 (15.Jun.1944), p. 8-9 (R)
  • NN: Tax Takes Duke from NYC Nitery, in: Down Beat, 11/11 (1.Jun.1944), p. 1 (N)
  • Richard O. Boyer: The Hot Bach, in: Peter Gammond (ed.): Duke Ellington. His Life and Music, London 1959 [book], p. 20-60 (F/I; Reprint, from: The New Yorker, 24.Jun.1944, 1.Jul.1944, 8.Jul.1944); Reprint, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 214-245 (F/I); Reprint, in: Veronica Byrd & James Ty Cumbie & Tiffany A. Ellis & Rob Gibson (eds.): Jump for Joy. Jazz at Lincoln Center celebrates The Ellington Centennial, 1899-1999, New York 1999 [book: Jazz at Lincoln Center], p. 120-132 (F)
  • Duke Ellington: by... Duke Ellington, in: The Needle, Jul.1944, p. 10-11 ("I": about Winthrop Sargeants "Is Jazz music?")
  • George T. Simon: On Joining Duke Ellington. "It's Like Nothing Else!", in: George T. Simon: Simon Says. The Sights and Sounds of the Swing Era, 1935-1955, New York 1971 [book], p. 458-459 (F; Reprint, from: Metronome, Jul.1944)
  • NN: Idol Gossip, in: Down Beat, 11/13 (1.Jul.1944), p. 4 (N: Ellington band will not break up)
  • NN: Duke Injured in Faulty Elevator, in: Down Beat, 11/15 (1.Aug.1944), p. 1 (short F)
  • NN: Chicago Band Briefs, in: Down Beat, 11/18 (15.Sep.1944), p. 4 (news column: Glen Gray, Benny Carter, Nat King Cole, Merry Macs, Duke Ellington, Harry Cool, Carmen Cavallaro, Amy Arnell, Three Aces and a Queen, Nate Estes, others)
  • Duke Ellington: Certainly It's Music, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 246-248 ("I"; Reprint, from: Listen, 4/12 [Oct.1944])
  • Duke Ellington: Swing Is My Beat, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 248-250 ("I"; Reprint, from: New Advance, Oct.1944)
  • NN: Chicago Band Briefs, in: Down Beat, 11/19 (1.Oct.1944), p. 4 (F: Les Brown, Gene krupa, Tony Pastor, Cootie Williams, Duke Ellington, Perry Como, Eddy Howard, Chuck Foster, Art vamn Damme, Jack Chapman, Buster Bennett, others)
  • NN: Chicago Band Briefs, in: Down Beat, 11/21 (1.Nov.1944), p. 4 (news column: Lena Horne, Georgie Auld, Lawrence Welk, Art Kassel, Don Dobbs, Stan Phillips, Benny Carter, Buddy Franklin, Jerry Brooks, Eddie Johnson, Duke Ellington, others)
  • Sharon A. Pease: Technical Skill And Invention Boost Ellington, in: Down Beat, 11/21 (1.Nov.1944), p. 12 (F/A/T: "Frankie and Johnnie")
  • Sharon A. Pease: Technical Skill and Invention oost Ellington, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 250-252 (F/T: Frankie and Johnny; Reprint, from: Down Beat, 1.Nov.1944)
  • John Lucas: Best Tunes of All. 'Black and Tan Fantasie", in: Down Beat, 11/24 (15.Dec.1944), p. 8 (F)
  • John Lucas: Diggin' the Discs. Duke Ellington - "I Don't Mind", "What Am I Here For" (Victor), in: Down Beat, 11/24 (15.Dec.1944), p. 8 (R)
  • NN: Ellington Concert at Carnegie Hall, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 213-214 (C; Reprint, from: New York Times, 20.Dec.1944)
  • NN: He Got It Band, in: Down Beat, 11/23 (1.Dec.1944), p. 1 (N: convicted killed listens to Ellington before execution)

1945:

