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

1960:
  • Barry Ulanov: The Ellington Programme, in: Ken Williamson (ed.): This Is Jazz, London 1960 [book: Newnes], p. 131-132, 141-145 (F); Reprint, in: Robert G. O'Meally (ed.): The Jazz Cadence of American Culture, New York 1998 [book: Columbia University Press], p. 166-171 (F)
  • Carlo Bohländer: Duke Ellington, in: Carlo Bohländer: Jazz. Geschichte und Rhythmus, Mainz 1960 [book: B. Schott's Söhne], p. 40-42 (F)
  • Charles Fox & Peter Gammond & Alun Morgan & Alexis Korner: Jazz on Record. A Critical Guide, London 1960 [book: Grey Arrow], p. 111-121 (F)
  • Dan Morgenstern: Duke Ellington/Johnny Hodges - Side By Side, in: Jazz Review, 3/6 (1960), p. 24-25 (R)
  • Don DeMichael: Duke Ellington, Court Theater, University of Chicago, Chicago, in: Down Beat, Down Beat, 27/21 (13.Oct.1960), p. 10-13 (C)
  • Don Heckman: Duke Ellington - Bal Masque, in: Jazz Review, 3/7 (1960), p. 18-19 (R)
  • Duke Ellington: The Encyclopedia of Jazz, in: Leonard Feather: The Encyclopedia of Jazz, New York 1960 [book: Bonanza Books], p. 13-15 ("I")
  • Gunther Schuller: Early Duke, part 3, in: Jazz Review, 3/2 (1960), p. 18-25
  • Irving Townsend: When Duke Records, in: Sinclair Traill & The Hon. Gerald Lascelles (Hgg.): Just Jazz 4, London 1960 [book], p. 16-21 (F); reprint, in: in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 319-324 (F)
  • Leonard Feather: The Duke Ellington Story (as Hollywood Might Do It), in: Down Beat, 27/6 (1960), p. 20-23
  • Leonard Feather: The Jazzman as Critic. The Blindfold Test. Reactions to Duke Ellington, in: Leonard Feather: The Encyclopedia of Jazz, New York 1960 [book: Bonanza Books], p. 474-475 (F/I with Tony Scott, Sonny Rollins, Leonard Bernstein, Miles Davis)
  • Max Harrison: Duke Ellington/Johnny Hodges - Back to Back, in: Jazz Review, 3/3 (1960), p. 24-25 (R)
  • NN: Not Enough Room at the Top for Duke, Mort, in: Down Beat, 27/18 (1.Sep.1960), p. 14-15
  • Robert Reisner: Duke Ellington, in: Robert Reisner: The Jazz Titans, Garden City/NY 1960 [book: Doubleday & Company], p. 43-46 (F)
  • Sidney Bechet: Bessie and Duke, in: Sidney Bechet: Treat It Gentle, London 1960 [book], p. 134-148 (F)
  • Max Jones: Duke Presents an Imposing Array of Talent, in: Melody Maker, 16.Jan.1960, p. 14 (R: Back to Back)
  • NN: More Ellington Shuffle, in: Down Beat, 27/2 (21.Jan.1960), p. 12 (short F)
  • NN: Vom Duke und vom Count, in: Jazz Podium, 9/1 (Jan.1960), p. 3 (short F)
  • Dan Morgenstern: Three Giants, in: Jazz Journal, 13/2 (Feb.1960), p. 13, 15 (C)
  • John A. Tynan: Oscar Peterson - "Cole Porter Song Book" (Verve); "Irving Berlin Song Book" (Verve); "George Gershwin Song Book" (Verve); "Duke Ellington Sonk Book" (Verve); "Richard Rodgers Song Book" (Verve), in: Down Beat, 27/4 (18.Feb.1960), p. 36-38 (R)
  • NN: News. AFN-Neujahrskonzert mit Duke Ellington aus Chicago, in: Jazz Podium, 9/2 (Feb.1960), p. 28 (N)
  • Don DeMichael: Duke Ellington - "Festival Session" (Columbia), in: Down Beat, 27/6 (17.Mar.1960), p. 34, 36 (R)
  • Leonard Feather: The Duke Ellington Story, as Hollywood might do it, in: Down Beat, 27/6 (17.Mar.1960), p. 20-23 (F: parody); responses, by Barbara Hoaglund, Tom Harris, Orlando Thompson, in: Down Beat, 27/8 (14.Apr.1960), p. 6 (letters)
  • M. Possekel: Podium Jam Session. Lustloser Ellington, in: Jazz Podium, 9/3 (Mar.1960), p. 60 (letter)
  • NN: Ellington and Other Masters, in: Down Beat, 27/6 (17.Mar.1960), p. 13 (C)
  • John S. Wilson: Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges - "Side By Side" (Verve), in: Down Beat, ca. Apr.1960 (R); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 157 (R)
  • John S. Wilson: Duke Ellington / Johnny Hodges - "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (Verve), in: Down Beat, 27/9 (28.Apr.1960), p. 38 (R)
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Tyree Glenn, in: Down Beat, 27/8 (14.Apr.1960), p. 39 (BT: Duke Ellington: "Launching Pad"; Ornette Coleman: "Lonely Woman"; Victor Feldman: "Satin Doll"; Johnny Richards: "Run Wild"; One World Jazz: "Misty"; Al Grey: "Don't Get Around Much Anymore")
  • Max Jones: Duke Looks Back, in: Melody Maker, 2.Apr.1960, p. 14 (R: Historically Speaking - The Duke)
  • NN: news..., in: Jazz Podium, 9/4 (Apr.1960), p. 76 (N: new rhythm section) [digi.copy]
  • John Tynan: Duke Ellington Los Angeles Jazz Festival, in: Down Beat, ca. Jun.1960 (C); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 159 (R)
  • Alfredo Luciano Catalani: "The Duke Ellington Story Vol. II/Vol.III" (Philips); "Duke Ellington At His Very Best" (RCA Italiana), in: Jazz di ieri e di oggi, 2/7 (Jul/Aug.1960), p. 54-56 (R)
  • Barbara Gardner: Duke Ellington - "Blues in Orbit", in: Down Beat, 27/15 (21.Jul.1960), p. 44 (R); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 162 (R)
  • I.L. Jacobs: Ellington Natter, in: Coda, 3/3 (Jul.1960), p. 14-15 (short F/C)
  • Vic Bellerby: Duke in Orbit, in: Melody Maker, 16.Jul.1960, p. 11 (R: Blues in Orbit)
  • Don DeMichael: Duke Ellington, Court Theater, University of Chicago, Chicago, in: Down Beat, ca. Aug.1960 (C); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 163 (C)
  • Bill Mathieu: "I'm Beginning to See the Light", arranged by Bill Matthieu, in: Down Beat, 27/20 (29.Sep.1960), p. 56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66 (T)
  • Ira Gitler: Duke Ellington, Detroit Jazz Festival, in: Down Beat, ca. Sep.1960 (C); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 164 (C)
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Pete Rugolo, in: Down Beat, 27/19 (15.Sep.1960), p. 33 (BT: Gerry Mulligan: "I'm Gonna Go Fishin'"; Bay Big Band - "Collaboration"; Paul Horn: "Something Blue"; Quincy Jones/Harris Arnold Orchestra - "The Midnight Sun Never Sets"; Duke Ellington: "Big Drag"; Gil Evans: "Theme")
  • NN: Duke's Back (in New York), in: Melody Maker, 10.Sep.1960, p. 9
  • John Tynan: Duke Ellington, Monterey Jazz Festival, in: Down Beat, ca. Oct.1960 (C); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 165-166 (C)
  • Vic Bellerby: Ellington Plays Tchaikowsky, in: Melody Maker, 26.Nov.1960, p. 14 (R: Nutcracker Suite)
  • Michel-Claude Jalard: Trois apotres du discontinu, in: Jazz Magazine, #65 (Dec.1960), p. 42-47, 63 (F: Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Cecil Taylor); reprint, in: Les Années Jazz Magazine 1954-2000, Turin 2000 [book: Filipacchi], p. 104-110 (F)
  • NN: news..., in: Jazz Podium, 9/12 (Dec.1960), p. 259 (N: records for film "Paris Blues") [digi.copy]
  • NN: Tchaikowsky Would Have Approved, in: Melody Maker, 10.Dec.1960, p. 13 (R: Nutcracker Suite)
  • T. White: Review in Context. Duke Ellington - The Slumbering Giant, in: Metronome, 77/12 (Dec.1960), p. 42-43
1961:
  • Burnett James: The Impressionism of Duke Ellington [p. 163-174 (F)]; Such Sweet Thunder [p. 175-205 (F)], in: Burnett James: Essays on Jazz, London 1961 [book: The Jazz Book Club & Sidgwick and Jackson]; reprint: New York 1990 [book: Da Capo]
  • Demètre Ioakimidis: Un pianiste nommé Ellington, in: Jazz Hot, 163 (Mar.1961), p. 12-15, 46 (F); part 2, in: Jazz Hot, #164 (Apr.1961), p. 18-19, 42 (F); part 3, in: Jazz Hot, #165 (May 1961), p. 22-25, 27 (F); part 4, in: Jazz Hot, #166 (Jun.1961), p. 20-25 (F)
  • G.E. Lambert: Kings of Jazz. Duke Ellington, South Brunswick 1961 [book]
  • Hans-Jürgen Winkler: Duke Ellington, in: Hans-Jürgen Winkler: Jazz für Jedermann, München 1961 [book], p. 236-239 (F)
  • J.-R. Masson: Ellington au T.N.P., in: Jazz Magazine, 7/67 (1961), p. 15 (C)
  • J.-R. Masson: Satchmo et Duke face à face, in: Jazz Magazine, 7/71 (1961), p. 15
  • John Lane (ed.): George Shearing. Interpretations for Piano No. 7, New York 1961 [sheet music], p. 22-23 (T: piano solo arrangement by George Shearing of "All Too Soon")
  • Murray Feldman (ed.): Art Tatum Improvisations, No. 2, London 1961 [sheet music] (T: piano solo arrangement of Art Tatum's versions of "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" [p. 6-7]; "I Got It Band (And That Ain't Good)" [p. 16-17])
  • R. Greene: Duke Ellington. Eine Bildchronik, Zürich 1961 [book]
  • Several authors: Quincy Hamp Duke, in: Jazz Magazine, 7/70 (1961), p. 22ff.