  • Barry Ulanov: Duke Ellington, 400 Club, N.Y., in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part One: The Life of Duke Ellington 1927-1950, Cambridge 1999 [book: Vail Publishing], p. 270 (C; reprint, from: Metronome, 1945)
  • Edmond Bernhard & Jacques Vergnies: Duke Ellington et son orchestre, in: Edmond Bernhard & Jacques Vergnies: Apologie du Jazz, Bruxelles 1945 [book], p. 160-163 (F)
  • Harry Hess: The Diligent Duke of Ellington, part 2, in: Jazz Studies (British Institute of Jazz Studies), 2/1 (1968), p. 3-4 (F; originally written in 1945/1946); part 3, in: Jazz Studies (British Institute of Jazz Studies), 2/2 (1968), p. 23-25 (F; originally written in 1945/1946)
  • NN: A Date with Duke, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part One: The Life of Duke Ellington 1927-1950, Cambridge 1999 [book: Vail Publishing], p. 278 (C; reprint, from 1945)
  • NN: Duke-Jordan Billing Feud in Happy Ending, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part One: The Life of Duke Ellington 1927-1950, Cambridge 1999 [book: Vail Publishing], p. 280 (F; reprint, from 1945)
  • NN: Edward Kennedy (Duke) Ellington. A Short Biography, in: British Forces Network, #8 (1950), p. ** (excerpt from "Esquire Jazz Book 1945")
  • Robert Goffin: De Fletcher Henderson à Duke Ellington, in: Robert Goffin: Histoire du Jazz, Montréal 1945 [book], p. 233-254 (F)
  • Yannick Bruynoghe: Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra, in: Jazz (Belgium), #8 (1945), p. 7-8 (F)
  • Frank Stacy: Duke's Concert and Mag's Bash Delight, in: Down Beat, 12/2 (15.Jan.1945), p. 1, 12 (C)
  • John Lucas: Duke Ellington - "Don't You Know I Care", "I'm Beginning To See the Light" (Victor), in: Down Beat, 12/2 (15.Jan.1945), p. 8 (R)
  • NN: Duke's Concert Rates Sell-Out, in: Down Beat, 12/2 (15.Jan.1945), p. 3 (C)
  • NN: Why, Sho'!, in: Down Beat, 12/2 (15.Jan.1945), p. 1 (N: anecdote)
  • Ed Heartz: Duke Ellington Concert (Symphony Hall, Boston - Dec.13, 1944), in: ***, p. 7 (C)
  • Frank Stacy: BG, Duke & Bailey Lost, Moans Blesh, in: Down Beat, 12/4 (15.Feb.1945), p. 3 (F)
  • Hal Holly: Los Angeles Band Briefs, in: Down Beat, 12/4 (15.Feb.1945), p. 6 (news column: Tony Pastor, Harry James, Al Donahue, Duke Ellington, Harlan Leonard, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Slim Gaillard, Coleman Hawkins, Eddie Heywood, Billie Holiday, Nick Fatool, Johnny Robinson, Fred Kiffe, Horace Heidt, others)
  • NN: Down Beat Plans Ellington Concert, in: Down Beat, 12/4 (15.Feb.1945), p. 1 (F)
  • NN: Bing and Duke Discuss It, in: Down Beat, 1.Mar.1945, p. 1 (N: Down Beat award)
  • NN: Bing and Duke Discuss It, in: Down Beat, 12/5 (1.Mar.1945), p. 1 (short F/photo)
  • NN: Duke Ellington On The Cover, in: Down Beat, 12/6 (15.Mar.1945), p. 1, cover (N/cover)
  • NN: Ellington Concert Sell-Out In Chicago, in: Down Beat, 12/6 (15.Mar.1945), p. 1 (F: concert preview with program listing)
  • NN: Duke Into 400 Club, in: Down Beat, 12/7 (1.Apr.1945), p. 2 (N)NN: Duke's Second Coast Concert Smash Sell-Out, in: Down Beat, 12/7 (1.Apr.1945), p. 1 (C)
  • NN: Early to Rise!, in: Down Beat, 12/10 (15.May 1945), p. 9 (N: anecdote)
  • "Don": Duke Ellington & Tommy Dorsey - "The Minor Goes Muggin'", "Tonight I Shall Sleep" (Victor), in: Down Beat, 12/12 (15.Jun.1945), p. 8 (R)
  • NN: Duke Ellington's Hep Chicks, in: Down Beat, 12/12 (15.Jun.1945), p. 2 (N/photo)
  • NN: Marathon!, in: Down Beat, 12/12 (15.Jun.1945), p. 5 (N: Ellington could do 62 hour-long airshows featuring only his own compositions)
  • Bob Downs: Chords and Discords. Black, Brown and Beige, in: Down Beat, 12/13 (1.Jul.1945), p. 10 (letter)
  • Claude Laurence & Hubert Rostaing: En parlant d'arrangements..., in: Jazz Hot, 11/1 (Oct.1945), p. 19-20 (A: "The Mooche", "Black and Tan Fantasy")
  • Claude Laurence: En parlant d'arrangements, in: Jazz Hot, 11/2 (Nov.1945), p. 18-19 (A); part 2, in: Jazz Hot, 11/3 (Dec.1945), p. 29-31 (A)
  • Joost van Praag: L'orchestre de Duke Ellington en Hollande, in: Jazz Hot, 11/2 (Nov.1945), p. 11 (F/C)
  • Horst Lippmann: Letzte Neuheiten. Herman und Ellington tauschen Stars für Schallplattenaufnahmen aus, in: Die Jazz-Club News, #5/6 (Dec/Jan.1945/46), p. 13 (N)
  • Horst Lippmann: The Duke Is On the Air, in: Die Jazz-Club News, #5/6 (Dec/Jan.1945/46), p. 12 (F)
  • NN: A Duke's Touch, in: Down Beat, 12/24 (15.Dec.1945), p. 2 (N/photo)
  • NN: Duke's Carnegie Hall Concert May Be Aired, in: Down Beat, 1.Dec.1945, p. 10 (N)
  • NN: Lena Natural for 'Beggars', in: Down Beat, 12/24 (15.Dec.1945), p. 3 (N)
  • NN: Why Duke Ellington Avoided Music Schools, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 252-255 (F/I; Reprint, from: PM, 9.Dec.1945)

1946:

  • Barry Ulanov: Duke Ellington, New York 1975 [book; Reprint, O: London 1946: Musicians Press]; review, by Frank Stacy, in: The Capitol News from Hollywood, 4/3 (Mar.1946), p. 6 (B)
  • Charles Emge: Duke Rings Bell Both Ways with Coast Bash, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part One: The Life of Duke Ellington 1927-1950, Cambridge 1999 [book: Vail Publishing], p. 300 (C; reprint, from Down Beat, 1946)
  • Hugues Panassié: Duke Ellington at the Salle Pleyel, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 81-87 (F/C/I mit Cootie Williams, Barney Bigard; Reprint, from: Hugues Panassié: Douze Années de Jazz, 1927-1938, Paris 1946)
  • Jean de Trazegnies: Duke Ellington. Harlem Aristocrat of Jazz, Bruxelles 1946 [book]
  • NN: Duke Ellington, Carnegie Hall, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part One: The Life of Duke Ellington 1927-1950, Cambridge 1999 [book: Vail Publishing], p. 307 (C; reprint, from 1946)
  • NN: Duke's 'Beggar's Opera' Ready for Rehersals; to Select Cast, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part One: The Life of Duke Ellington 1927-1950, Cambridge 1999 [book: Vail Publishing], p. 304 (N; reprint, from 1946)
  • NN: Ellington Concert Lures 11,000 Fans to Watergate, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part One: The Life of Duke Ellington 1927-1950, Cambridge 1999 [book: Vail Publishing], p. 296-297 (C; reprint, from 1946)