  • Siegfried Schmidt-Joos: Duke - mit kleinen Unterschieden, in: Siegfried Schmidt-Joos: Jazz. Gesicht einer Musik, Gütersloh 1961 [book], p. 235-240, 257 (F)
  • Whitney Balliett: Close, But No Cigar, in: Whitney Balliett: The Sound of Jazz. 46 Pieces on Jazz, London 1961 [book], p. 134-138 (R: Duke Ellington Song Book)
  • Whitney Balliett: The Duke at Play, in: Whitney Balliett: The Sound of Jazz. 46 Pieces on Jazz, London 1961 [book], p. 45-48 (C: "A Drum is a Woman"); Reprint, in: Whitney Balliett: Collected Works. A Journal of Jazz 1954-2000, New YOrk 2000 [book: St.Martin's Press], p. 16-18 (C) [digi.copy]
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. George Russell, in: Down Beat, 28/1 (5.Jan.1961), p. 43 (BT: Modern Jazz Quartet & Beaux Arts String Quartet: "Conversation"; Duke Ellington; "Dance of the Floreadores"; Shorty Rogers: "Flowers for the Cats"; Quincy Jones: "Everybody's Blues"; J.J. Johnson: "Poem for Brass"; Stan Kenton: "Lovely Woman")
  • Max Jones: It was a challenge, says Duke, in: Melody Maker, 14.Jan.1961, p. 5 (F: Paris Blues)
  • Max Jones: With Duke and Louis in Paris, in: Melody Maker, 7.Jan.1961, p. 2-3, 17
  • NN: Duke's Mad, Mad Paris Visit, in: Down Beat, 28/4 (16.Feb.1961), p. 12 (F)
  • NN: Pre-Dawn Drugs Raid on Ellington Men, in: Melody Maker, 18.Feb.1961, p. 8
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Rex Stewart, in: Down Beat, 28/6 (16.Mar.1961), p. 33 (BT: Charlie Barnet: "The Sergeant Was Shy"; Bill Holman: "Lush Life"; Walter Benton: "Azil"; Kid Ory: "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise"; Bobby Timmons: "The Touch of Your Lips"; Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges: "Weary Blues"; Ornette Coleman: "Eventually"; Clifford Brown: "Willow, Weep for Me")
  • NN: Ellington mußte Kaution stellen, in: Jazz Podium, 10/3 (Mar.1961), p. 68
  • NN: Four Ellingtonians Arrested in Vegas, in: Down Beat, 28/6 (16.Mar.1961), p. 11 (short F: Ray Nance, Willie Cook, Andre Ford, Paul Gonsalves)
  • Humphrey Lyttelton: Duke - The Greatest Poet in Jazz, in: Melody Maker, 8.Apr.1961, p. 5, 8
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Shorty Rogers, in: Down Beat, 28/9 (27.Apr.1961), p. 49 (BT: Maynard Ferguson: "The Party's Over"; Max Roach: "Moon Faced Starry Eyes"; J.J. Johnson: "Portrait of Jennie"; Oliver Nelson: "March On, March On"; Quincy Jones: "G'Wan Train"; Miles Davis: "Stella By Starlight"; Count Basie: "Jackson County"; Duke Ellington: "Sugar Rum Cherry")
  • NN: Und jetzt Grieg. Ellingtons neueste Ambitionen, in: Jazz Podium, 10/4 (Apr.1961), p. 96
  • Stanley Dance: The Beautiful Americans, in: Jazz Journal, ca. Apr.1961 (F); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 172 (F)
  • Gene Lees: Duke Ellington - "The Nutcracker Suite" (Columbia); "Peer Gynt Suites No.1 and 2, Suite Thursday" (Columbia), in: Down Beat, 28/10 (11.May 1961), p. 28-30 (R)
  • Stanley Dance: More Paris Blues, in: Jazz Journal, ca. May 1961 (F/I); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 174 (F/I)
  • Vic Bellerby: Here Is All the Poetry of Duke's Piano, in: Melody Maker, 6.May 1961, p. 13 (R: "Piano in the Background")
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Benny Golson, in: Down Beat, 28/13 (22.Jun.1961), p. 39 (BT: Duke Ellington: "Chinoiserie"; Ornette Coleman: "Bird Food"; John Coltrane: "Syeeda's Song Flute"; Thelonious Monk: "Crepuscule with Nellie"; Michel Legrand: "Wild Man Blues"; John Lewis: "Piazza Navona")
  • Don DeMichael: Duke Ellington, Indiana Jazz Festival, in: Down Beat, ca. Jul.1961 (C); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 177 (C)
  • John S. Wilson: Duke Ellington - "Piano in the Background" (Columbia), in: Down Beat, 28/15 (20.Jul.1961), p. 41-42 (R)
  • Stanley Dance: Festival. Preparation and Aftermath. The Story of "Suite Thursday", in: Metronome, 78/7 (Jul.1961), p. 22-23
  • Steve Voce: It Don't Mean a Thing. If It Ain't Got That Swing, in: Jazz Journal, 18/4 (Apr.1965), p. 25-26 (C)
  • NN: Duke Objects to Jazz as a Term, in: Down Beat, 28/22 (26.Oct.1961), p. 13 (short F)
  • Teddy Leyh: Kritisches Mosaik. Ellingtonia I, in: Jazz Podium, 10/10 (Oct.1961), p. 242-243, 245
  • Burt Korall: Ellington in Concert (New York), in: Melody Maker, 9.Dec.1961, p. 13 (C)
  • Dieter Zimmerle: Duke Ellington. Eine Bildchronik, hg. von Robert Greene, in: Jazz Podium, 10/12 (Dec.1961), p. 298 (B)
  • Stanley Dance: Harry Carney, in: Metronome, 78/12 (Dec.1961), p. 15-18 (I)
1962:
  • André Hodeir: Why Did Ellington "Remake" His Masterpiece, in: André Hodeir: Toward Jazz, New York 1962 [book], p. 24-32 (F: "Ko-Ko")
  • André Hodeir: Why Did Ellington 'Remake' His Masterpiece?, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 297-302 (F; Reprint, from: André Hodeir: Toward Jazz, New York 1962)
  • Bill Coss: Duke Ellington, Museum of Modern Art, New York, in: Down Beat, 29/5 (1962), p. 4 (C); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 188 (C)
  • Florence Johnson: Duke Ellington Welcomes Back 'Old Timers', in: Jazz Notes/Indianapolis, 7/5 (1962), p. 10 (short F)
  • NN: Ellington Sues and Is Sued in Return, in: Down Beat, 29/24 (1962), p. 12 (short F); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 194 (short F)
  • NN: Ellington TV Show Ready to Roll, in: Down Beat, 29/7 (1962), p. 13-14
  • NN: Work Begins on TV Ellington Story, in: Down Beat, 29/3 (1962), p. 11 (short F); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 192 (short F)
  • Stanley Dance: Ellington, Duke, in: Stanley Dance (ed.): Jazz Era. The 'Forties, London 1962 [book: The Jazz Book Club & MacGibbon & Kee], p. 96-102 (F)
  • Stanley Dance: It's Really a Twisting World. An Interview, in: Jazz, 1/1 (1962), p. 8-9 (I)
  • Stanley Dance: Three Ellington Firsts, in: Jazz, 1/2 (1962), p. 14
  • Whitney Balliett: Masterly Milquetoast, in: Whitney Balliett: Dinosaurs in the Morning. 41 Pieces on Jazz, London 1965 [book], p. 198-200 (C; reprint from 1962); Reprint, in: Whitney Balliett: Collected Works. A Journal of Jazz 1954-2000, New York 2000 [book: St.Martin's Press], p. 160-162 (C)
  • Michel Laverdure: Louis Armstrong et Duke Ellington, in: Jazz Magazine, #78 (Jan.1962), p. 33 (R)
  • Philippe Koechlin: Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington - "Together fot the First Time" (Roulette), in: Jazz Hot, #172 (Jan.1962), p. 39, 41 (R) [digi.copy]
  • Rolf Dötsch: Duke Ellington - "Kings of Swing" (Brunswick), in: Jazz Podium, 11/2 (Feb.1962), p. 52-53 (R) [digi.copy]
  • Rolf Dötsch: Duke Ellington Trio - "The Duke Plays Ellington" (Capitol), in: Jazz Podium, 10/2 (Feb.1961), p. 58 (R) [digi.copy]
  • Stanley Dance: Lightly and Politely. Ellington Premiere, in: Jazz Journal, 15/2 (Feb.1962), p. 8-9 (F/C: piano recital)
  • Duke Ellington: Where Is Jazz Going?, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 324-326 ("I"; Reprint, from: Music Journal, Mar.1962)
  • Max Jones: Duke and Basie Combine, in: Melody Maker, 17.Mar.1962, p. 6 (R: "Battle Royal")
  • John S. Wilson: Duke Ellington & Count Basie - "First Time" (Columbia), in: Down Beat, ca. May 1962 (R); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 193 (R)
  • Duke Ellington & Stanley Dance: The Art Is In the Cooking, in: Down Beat, 7.Jun.1962 (I); Reprint, in: Down Beat, 56/9 (Sep.1989), p. 60 (I); Reprint, in: Down Beat, 66/4 (Apr.1999), p. 28-29 (I)
  • Leonard Feather: Duke Ellington - "All American" (Columbia), in: Down Beat, ca. Jun.1962 (R); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 196 (R)
  • Norman Perkins: Jazz Festival a triumph only for Duke Ellington, in: [unknown source], ca. Jun.1962 (C); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 195 (C)
  • Pete Welding: Long Day's Journey. On the Road with the Duke Ellington Orchestra, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 326-332 (F/I; Reprint, from: Down Beat, 7.Jun.1962)
  • Stanley Dance & Duke Ellington: The Art Is in the Cooking, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 332-338 ("I"; Reprint, from: Down Beat, 7.Jun.1962)
  • Stanley Dance: Lightly and Politely. More Ellingtonia, in: Jazz Journal, 15/6 (Jun.1962), p. 22-23 (F)
  • Pete Welding: Report from Washington. First International Jazz Festival, in: Down Beat, 29/20 (19.Jul.1962), p. 20-21, 60 (C: Oscar Peterson, Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, Sonny Rollins, National Symphony Orchestra & Gunther Schuller u.a.)
  • Bill Coss: Newport Jazz Festival Report. Good Music, Good Times, and Even - A Profit, in: Down Beat, 29/22 (16.Aug.1962), p. 16-17 (C: Coleman Hawkins/Roy Eldridge, Thelonious Monk & Duke Ellington u.a.)
  • NN: Up to My Ears in All of It - Says Duke, in: Melody Maker, 15.Sep.1962, p. 20-21
  • NN: Duke Ellington on the Air in Vancouver, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 338-341 (I; Original: radio interview, 30.Oct.1962)
  • Stanley Dance: Lightly & Politely. Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On, in: Jazz Journal, 15/10 (Oct.1962), p. 22-24 (F)
  • John Tynan: New Blood from Some Old Hands, in: Down Beat, ca. Nov.1962 (C); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 205-206 (C)
  • Frank Dutton: The Goodyear Jazz Film. A Review, in: Matrix, #44 (Dec.1962), p. 3-4 (Film-R)
  • NN: Ellington Joins Sinatra Label, in: Melody Maker, 8.Dec.1962, p. 3
1963:
  • Dan Morgenstern: The Ellington Era, in: Dan Morgenstern: Living with Jazz. A Reader, New York 2004 [book: Pantheon], p. 108-112 (F; reprint, from: Listen. A Music Monthly, 1963)
  • George Hoefer: Ellington Memories, in: Jazz, 2/3 (1963), p. 11
  • Jean Wagner: L'aristocrate aux prises avec la foule, in: Jazz Magazine, 9/91 (1963), p. 23-25
  • Leonard Feather: The Duke Ellington Story, as Hollywood might do it, in: Leonard Feather & Jack Tracy: Laughter from the Hip. The Lighter Side of Jazz, New York 1963 [book: Horizon Press]; reprint: New York 1979 [book: Da Capo], p. 45-53 (F: ficticious screenplay)
  • Martin Williams: The Ellington Era, in: Martin Williams: Jazz Changes, New York 1992 [book: Oxford University Press], p. 264-272 (R; Reprint from 1963/1966)
  • Mercer Ellington: Reminiscing in Tempo, in: Dom Cerulli & Burt Korall & Mort Nasatir (ed.): The Jazz Word, London 1963 [book], p. 54-66 (F)
  • Several authors: Vive le Duke!, in: Jazz Hot, 28/185 (1963), p. 6-10
  • Whitney Balliett: Fortieth / Cootie / Praise, in: Whitney Balliett: Such Sweet Thunder. 49 Pieces on Jazz, Indianapolis 1966 [book: Bobbs-Merrill], p. 98-118 (F/I with Cootie Williams; reprint from 1963); Reprint, in: Whitney Balliett: Collected Works. A Journal of Jazz 1954-2000, New York 2000 [book: St.Martin's Press], p. 204-213 (F)
  • Demètre Ioakimidis: Ellington's Drummers, in: Jazz Journal, 16/1 (Jan.1963), p. 4-5
  • Duke Ellington: Thoughts on Composing, in: Jazz Journal, 16/1 (Jan.1963), p. 3 (I)
  • Harvey Pekar: The Duke Ellington Small Bands, in: Jazz Journal, 16/1 (Jan.1963), p. 6-7 (F)
  • Laurie Henshaw: Ellingtonia '63. Relaxing at the Dorchester, in: Melody Maker, 19.Jan.1963, p. 10-11
  • Laurie Henshaw: Rehearsing with Duke, in: Melody Maker, 26.Jan.1963, p. i, iv
  • Les Tomkins: Duke Ellington, in: Crescendo, ca. Jan.1963 (C); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 209 (C)
  • Max Jones: The "Old Boys" Still Call the Tune, in: Melody Maker, 19.Jan.1963, p. 11
  • NN: A Historical Calendar of Duke Ellington's Career, in: Jazz Journal, 16/1 (Jan.1963), p. 9-13
  • NN: Duke's Here! Hour-Long TV Show by Ellington, in: Melody Maker, 12.Jan.1963, p. 1
  • NN: Ellington wurde Programmdirektor (Reprise), in: Jazz Podium, 12/1 (Jan.1963), p. 3
  • Several authors: Music in the Making by the Ellington Men, in: Melody Maker, 26.Jan.1963, p. ii-iii
  • Sinclair Traill: Back Again, in: Jazz Journal, 16/1 (Jan.1963), p. 1-2 (F)
  • Vic Bellerby: The Greatest Concert Ever!, in: Melody Maker, 19.Jan.1963, p. 10
  • Humphrey Lyttelton: Tin Pan Alley Can Do It's Worst! Humphrey Lyttelton Sums Up the Duke Ellington Tour, in: Melody Maker, 2.Feb.1963, p. 11
  • Dieter Zimmerle: Der "One and Only" Duke, in: Jazz Podium, 12/3 (Mar.1963), p. 56-57
  • Don DeMichael: Duke Ellington, Detroit Symphony, Ford Auditorium, Detroit, Mich., in: Down Beat, ca. Mar.1963 (C); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 216 (C)
  • Eddie Lambert: Duke Ellington - 1963, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 342-346 (F; Reprint, from: Jazz Journal, 16/3 [Mar.1963])