  • NN: Ellington's Band in Annual Concert. 'Joint Is Jumping' at Carnegie Hall as the Duke Offers His Formal and Informal Works, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part One: The Life of Duke Ellington 1927-1950, Cambridge 1999 [book: Vail Publishing], p. 287 (C; reprint, from 1946)
  • NN: Beat Sponsors Twin Concerts with Ellington, in: Down Beat, 13/2 (14.Jan.1946), p. 1, 21 (F)
  • NN: Duke and Billy On the Cover, in: Down Beat, 13/2 (14.Jan.1946), p. 1, cover (N/cover)
  • NN: Duke Repeats at Carnegie Hall, in: Down Beat, 13/1 (1.Jan.1946), p. 1 (N)
  • NN: Ellington Week Honors Duke, in: Down Beat, 13/2 (14.Jan.1946), p. 12 (N)
  • NN: Swing Tomes to Hit Stands Soon, in: Down Beat, 13/2 (14.Jan.1946), p. 16 (N: book about Ellington)
  • NN: TD, Duke Both Re-sign at Victor, in: Down Beat, 13/2 (14.Jan.1946), p. 8 (short F)
  • "Don": Duke Ellington - "The Wonder of You" / "I'm Just a Lucky So-And-So" (Victor), in: Down Beat, 13/4 (11.Feb.1946), p. 19 (R) [digi.copy]
  • Bud Ebel: Cincy Three Year Jazz Lull Breaks, in: Down Beat, 13/4 (11.Feb.1946), p. 15 (news column: Duke Ellington, Jack Teagarden, Clyde McCoy, Keith Wilderson, Burt Farber, others) [digi.copy]
  • Don C. Haynes: Duke Draws Sell-Out Crowd Whi Sit On Hands, in: Down Beat, 13/4 (11.Feb.1946), p. 1, 12-13 (F/C: concert at Civic Opera House, Chicago) [digi.copy]
  • Donald C. Biggar: The Direction of Ellington, in: Jazz Orchestras, #1 (Feb.1946), p. 18-19 (F) [digi.copy]
  • NN: Camera Catches Ellington Concert Celebs, in: Down Beat, 13/4 (11.Feb.1946), p. 1 (short F/photos) [digi.copy]
  • NN: Duke Bids for Lena, in: The Capitol News from Hollywood, 4/2 (Feb.1946), p. 1 (N: "The Beggar's Opera")
  • NN: Duke Writing Jazz Opera, in: Down Beat, 13/4 (11.Feb.1946), p. 18 (short F: "Beggar's Opera") [digi.copy]
  • Vernon M. Thornes: Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, in: Jazz Orchestras, #1 (Feb.1946), p. 12-14 (F) [digi.copy]
  • NN: Duke Ellington Set for Capitol Transcriptions, in: The Capitol News from Hollywood, 4/5 (May 1946), p. 1 (short F)
  • Robert Goffin: Zwölf "Records" und "Exile", in: Die Jazz Club News, #9 (May 1946), p. 13 (short I: favorite records; Reprint, from: Esquire, Sep.1943)
  • Bill Gottlieb: I'm Not Slipping - Duke Ellington. My Current Ork Just as Good and Perhaps More Flexible, He Says, in: Down Beat, 13/13 (17.Jun.1946), p. 4, 14 (F/I)
  • Paul Eduard Miller: Is the Duke Declining? 'Loss of Stars Killing His Band!' - Part One of An Illuminating View, in: Hollywood Note, 1/4 (Jun.1946), p. 13 (F)
  • Dave Dexter Jr.: Duke Not Declining... Dex. He's Only Trying Another Approach, in: Hollywood Note, 1/5 (Jul.1946), p. 8 (F)
  • NN: Date with the Duke, in: Jazz Club News, #11/12 (Jul/Aug.1946), p. 12-13 (short F)
  • Armand Leclercq: Black, Brown and Beige, ou l'histoire musicale de la race noire, in: Jazz Hot, 12/9 (Sep/Oct.1946), p. 9 (F)
  • David Waxman: An Ellington Classic - "Jack the Bear" and "Morning Glory", in: Jazz Notes, #67 (Sep.1946), p. 4-6 (F/R)
  • Günter Boas: Die Jazzbiographie. Duke Ellington, in: Jazz Club News, #13/14 (Sep/Oct.1946), p. 10-12 (F)