  • François Postif: Le Duke parle, in: Jazz Hot, #185 (Mar.1963), p. 14-18 (I); Reprint, in: François Postif: Jazz Me Blues. Interviews et portraits de musiciens de jazz et de blues, Paris 1998 [book: Outre Mesure], p. 175-183 (I)
  • Philippe Koechlin & Aris Destombes & Jean Tronchot: Vive le Duke!, in: Jazz Hot, #185 (Mar.1963), p. 6-10 (F)
  • Sinclair Traill: Editorial, in: Jazz Journal, 16/3 (Mar.1963), p. 1-4 (F/C)
  • Steve Voce: A Cold from "Little Eddie", in: Jazz Journal, 16/3 (Mar.1963), p. 12-13 (F: gossip from the Ellington tour)
  • Max Jones: Thirty-Six Years of Ellington, in: Melody Maker, 6.Apr.1963, p. 10 (R: "The Duke in Harlem")
  • NN: Duke l'infatigable, in: Jazz Hot, #186 (Apr.1963), p. 17 (N)
  • NN: Dukes Terminkalender, in: Jazz Podium, 12/4 (Apr.1963), p. 76
  • NN: news..., in: Jazz Podium, 12/5 (May 1963), p. 107 (N: with Detroit Symphony Orchestra) [digi.copy]
  • Ira Gitler: Caught In the Act. Duke Ellington Jazz Society, Town Hall, New York City, in: Down Beat, 30/23 (15.Aug.1963), p. 32 (C)
  • Ira Gitler: Report from Newport, in: Down Beat, 30/23 (15.Aug.1963), p. 13-15 (C: Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk & Pee Wee Russell, Nina Simone, Sonny Stitt & Maynard Ferguson, Sonny Rollins & Coleman Hawkins, Gerry Mulligan & Art Farmer, Newport Festival All Stars, Clark Terry & Howard McGhee, McCoy Tyner, Joe Williams, Ramsey Lewis, Herbie Mann, John Coltrane, Paul Winter, Cannonball Adderley, Ken McIntyre, Martial Solal, Dave Brubeck, Lamberts, Henrdicks & Ross, Stan Kenton, Duke Ellington u.a.)
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Horace Silver, in: Down Beat, 30/24 (29.Aug.1963), p. 30 (BT: Lambert/Hendricks/Bavan: "Doodlin'"; Pee Wee Russell: "Round Midnight"; Quincy Jones: "Grasshopper"; The Three Sounds: "What Kind of Fool Am I?"; Bill Evans & Jim Hall: "Skating in Central Park"; Chico Hamilton: "One for Joan"; Duke Ellington/Charles Mingus/Max Roach: "Les fleurs africaines")
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Sonny Stitt, in: Down Beat, 30/23 (15.Aug.1963), p. 31 (BT: John Coltrane: Exotica; Bud Shank: Samba de Orfeu; Count Basie: What Kind of Fool Am I?; Benny Carter: Lula; Eric Dolphy: Far Cry; Duke Ellington: Moonbow; Jimmy Smith: Minor Chant; Orchestra USA: Milano; Art Pepper: Long Ago and Far Away); response, by Bill Halpin, in: Down Beat, 30/28 (24.Oct.1963), p. 9 (letter); response, by Bob Hardy, in: Down Beat, 30/29 (7.Nov.1963), p. 7 (letter)
  • NN: Ellington Puts Together Show for Emancipation Celebration, in: Down Beat, 30/23 (15.Aug.1963), p. 11 (F)
  • NN: Major Ellington Opuses Slated for LP Release, in: Down Beat, 30/24 (29.Aug.1963), p. 9 (short F: "Night Creature")
  • Don DeMichael: Caught In the Act. My People, Arie Crown Theatre, Chicago, in: Down Beat, 30/26 (26.Sep.1963), p. 41 (C)
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Junior Mance, in: Down Beat, 30/26 (26.Sep.1963), p. 40 (BT: Duke Ellington/Charles Mingus/Max Roach: "Very Special"; Bernard Peiffer: "Poem for a Lonely Child"; Herbie Hancock: "Three Bags Full"; Victor Feldman: "Vic"; Martial Solal: "Very Fatigué"; McCoy Tyner: "Reaching Fourth"; Bob Pazar: "Taking Another Chance"; Don Ewell: "Frisco Rider")
  • Horst Lippmann: Pianorama. Duke Ellington - "Money Jungle" (United Artists); "Midnight in Paris" (CBS), in: Jazz Podium, 12/10 (Oct.1963), p. 216-217, 220 (R) [digi.copy]
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Buddy DeFranco / Tommy Gumina, in: Down Beat, 30/28 (24.Oct.1963), p. 34 (BT: Curtis Amy/Dupree Bolton: "Katanga"; Oliver Nelson: "Full Nelson"; Harry James: "Monday Date"; Rhelonious Monk: "Rhythm-a-ning"); part 2, in: Down Beat, 30/29 (7.Nov.1963), p. 37 (BT: John Coltrane: "Up 'Gainst the Wall"; Duke Ellington: "Tigress"; Oscar Peterson: "Georgia On My Mind")
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Buddy DeFranco / Tommy Gumina, in: Down Beat, 30/28 (24.Oct.1963), p. 34 (BT: Curtis Amy/Dupree Bolton: "Katanga"; Oliver Nelson: "Full Nelson"; Harry James: "Monday Date"; Rhelonious Monk: "Rhythm-a-ning"); part 2, in: Down Beat, 30/29 (7.Nov.1963), p. 37 (BT: John Coltrane: "Up 'Gainst the Wall"; Duke Ellington: "Tigress"; Oscar Peterson: "Georgia On My Mind")
  • Max Jones: Ellington Trio (Ellington-Mingus-Roach), in: Melody Maker, 19.Oct.1963, p. 10 (R)
  • NN: Ellingtonians Storm Madras, in: Indian Express, ca. Oct.1963 (C); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 227 (C)
  • A.J. Bishop: Duke's Creole Rhapsody, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 347-349 (F; Reprint, from: Jazz Monthly, Nov.1963)
  • John S. Wilson: Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington - "The Great Reunion" (Roulette), in: Down Beat, 30/29 (7.Nov.1963), p. 28 (R)
  • Dan Morgenstern: The Ellington Era, in: Listen. A Music Monthly, 1 (Dec.1963) (F); reprint, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 350-354 (F); reprint, in: Dan Morgenstern: Living with Jazz. A Reader, New York 2004 [book: Pantheon], p. 108-112 (F)
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Harry Edison, in: Down Beat, 30/31 (5.Dec.1963), p. 35 (BT: Count Basie: "Backstage Blues"; Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington: "Don't Get Around Much Anymore"; Jimmy Woods: "Conflict"; Miles Davis: "Well, You Needn't"; Woody Herman: "Days of Wine and Roses"; Benny Carter/Ben Webster/Barney Bigard: "Lula")
  • NN: Ellington, on Asian Tour, 'Tears Down the Clouds', in: Down Beat, 30/32 (19.Dec.1963), p. 15 (F)
1964:
  • Dan Morgenstern: Ellington. 1927-40, in: Jazz, 1964 (F); reprint, in: Dan Morgenstern: Living with Jazz. A Reader, New York 2004 [book: Pantheon], p. 113-116 (F)
  • M.-C. Ramonet: Duke!, in: Jazz Hot, 30/205 (1964), p. 10
  • NN: Duke Ellington's "My People", in: Jazz, 3/1 (1964), p. 21
  • NN: Jazzmen of the Year. Duke Ellington, in: Down Beat Music '64 (1964), p. 12
  • NN: The Duke. Edward Kennedy Ellington Orchestra. Norman Granz presents The Duke, Offenbach 1964 [program booklet: Horst Lippmann] (F)
  • P. Lattes: Ellington 64, in: Jazz Hot, 30/198 (1964), p. 18-21
  • Sidney Finkelstein: Jazz. A People's Music, New York 1948 [book: Citadel Press]; reprint: London 1964 [book: The Jazz Book Club & The Citadel Press], p. 191-242 (F: chapter "The Experimental Laboratory and The New Jazz...")
  • Wilfrid Mellers: Jazz polyphony and jazz harmony. Duke Ellington as composer, in: Wilfrid Mellers: Music in a New Found Land. Themes and Developments in the History of American Music, London 1964 [book], p. 316-330 (F/A)
  • Willie The Lion Smith & George Hoefer: Music on My Mind. The Memoirs of an American Pianist, New York 1964 [book], passim (F)
  • A.J. Bishop: Reminiscing in Tempo - A Landmark in Jazz Composition, in: Jazz Journal, 17/1 (Jan.1964), p. 5-6 (A); Reprint, in: in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 355-358 (A)
  • Eddie Lambert: The Ellington Era, Vol.1, in: Jazz Journal, 17/1 (Jan.1964), p. 36-37 (F/A)
  • G.E. Lambert: The Duke Steps Out, in: Jazz Journal, 17/1 (Jan.1964), p. 2-4, 40 (F)
  • John S. Wilson: Duke Ellington - "Piano in the Foreground" (Columbia), in: Down Beat, 31/2 (16.Jan.1964), p. 26-27 (R)
  • Max Harrison: Reflections on Some of Duke Ellington's Longer Works, in: Jazz Monthly, Jan.1964 (F); Reprint, in: Max Harrison: A Jazz Retrospect, London 1991 [book; Reprint, O: 1976], p. 121-128 (F); Reprint, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 387-394 (F; Revised Reprint)
  • Pete Welding: Old Wine, New Bottles, in: Down Beat, 31/1 (2.Jan.1964), p. 29-30 (R: "The Ellington Era", Columbia)
  • Roger Craik: Duke in Dacca, in: Jazz Journal, 17/1 (Jan.1964), p. 12-13 (F/I)
  • Stanley Dance: Duke Ellington's My People, in: Jazz Journal, 17/1 (Jan.1964), p. 19, 22 (C)
  • Bob Houston: The Night Tubby Blew With Duke..., in: Melody Maker, ca. Feb.1964 (F); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 233 (F)
  • Brian Bate: With Duke on Tour. A Report, in: Down Beat, 31/6 (27.Feb.1964), p. 14-15 (F/I: Middle East Tour)
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Yolande Bavan, in: Down Beat, 31/4 (13.Feb.1964), p. 36 (BT: Johnny Hartman & John Coltrane: "Autumn Serenade"; Swingle Singers: "Fugue in D Major"; Duke Ellington: "Pyramid"; Annie Ross: "You Took Advantage of Me"; Joe Harriott: "Modal"; Lena Horne: "Island in the West Indies")
  • Lucien Malson & Christian Bellest: Etude. Gravures célèbres, in: Jazz Magazine, #103 (Feb.1964), p. 30-32 (A: "Double Check Stomp"; "Mood Indigo"; "Echoes of the Jungle")
  • Don DeMichael & Pete Welding: Jazz Basics. "The Ellington Era, Vol. 1" (Columbia); "Duke Ellington at His Very Best" (RCA Victor), in: Down Beat, 31/7 (12.Mar.1964), p. 22 (R)
  • John S. Wilson: Duke Ellington - "My People" (Contact), in: Down Beat, 31/7 (12.Mar.1964), p. 28 (R)
  • Leonard Feather: "The Symphonic Ellington" (Reprise), in: Down Beat, 31/7 (12.Mar.1964), p. 25-26 (R); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 237 (R)
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Bill Henderson, in: Down Beat, 31/7 (12.Mar.1964), p. 33 (BT: Mose Allison: "I Don't Worry About a Thing"; Oscar Brown Jr.: "Sam's Life"; Mel Tormé: "On Green Dolphin Street"; John Hammond Jr.: "Mean Old Frisco"; Joe Williams: "April in Paris"; Duke Ellington: "Hello, Little Girl"; Mark Murphy: "Senor Blues")
  • NN: Ellington et ses juges. Le Duke vient d'être condamné par la "Fondation Grieg", in: Jazz Magazine, #104 (Mar.1964), p. 16 (N)
  • G.E. Lambert: Ellingtonia '64, in: Jazz Journal, 17/4 (Apr.1964), p. 2-4 (F/C)
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Woody Herman, in: Down Beat, 31/10 (23.Apr.1964), p. 34 (BT: Stan Kenton: "Dragonwyck"; Count Basie: "Moon River"; André Hodeir: "Jazz et Jazz"; Bill Russo: "Egdon Heath"; Shorty Rogers: "I'm Gonna Go Fishin'"; Duke Ellington: "La Scala, She Too pretty to Be Blue")
  • Max Jones: Symphonic Ellington, in: Melody Maker, 4.Apr.1964 (R)
  • Max Jones: The Great Reunion, in: Melody Maker, 18.Apr.1964, p. 10 (R: Armstrong/Ellington - "The Great Reunion")
  • NN: Robert Herridge Films an Hour of Ellington for TV, in: [unknown source], ca. Apr.1964 (short F); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 242 (short F)
  • Don DeMichael: "Duke Ellington Presents the Dollar Brand Trio" (Reprise), in: Down Beat, 31/11 (7.May 1964), p. 26-27 (R)
  • Don DeMichael: Caught in the Act. Duke Ellington, Civic Opera House, Chicago, in: Down Beat, 31/12 (21.May 1964), p. 30 (C); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 241 (C)
  • Eddie Mourrichon: Le Duke, Jodges et Carney étaient célèbres quand Gilbert Rovère vint au monde, in: Jazz Hot, #198 (May 1964), p. 20-21 (I with Rovère)
  • Huge Downs: Duke Ellington TV Interview, NBC Studios, New York, 26.May 1964 (I); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 244-245 (I)
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Lou Blackburn, in: Down Beat, 31/11 (7.May 1964), p. 36 (BT: Stan Kenton: "Fitz"; George Russell: "D.C. Divertimento"; J.J. Johnson: "Bloozineff"; Kai Winding: "Them There Eyes"; Duke Ellington: "Donkey Serenade"; Curtis Fuller: "Cabin in the Sky"; Maynard ferguson: "Country Boy"; Roland Kirk: "Lonesome August Child"; Red Holt: "Ghost Riders in the Sky")
  • Pierre Lattes: Ellington 64. Nous vous aimons à la folie, Monsieur Duke Ellington, in: Jazz Hot, #198 (May 1964), p. 18-21 (F/C)
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Miles Davis, in: Down Beat, 18.Jun.1964, p. 31 (BT: Les McCann & Jazz Crusaders: "All Blues"; Clark Terry: "Cielito Lindo"; Rod Levitt: "Ah! Spain"; Duke Ellington: "Caravan"; Sonny Rollins: "You Are My Lucky Star"; Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto: "Desafinado"; Eric Dolphy: "Mary Ann"; Cecil Taylor: "Lena"); Reprint, in: Down Beat, 58/12 (Dec.1991), p. 69 (BT); Reprint, in: Bill Kirchner (ed.): A Miles Davis Reader, Washington/DC 1997 [book: Smithonian Institution Press], p. 130-133 (BT); responses, by Leo Cheslak, William J. Carroll, J.J. Isek, in: Down Beat, 31/21 (16.Jul.1964), p. 8-9 (letters); responses, by John Bunch, Matthew Silverman, Raymond Jordan, in: Down Beat, 31/22 (30.Jul.1964), p. 7 (letters); responses, by Donna Mae Kerr, in: Down Beat, 31/24 (27.Aug.1964), p. 5 (letters); response, by Bill Cosby, in: Down Beat, 31/25 (10.Sep.1964), p. 6 (letter)
  • NN: Duke Thrills Coast Audience, in: [unknown source], ca. Jun.1964 (short F); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 246 (short F)
  • NN: Robert Herridge Films an Hour of Ellington for TV, in: Down Beat, 31/13 (4.Jun.1964), p. 9 (N)