  • NN: Duke & Woody for Puppetoons, in: Down Beat, 13/21 (7.Oct.1946), p. 7 (N)
  • Leonard Feather: Metronome. The Blindfold Tests. Hawk '46, in: Jazz Times, 25/3 (Apr.1995), p. 114 (BT; Reprint from: Metronome, Nov.1946: Benny Goodman: "Swing Angel"; Georgie Auld: "Mo-mo"; Duke Ellington: "Someone"; Vido Musso: "My Jo-Ann"; Fletcher Henderson: "Money Blues"; Dizzy Gillespie: "That's Earl Brother"; Kai Winding: "Always")
  • NN: Django Music, in: Time, 18.Nov.1946 (F: Django Reinhardt & Duke Ellington) [vert.file: Django REINHARDT]
  • NN: Jazz by Django, in: Newsweek, 18.Nov.1946 (F: Django Reinhardt & Duke Ellington) [vert.file: Django REINHARDT]
  • Leonard Feather: Duke Ellington, in: Metronome, 62/12 (Dec.1946), p. 23 (F)

1947:

  • Charles Delaunay: George Gershwin ou Duke Ellington, in: Jazz Hot, 13/15 (1947), p. 8-9 (F)
  • Les Zimmerman: Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra, New York ca. 1947 [program booklet: Ellison B. Greenstone] (F) [digi.copy]
  • Michael Levin: Ellington Pleases Concert Crowd, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part One: The Life of Duke Ellington 1927-1950, Cambridge 1999 [book: Vail Publishing], p. 325 (C; reprint, from 1947)
  • NN: Duke's Frisco Concert to a Sedate House, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part One: The Life of Duke Ellington 1927-1950, Cambridge 1999 [book: Vail Publishing], p. 319 (C; reprint, from 1947)
  • NN: Liberia Honors Duke Ellington, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part One: The Life of Duke Ellington 1927-1950, Cambridge 1999 [book: Vail Publishing], p. 325 (N; reprint, from 1947)
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Sarah Vaughan, in: Jazz Times, 25/10 (Dec.1995), p. 178, 177 (BT; Reprint from: Metronome, Jan.1947: Benny Goodman: "Benny's Boogie"; Peggy Lee/Dave Barbour: "Just an Old Love of Mine"; Dizzy Gillespie: "That's Earl Brother"; Zep Meissner: "Roverboatd Shuffle"; Leo Parker: "Wee Dot"; Hazel Scott: "Love Me Or Leave Me"; Jimmy Jones: "Zigeuner"; Woody Herman: "Romance in the Dark"; Coleman Hawkins: "Half Step Down, Please"; Duke Ellington: "Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me"; Bessie Smith: "Young Woman's Blues")
  • Duke Ellington: Farewell to Jazz Fakers, in: Veronica Byrd & James Ty Cumbie & Tiffany A. Ellis & Rob Gibson (eds.): Jump for Joy. Jazz at Lincoln Center celebrates The Ellington Centennial, 1899-1999, New York 1999 [book: Jazz at Lincoln Center], p. 12-14 ("I"; excertped reprint, from: Interpretations in Jazz. A Conference with Duke Ellington, in: The Etude, Mar.1947)
  • Gunnar Asklund: Interpretations in Jazz. A Conference with Duke Ellington, in: The Etude, 65/3 (Mar.1947), p. 134, 172 (F/I); Reprint, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 255-258 (F/I)
  • Roger E. Bell & Dave Dallwitz: New Hot Record Reviews. Duke Ellington and his Orchestra - Black, Brown and Beige (parts 1-4), in: Jazz Notes, #72 (Mar.1947), p. 8-9 (R)