  • Dan Morgenstern: Caught in the Act. Duke Ellington, Wellman Auditorium, Columbia University, New York City, in: Down Beat, 31/21 (16.Jul.1964), p. 42-43 (C)
  • Duke Ellington: Reminiscing in Tempo, in: Down Beat, 31/20 (2.Jul.1964), p. 8-9 ("I"); Reprint, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 358-361 ("I")
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Howard McGhee, in: Down Beat, 31/22 (30.Jul.1964), p. 35 (BT: Art Blakey: "El Toro"; Miles Davis/Gil Evans: "Wait Till You See Her"; Dizzy Gillespie & Double Six of Paris: "Owl"; Count Basie: "South of the Border"; Duke Ellington & Coleman Hawkins: "Self-Portrait"; Duke Ellington & Louis Armstrong: "Duke's Piece"; Oliver Nelson: "Butch and Butch"; Woody Herman: "After You've Gone")
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Teddy Wdwards, in: Down Beat, 31/23 (13.Aug.1964), p. 29 (BT: Yusef Lateef: "Water Pistol"; Duke Ellington & John Coltrane: "Take the Coltrane"; James Moody: "Let's Try"; Brew Moore: "You Stepped Out of a Dream"; Roland Kirk: "Hay Ro"; Paul Gonsalves: "Papscallion in Rab's Canyon"; Roy Ayers: "Reggie of Chester"; Les McCann: "Blues for Yna Yna"; Booker Ervin: "Just in Time")
  • Martin Williams: Videotaping with Duke, in: Down Beat, 31/24 (27.Aug.1964), p. 20-23 (F); Reprint, in: Martin Williams: Jazz Masters in Transition, 1957-1969, New York 1970 [book], p. 165-173 (F); Reprint, in: Martin Williams: Jazz Heritage, New York 1985 [book], p. 111-122 (F)
  • Bill Mathieu: "The Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival" (Crest Records); "Jazz at Villanova. The Fourth Annual Intercollegiate Jazz Festival" (Saxony); "Jazz in the Classroom, Vol. VIII: A Tribute to Duke Ellington" (Berklee Records), in: Down Beat, 31/26 (24.Sep.1964), p. 24-26 (R)
  • Leonard Feather: [Charlie Barnet Party in Palm Springs], in: Down Beat, ca. Sep.1964 (F/C); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 252 (F/C)
  • Dan Morgenstern: Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn - Great Times! (Riverside), in: Down Beat, 31/28 (22.Oct.1964), p. 25-26 (R)
  • NN: Präsident Johnson würdigt Dukes Verdienste, in: Jazz Podium, 13/10 (Oct.1964), p. 235
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Louie Bellson, in: Down Beat, 31/30 (19.Nov.1964), p. 32 (BT: Max Roach: "Nica"; Duke Ellington: "Nonviolent Integration"; John Coltrane: "Alabama"; Count Basie: "Amoroso"; Benny Goodman: "Dearest"; Red Nichols: "New Orleans Blues"; Woody Herman: "El Toro Grande"; Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland: "Sonor")
  • John S. Wilson: "Duke Ellington Plays with the Original Score from Walt Disney's 'Mary Poppins'" (Reprise), in: Down Beat, 31/32 (17.Dec.1964), p. 29 (R)
  • NN: Swimming Pool Named for Duke Ellington in California, in: Down Beat, 31/32 (17.Dec.1964), p. 10 (short F); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 253 (short F)

1965:

  • Frank Tenot: Concert. Une societé en plein essor (29 et 30 janvier à Paris), in: Jazz Magazine, #116 (1965), p. 49-50 (C)
  • Leonard Feather: Back to Duke. Drummer Louie Belleson Returns to the Ellington Fold, in: Down Beat, 32/21 (1965), p. 15-17
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Cannonball Adderley, in: Down Beat, 32/26 (16.Dec.1965), p. 39 (BT: Lucky Thompson: "People"; Paul Bley: "Around Again"; Yank Lawson: "Come Back, Sweet Papa"; Paul Desmond: "A Taste of Honey"); part 2, in: Down Beat, 32/27 (30.Dec.1965), p. 42 (BT: Miles Davis: "R.J."; Duke Ellington: "Goodbye"; Sonny Rollins: "Blue Room"; Kenny Dorham: "Night Watch")
  • NN: A New Umbrella for Duke and Ella, in: Down Beat, 32/25 (1965), p. 10-11
  • Stanislav Titzl: Duke Ellington. Jeho nástrojem je orchestr, in: Lubomír Doruzka & Jaromír Horec & Josef Kotek (eds.): Tanecní hudba a jazz 1964/65, Prague 1965 [book: Státní hudební vydavatelství], p. 120-129 (F)
  • Whitney Balliett: The How-Long Blues, in: Whitney Balliett: Dinosaurs in the Morning. 41 Pieces on Jazz, London 1965 [book], p. 185-187 (C)
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Art Farmer, in: Down Beat, 32/2 (28.Jan.1965), p. 30 (BT: Herb Ellis: "Broadway"; Duke Ellington: "Nonviolent Integration"; Johnny Smith: "Lambert's Lodge"; Clifford Brown: "Cherokee"; Cecil Taylor: "Lena"; Bill Evans & Jim Hall: "Darn That Dream"; Dizzy Gillespie: "The Days of Wine and Roses")
  • Max Jones: Duke - Whose Hand on the Tiller?, in: Melody Maker, 23.Jan.1965, p. 10 (R: "Mary Poppins")
  • NN: College Gives Ellington Honorary Doctor's Degree, in: Down Beat, 32/1 (14.Jan.1965), p. 9-10 (N: honorary doctor of humanities from Milton College, Wisconsin)
  • Bob Dawbarn: A Medal for Courage (at London's Royal Festival Hall), in: Melody Maker, 20.Feb.1965, p. 6 (C)
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Martial Solal, in: Down Beat, 32/5 (25.Feb.1965), p. 34 (BT: American Jazz Ensemble: "The Loneliest Monk"; Duke Ellington & John Coltrane: "Stevie"; Modern Jazz Quartet & Laurindo Almeida: "Silver"; Bernard Peiffer: "You and the Night and the Music"; Charles Lloyd: "Little Peace"; Gary McFarland: "Peach Tree"; Horace Silver: "The Kicker"; McCoy Tyner: "Inception")
  • Mike Hennessey: Paris Report. Duke - In Dangers of Becoming a Jazz Museum?, in: Melody Maker, 6.Feb.1965, p. 10-11
  • Steve Voce: If It Ain't Got That Swing, in: Jazz Journal, ca. Feb.1965 (C); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 261 (C)
  • Vic Bellerby: Duke '65. Out Go the Drum Solo, Medley, and On Comes Jazz, in: Melody Maker, 20.Feb.1965, p. 6
  • Dieter Zimmerle: Ellingtonia, in: Jazz Podium, 14/3 (Mar.1965), p. 69
  • Joachim Ernst Berendt: Mingus und der Schatten Duke Ellingtons, in: Jazz Podium, 14/3 (Mar.1965), p. 60-62
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Vince Guaraldi, in: Down Beat, 32/8 (25.Mar.1965), p. 28 (BT: Pete Jolly: "Blues Two Ways"; John Lewis: "The Golden Striker"; Herbie Hancock: "Alone and I"; Laurindo Almeida: "Quiet Nights"; Cal Tjader: "O Barquinho"; Andrew Hill: "Judgement!"; Duke Ellington: "Blowing In the Wind"; Woody Herman: "Hallelujah Time"); response, by Ronald Allen ("Support for the New Breed"), in: Down Beat, 32/10 (6.May 1965), p. 8 (letter)
  • Michel-Claude Ramonet: Duke!, in: Jazz Hot, #207 (Mar.1965), p. 10 (C)
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Billy Byers, in: Down Beat, 32/9 (22.Apr.1965), p. 40 (BT: Count Basie & Duke Ellington: "Until I Met You"; Bob Florence: "Straight, No Chaser"; Curtis Fuller: "Love Turned the Light Out"; John Lewis: "Hopeful Encounter"; Quincy Jones: "Golden Boy"; Bob Brookmeyer: "Ho Hum")
  • Rex Stewart: The Days with Duke, in: Down Beat, 32/9 (22.Apr.1965), p. 20-22 (F); Reprint, in: Down Beat, 32/8 (22.Apr.1965), p. 80-89 (F); Reprint, in: Rex Stewart: Jazz Masters of the Thirties, New York 1972 [book: Macmillan], p. 80-89 (F); response, by Bobby Woodfork, in: Down Beat, 32/12 (3.Jun.1965), p. 6 (letter); responses, by Hans J. Mauerer, John M. Dengler, in: Down Beat, 32/15 (15.Jul.1965), p. 8 (letters)
  • Dave Bittan: Caught in the Act. Ellington/Basie/Blakey, Academy of Music, Philadelphia, in: Down Beat, 32/11 (20.May 1965), p. 32 (C)
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Al Grey, in: Down Beat, 32/10 (6.May 1965), p. 35 (BT: Duke Ellington: "Call Me Irresponsible"; Grachan Moncur III: "Monk in Wonderland"; Melba Liston: "What's My Line?"; Count Basie: "Whirly Bird"; Woody Herman: "It's a Lonesome Old Town"; Si Zentner: "House of the Rising Sun"; J.J. Johnson: "The Sweetest Sound")
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Dexter Gordon, in: Down Beat, 32/11 (20.May 1965), p. 31 (BT: Gene Ammons: "Juggin' Around"; Orchestra USA: "Duke Bey"; Johnny Hodges: "Tangerine"; Don Byas: "I Remember Clifford"; Benny Carter: "Tickle Toe"; Yusef Lateef: "Bass Region"; Wardell Gray: "Paul's Case"; Joe Henderson: "Our Thing"; Duke Ellington: "Tigress")
  • Max Jones: Duke's Men Out on Their Own, in: Melody Maker, 8.May 1965, p. 14 (R: Great Ellingtonians Vol. 1/2)
  • NN: strictly ad lib. Chicago, in: Down Beat, 32/10 (6.May 1965), p. 41-42 (news column: Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Stan Getz, Cannonball Adderley, Wynton Kelly, Chet Baker, Ramsey Lewis, Maynard Ferguson, Peter Nero, Village Stompers, Oscar Peterson, Joe Daley, Clyde Flowers, Hal Russell, Jan Scobey, Bob Scobey, Bobby Lewis, Jim Beebe, George Ranello, Dave Remington, Buddy Lee, Jimmy Johnson, Bob Cousins, Mose Allison, Franz Jackson, Rosselle Reese, John Thomas, Rozelle Claxton, Bill Oldham, Richard Curry, Ron Terry, Eddy Davis, Dukes of Dixieland, Fred Assunto, Dave Remington)
  • NN: strictly ad lib. New York, in: Down Beat, 32/10 (6.May 1965), p. 11, 41 (news column: Roy Eldridge, Ella Fitzgerald, Earl Hines & Coleman Hawkins, Lucky Thompson, Barry Harris, Richard Wyands, George Tucker, Oliver Jackson, Roland Hanna, Frank Foster, George Gould, Johnny Richards, Jerome Richardson, Charlie Mariano, Lee Shaw, Charlie Ventura, Gene Krupa, Sol Yaged, Carmen Leggio, Dick Wellstood, Eddie DeHaas, Joe Thomas, Bob LaGuardia, Bill Pemberton, Hal Austin, Smith Street Society Jazz Band, Hank Mobley & Walter Davis Jr. & John Ore & Billy Higgins, Clarence Sharpe, China-Lin, Billie Holiday, Mayme Watts , Cole Porter, Nadi Quamar, Estella Williams, Duke Ellington, Benny Powell, Count Basie, Teddy Wilson, Gene Ramey, Ray Mosca, Dick Williams, Dorothy Donegan, Don Payne, Bruce Martin, Bill Barron, Andy Bey, Herb Buschler, Bob Thompson, Thad Jones & Pepper Adams, Hank Jones, Ron Carter, John Dentz, Joe Farrell, Cecil McBee, Vinnie Ruggerio, Big Nick Nicholas, Ran Blake & Brian Trentham, Wild Bill Davison, Eddie Jones, Sonny Greer, Henry Red Allen, Art Tatum, Jerry Newman)
  • NN: strictly ad lib. Potpourri, in: Down Beat, 32/10 (6.May 1965), p. 11 (N: Leonard Feather urges President Lyndon B. Johnson to consider Duke Ellington for a Presidential Medal of Freedom)
  • NN: Duke and the Pulitzer Prize, in: Down Beat, 32/13 (17.Jun.1965), p. 12 (short F/I); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 266 (short F/I)
  • NN: Potpourri. Duke Ellington, Dave Brubeck and Ella Fitzgerald together in New York, in: Down Beat, 32/12 (3.Jun.1965), p. 9 (N)
  • Stanley Dance & Helen Dance: Pittsburgh Is a Whale?, in: Jazz Journal, ca. Jun.1965 (F/C); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 267 (F/C)
  • NN: Potpourri. Duke Ellington at Stamford, Conn., in: Down Beat, 32/18 (26.Aug.1965), p. 16 (N)
  • R. Grevatt: Caught in the Act. Ellington Goes Down a Bomb on Symphony Dates, in: Melody Maker, 21.Aug.1965, p. 27 (C)
  • Walther Hein: Das moderne Jazz-Antiquariat. 22. Folge: Duke Ellington und Billy Strayhorn (anno 1950), in: Jazz Podium, 14/8 (Aug.1965), p. 206-207
  • Dan Morgenstern: Caught in the Act. Duke Ellington/New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonic Hall, New York City, in: Down Beat, 32/19 (9.Sep.1965), p. 38 (C)
  • Dan Morgenstern: Duke Ellington - "Jumpin' Punkins" (RCA Victor), in: Down Beat, 32/20 (23.Sep.1965), p. 35-36 (R)
  • Duke Ellington: Program Note for "A Concert of Sacred Music", in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 371-372 ("I"; Reprint, from: Programm, Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, 16.Sep.1965)
  • E. Shepard: Der Weg zum Duke, in: Jazz Podium, 14/9 (Sep.1965), p. 224-226
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Rex Stewart, in: Down Beat, 32/19 (9.Sep.1965), p. 33 (BT: Maynard Ferguson: "I Believe to My Soul"; Duke Ellington: "Fly Me to the Moon"; Earl Hines: "Father Steps In"; Al Hirt: "Goin' to Chicago"; Lee Morgan: "Gary's Notebook"; Clark Terry: "In a Mist"; Sonny Rollins: "52nd Street Theme")
  • Nat Hentoff: This Cat Needs No Pulitzer Price, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 362-368 (F/I; Reprint, from: New York Times Magazine, 12.Sep.1965)
  • NN: Duke Ellington Honored by City of New York, in: Down Beat, 32/19 (9.Sep.1965), p. 11 (F); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 270 (F)
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Hampton Hawes, in: Down Beat, 32/21 (7.Oct.1965), p. 36 (BT: Horace Silver: "Que Pasa"; Thelonious Monk: "Sweet and Lovely"; Nat King Cole: "The Man I Love"; Ramsey Lewis: "Since I Fell for You"; Cannonball Aderley: "Mystified"; Duke Ellington: "One O'Clock Jump"; Denny Zeitlin: "We'll Be Together Again")
  • N.O. Stalgia: The Ellington-Lunceford Orchestra, in: Jazz Register, 1/4 (Oct-Dec.1965), p. 16-17 (F)
  • NN: S.F.'s Grace Cathedral Site of Unique Ellington Concert, in: Down Beat, 32/21 (7.Oct.1965), p. 13 (F/I)
  • Richard B. Hadlock - "Will Big Bands Ever Come Back?" (Reprise), in: Down Beat, 32/21 (7.Oct.1965), p. 31-32 (R)