  • Alfredo Papo: "Black, Brown and Beige". Historia musical de la raza negra, in: Ritmo y Melodia (Spain), 4/20 (May 1947), p. 2-3 (F)
  • NN: Duque Ellington en Europa?, in: Ritmo y Melodia (Spain), 4/21 (Jun.1947), p. 7 (N)
  • NN: DeParis, Jordan Leave the Duke, in: Down Beat, 14/16 (30.Jul.1947), p. 2 (N)
  • Leonard Feather: The Duke Speaks, in: Jazz Times, 25/6 (Aug.1995), p. 138, 136-137 (BT: Boyd Raeburn: "Dalvatore Sally"; Stan Kenton: "Artistry in Percussion"; Mary Lou Williams: "Waltz Boogie"; Charlie Barnet: "Shady Lady"; Dizzy Gillespie: "Ray's Idea" / "All the Things You Are"; Tony Scott: "All Too Soon"; JatP: "Lester Leaps In"; Kid Ory: "The World's Jazz Crazy"; Three Bips and a Bop: "Low-Pow"; Mercer Ellington: "Ditty à la Dizzy"; Frankie Laine: "I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me")
  • Ralph J. Gleason: Duke's Frisco Concert To A Sedate House, in: Down Beat, 14/17 (13.Aug.1947), p. 3 (C)
  • NN: Duke Is Doctor, in: Down Beat, 14/22 (22.Oct.1947), p. 4 (N)
  • NN: Herman Sits In On Duke's Recording Session, in: Down Beat, 14/22 (22.Oct.1947), p. 3 (N/photo)
  • Charles Delaunay: Discographie de Duke Ellington, in: Jazz Hot, 13/18 (Dec.1947), p. 10-11 (D)

1948:

  • NN: Duke Ellington to Open "Duke Ellington's" Dance Emporium, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part One: The Life of Duke Ellington 1927-1950, Cambridge 1999 [book: Vail Publishing], p. 339 (C; reprint, from 1948)
  • NN: Ellington Presents 2 New Compositions, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part One: The Life of Duke Ellington 1927-1950, Cambridge 1999 [book: Vail Publishing], p. 341 (C; reprint, from 1948)
  • Stuart S. Allen: A Weary Duke Errs by Not Rehearsing with Ork, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part One: The Life of Duke Ellington 1927-1950, Cambridge 1999 [book: Vail Publishing], p. 333 (short C; reprint, from 1948)
  • Ted Hallock: Duke's Chicago Date Lacks Flair, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part One: The Life of Duke Ellington 1927-1950, Cambridge 1999 [book: Vail Publishing], p. 327 (C; reprint, from 1948)
  • André Hodeir: Les derniers disques d'Ellington, in: Jazz Hot, #19 (Jan.1948), p. 10-11 (F/R)
  • Jack Egan: Duke's Bow Real Gone, in: Down Beat, 15/2 (28.Jan.1948), p. 2 (N about Ellington radio show)
  • Leonard Feather: Lester Is the Master! Allen Eager Praises Pres, Dams Dixie, Likes Licky But Believes He's Ben, in Blindfold Test, in: Metronome, 64/1 (Jan.1948), p. 34-36 (BT: Coleman Hawkins: "Bean-a-Re-Bop"; Benny Carter: "I Can't Escape"; Stan Kenton: "Opus In Pastels"; Johnny Hodges: "A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing"; Lucky Thompson: "Just One More Chance"; Bud Freeman: "The Eel"; Arnett Cobb: "Still Flyin'"; Louis Armszrong: "Muggles"; Benny Goodman: "Nagasaki"; Frankie Trumbauer: "Singin' the Blues"; Duke Ellington: "Raincheck"; Count Basie: "Jive at Five")
  • Michael Levin: Ellington Pleases Concert Crowd, in: Down Beat, 15/1 (14.Jan.1948), p. 3 (F/C: Carnegie Hall Concert, Dec.1947)
  • Ted Hallock: Duke's Chicago Date Lacks Flair, in: Down Beat, 15/2 (28.Jan.1948), p. 6 (F/C)
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Billie Holiday, in: Jazz Times, 25/9 (Nov.1995), p. 122, 121 (BT; Reprint from: Metronome, Feb.1948: JatP: "Endido"; Duke Ellington: "Don't Get Around Much Anymore"; Benny Goodman & Peggy Lee: "For Every Man Thet's a Woman"; Lennie Tristano: "Sax of a Kind"; Ruth Brown: "So Low"; Mel Powell: "Muskrat Ramble"; Sarah Vaughan: "Make Believe"; Wynonie Harris: "Come Back Baby"; Stan Kenton: "He Was a Good Man as Good Men Go"; Count Basie: "Walking Slow Behind You"; Woody Herman: "That's Right"; Roy Kral & Jackie Cain: "Ever-Lovin' Blues")
  • Marshall Stearns & Patricia A. Samson: Critic Rapped; Crowds Pleased, in: Down Beat, 15/4 (25.Feb.1948), p. 16-17 (F/C: Carnegie Hall; concert in Cedar Falls, Iowa); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part One: The Life of Duke Ellington 1927-1950, Cambridge 1999 [book: Vail Publishing], p. 328 (F/C)
  • NN: Duke's Regal Week Set, in: Down Beat, 15/3 (11.Feb.1948), p. 4 (N)NN: Instantané. Duke Ellington, in: Jazz Hot, #21 (Mar.1948), p. 11 (short F)
  • NN: Duke Undergoes Cyst Operation, in: Down Beat, 15/8 (21.Apr.1948), p. 1 (N)
  • Jack Egan: Capsule Comments, in: Down Beat, 15/10 (19.May 1948), p. 12 (C + Ella Fitzgerald)
  • Jack Egan: Capsule Comments, in: Down Beat, 15/10 (19.May 1948), p. 12 (C + Duke Ellington)
  • Thomas E. Lodge: Ellington's D.C. Bash Postponed, in: Down Beat, 15/12 (16.Jun.1948), p. 2 (F)
  • Boris Vian: Le Jazz, in: Combat, 11./12.Jul.1948 (F); Reprint, in: Boris Vian: Écrits sur le jazz. Tome 1: Jazz Hot/Combat, Paris 1981 [book: Christian Bourgois Éditeur], p. 290-291 (F)
  • Boris Vian: Le plus grand, in: Combat, 18./19.Jul.1948 (F); Reprint, in: Boris Vian: Écrits sur le jazz. Tome 1: Jazz Hot/Combat, Paris 1981 [book: Christian Bourgois Éditeur], p. 291-293 (F)
  • Boris Vian: Les concerts Ellington, in: Combat, 25./26.Jul.1948 (C); Reprint, in: Boris Vian: Écrits sur le jazz. Tome 1: Jazz Hot/Combat, Paris 1981 [book: Christian Bourgois Éditeur], p. 294-295 (C); German translation, as: Die Ellington-Konzerte, in: Boris Vian: Stolz und Vorurteile. Schriften, Glossen und Kritiken über Jazz, Wien 1990 [book: Hannibal], p. 84-85 (F)
  • Boris Vian: Ruee d'admirateurs à la Gare du Nord pour accueillir Duke Ellington, in: Combat, 20.Jul.1948 (F); Reprint, in: Boris Vian: Écrits sur le jazz. Tome 1: Jazz Hot/Combat, Paris 1981 [book: Christian Bourgois Éditeur], p. 293-294 (F); German translation, as: Eine Heerschar Bewunderer am Gare du Nord zum Empfang von Duke Ellington, in: Boris Vian: Stolz und Vorurteile. Schriften, Glossen und Kritiken über Jazz, Wien 1990 [book: Hannibal], p. 83-84 (F)
  • NN: Duke's Fall Tour Being Arranged, in: Down Beat, 15/15 (28.Jul.1948), p. 1 (N)
  • Stuart S. Allen: London Largo. A Weary Duke Errs By Not Rehearsing with Ork, in: Down Beat, 15/15 (28.Jul.1948), p. 2 (F/C)
  • Alec Wilder: A Look at the Duke, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 258-261 (F; Reprint, from: Saturday Review, 28.Aug.1948)
  • André Hodeir: Le Duke sur la pente de la facilité? Duke Ellington Plays the Blues, in: Jazz Hot, #25 (Aug/Sep.1948), p. 5-7 (F/A/T: excerpts from "Royal Garden Blues"; "Beale Street Blues"; "Transblucency"; "Memphis Blues")
  • Ernest Borneman: The Duke in Paris, Part I. Diary - 68 Hours Without Sleep, in: Down Beat, 15/17 (25.Aug.1948), p. 6-7 (F/I)
  • Michelle Vian: Duke Ellington à Paris. Les Concerts / Quelques minutes avec Duke, in: Jazz Hot, #25 (Aug/Sep.1948), p. 16-17 (C/I)
  • NN: Looking Backward. Notes on Ellington, in: The Jazzfinder, 1/9 (Sep.1948), p. 16 (F)
  • Charles Delaunay: Quand Ellington joue le blues..., in: Jazz Hot, #26 (Oct.1948), p. 7 (F)
  • Leonard Feather: Charlie's Choice. Ventura, in blinkers, spots clinkers, in a highly perceptive blindfold test, in: Metronome, 64/11 (Nov.1948), p. 16, 40-41 (BT: Miles Davis: "Half Nelson; Serge Chaloff: "Gabardine and Serge"; Duke Ellington: "Hiawatha"; Be Bop Boys: "Moody Speaks"; John Kirby: Maxixe Dengoza"; Illinois Jacquet: "Jacquet and No Vest"; Sam Donahue: "September in the Rain"; JatP: "How High the Moon"; Herbie Haymer: "China Boy"; Red Norvo: "Hallelujah"; Dizzy Gillespie: "52nd Street Theme"; Louis Armstong: "Pennies from Heaven")
  • Jack Egan: Webster in Royal Return to Duke, in: Down Beat, 15/24 (1.Dec.1948), p. 1 (F/C)
  • Thomas E. Lodge Jr.: D.C. Opens New Ellington Nitery, in: Down Beat, 15/26 (29.Dec.1948), p. 17 (F: Clubs called "Ellington" in Washington, D.C.)

1949:

  • NN: Duke Ellington Adds Melodic Nail to Bop's Coffin in Bop City Debut, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part One: The Life of Duke Ellington 1927-1950, Cambridge 1999 [book: Vail Publishing], p. 352 (C; reprint, from 1949)
  • Boris Vian: Duke Ellington Vampire ou Catalyseur?, in: Combat, 4.Feb.1949 (F); Reprint, in: Boris Vian: Écrits sur le jazz. Tome 1: Jazz Hot/Combat, Paris 1981 [book: Christian Bourgois Éditeur], p. 319-320 (F); Dutch translation, as: Duke Ellington. Vampier of katalysator?, in: Boris Vian: Over jazz. Teksten 1946-1958, Amsterdam 1984 [book: Van Gennep], p. 37-38 (F); German translation, as: Duke Ellington. Vampir oder Katalysator, in: Boris Vian: Stolz und Vorurteile. Schriften, Glossen und Kritiken über Jazz, Wien 1990 [book: Hannibal], p. 94-95 (F)
  • NN: Ellington Club, in: Ritmo y Melodia (Spain), 5/33 (Feb.1949), p. 7 (N)
  • Kurt Mohr: Miley, Metcalf, Whetsol, Jenkins. The four trumpet soloists on the early Ellingtons, in: Playback, 2/3 (#15, Mar.1949), p. 17 (F)
  • NN: Cuatro músicos de Ellington y el be-bop, in: Ritmo y Melodia (Spain), 5/34 (Nov.1947), p. 1 (F)
  • H. Meunier Harris: An Ellington Investigation, in: Jazz Notes, #93 (May 1949), p. 12-15 (F/D)
  • Wolf Gerbry: Duke Ellington, in: Jazz Home, 1/5 (Aug.1949), p. 14-15 (F) [digi.copy]
  • Roy Voysey: Things Ain't What They Used to Be. Random Recollections of Ellingtonia, in: Jazz Notes, #96 (Sep.1949), p. 3-4 (F)
  • Claes Dahlgren: U.S.A.-intervju i fickformat. Duke Ellington, in: Orkester Journalen, 17/12 (Dec.1949), p. 21 (F/I)
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