  • Don DeMichael: Caught in the Act. Duke Scores with Sacred Music in Grace Cathedral, in: Down Beat, 32/23 (4.Nov.1965), p. 13, 34 (C); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 271 (C); reprint, in: Down Beat, 72/1 (Jan.2005), p. 20-21 (C)
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Harry Carney / Gerry Mulligan, in: Down Beat, 32/24 (18.Nov.1965), p. 33 (BT: Donald Byrd: "6 M's"; Woody Herman: "I Remember Duke"; John Coltrane: "Chim Chim Cheree"; Maynard Ferguson: "The Lady's In Love With You"; Elvin Jones: "Elvin Elpus"; Gerry Mulligan/Ben Webster: "Chelsea Bridge"; Duke Ellington: "Rhapsody in Blue")
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Harry Carney / Gerry Mulligan, in: Down Beat, 32/24 (18.Nov.1965), p. 33 (BT: Donald Byrd: "6 M's"; Woody Herman: "I Remember Duke"; John Coltrane: "Chim Chim Cheree"; Maynard Ferguson: "The Lady's In Love With You"; Elvin Jones: "Elvin Elpus"; Gerry Mulligan/Ben Webster: "Chelsea Bridge"; Duke Ellington: "Rhapsody in Blue")
  • NN: Documentary to Symphony - Duke's World of Challenge, in: Down Beat, 32/23 (4.Nov.1965), p. 9-10 (short F)
  • NN: Duke Ellington, Lena Horne Capture Urban League, in: [unknown source], ca. Nov.1965 (F); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 275 (F)
  • NN: Duke Scores with Sacred Music in Grace Cathedral, in: Down Beat, 32/23 (4.Nov.1965), p. 13, 34 (C)
  • NN: News and Views. Documentary to Symphony - Duke's World of Challenge, in: Down Beat, 32/23 (4.Nov.1965), p. 9-10 (N)
  • NN: Potpourri: Duke Ellington to play Sacred Concert in New York, in: Down Beat, 32/24 (18.Nov.1965), p. 15 (N)
  • Stanley Dance: Lightly & Politely. The Golden West, in: Jazz Journal, 18/11 (Nov.1965), p. 22-23 (C)
  • Duke Ellington: The Essential Instrument, in: Jazz Journal, 18/12 (Dec.1965) (F); Reprint, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 368-371 ("I"); reprint, in: Robert Gottlieb (ed.): Reading Jazz. A Gathering of Autobiography, Reportage, and Criticism from 1919 to Now, New York 1996 [book: Random House]; reprint, New York 1999 [book: Vintage Books], p. 48-50 ("I")
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Clark Terry, in: Down Beat, 32/25 (2.Dec.1965), p. 30 (BT: Gil Fuller: "Moontide"; Charlie Byrd: "Jazz 'n' Samba"; Buddy Rich: "Miss Bessie's Cookin'"; Ted Curson: "Ted's Tempo"; Al Grey: "Put It on Mellow"; Herb Alpert: "Lillipops and Roses"; Duke Ellington: "Angu")
  • NN: Ellington to Score New Sinatra Movie, in: Down Beat, 32/26 (16.Dec.1965), p. 10 (short F) [digi.copy]
  • NN: Potpourri. Duke Ellington will write song for Lena Horne, in: Down Beat, 32/27 (30.Dec.1965), p. 16 (N)

1966:Duke Ellington: Far East cover

  • André Francis: Jazz, Bourges 1958 [book: Solfèges / Éditions du Seuil]; reprint: Bourges 1966 [book: Solfèges / Éditions du Seuil], p. 54-64 (F)
  • E.A. Podesta: Duke Ellington - Concert in the Virgin Islands, in: Sounds & Fury, 2/2 (1966), p. 57-58 (R)
  • H. Whiston: Le Duke parle d'Ellington, in: Jazz Magazine, #133 (1966), p. 12-17
  • Jean-Louis Comolli: Antibes 007, le Duke, in: Jazz Magazine, #124 (1966), p. 24-29
  • Leonard Feather: The Practitioner as Preacher. The Best of the Blindfold Test, in: Leonard Feather: The Encyclopedia of Jazz in the 60s, New York 1966 [book: Horizon Press], p. 20-33 (BT; excerpts from blindfold tests about Ornette Coleman, Archie Shepp, John Coltrane, Cecil Taylor, George Russell, Don Ellis, New York Art Quartet, Charles Lloyd, Albert Ayler, Modern Jazz Quartet, John Lewis, George Handy, Duke Ellington, Cal Tjader, Charlie Byrd, Bola Sete, Lalo Schifrin, Stan Getz, Bud Shank, Zoot Sims, Carlos Lyra, Quincy Jones, Herbie Mann, Steve Allen, Les McCann, Gene Harris, Shorty Rogers, Kai Winding, Thelonious Monk)
  • Martin Williams: I Don't Know What Kind of Blues I Got, by the Duke Ellington Orchestra, in: Martin Williams: Where's the Melody? A Listener's Introduction to Jazz, New York 1966 [book], p. 67-68 (F)
  • Martin Williams: Main Stem, by the Duke Ellington Orchestra, in: Martin Williams: Where's the Melody? A Listener's Introduction to Jazz, New York 1966 [book], p. 61-66 (F)
  • Patricia Willard: The King Sources, in: Jazz, 5/4 (1966), p. 10-12
  • William Russo: Duke Ellington - "The Ellington Era 1927-1940, Vol. II" (Columbia), in: Down Beat, 33/12 (16.Jun.1966), p. 26 (R)
  • Dan Morgenstern: Caught in the Act. Duke Ellington, Philharmonic Hall, New York City, in: Down Beat, 33/2 (27.Jan.1966), p. 36-37 (C); reprint, in: Dan Morgenstern: Living with Jazz. A Reader, New York 2004 [book: Pantheon], p. 99-101 (C)
  • John S. Wilson: Duke Ellington - "Concert In the Virgin Islands" (Reprise), in: Down Beat, 33/1 (13.Jan.1966), p. 23 (R)
  • John Wattam: One sweet letter from you. I Protest, in: Jazz Journal, 19/1 (Jan.1966), p. 36 (letter: about proposed Ellington/Ella Fitzgerald tour)
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Ramsey Lewis, in: Down Beat, 33/1 (13.Jan.1966), p. 31 (BT: Billy Taylor: "Soul Sister"; George Shearing & Montgomery Brothers: "Double Deal"; Toshiko Mariano: "Israel"; Ray Charles & Milt Jackson: "Love On My Mind"; Junior Mance: "Trouble In Mind"; Duke Ellington: "Very Special"; Cecil Taylor: "Luyah! The Glorious Step")
  • NN: Ayer, en el Palacio de la Musica. Los conciertos de Ella Fitzgerald y de la orquesta de Duke Ellington, in: Jazzology, #11 (Mar.1997), p. 14 (C; Reprint from La Vanguardia, 26.Jan.1966)
  • NN: Tete a Tete a la Duke at the Urban League, in: Down Beat, 33/1 (13.Jan.1966), p. 12 (C)
  • Rex Stewart: On the Sidelines. Rex Stewart attends a Duke Ellington recording session, in: Jazz Journal, 19/1 (Jan.1966), p. 15 (F)
  • Rex Stewart: On the Sidelines. Rex Stewart Attends a Duke Ellington Recording Session, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 373-375 (F; Reprint, from: Jazz Journal, Jan.1966)
  • John S. Wilson: Duke Ellington & Boston Pops - "The Duke at Tanglewood" (RCA Victor), in: Down Beat, 33/4 (24.Feb.1966), p. 28 (R)
  • Max Jones: Caught in the Act. Duke Swings in the Aisles, in: Melody Maker, 26.Feb.1966, p. 23 (C)
  • Bernard Niquet & Pierre Lattes: Ella + Duke à Paris, in: Jazz Hot, #218 (Mar.1966), p. 9 (C)
  • David Redfern: I.T.B.G. in the Cathedral, in: Jazz Monthly, 12/1 (Mar.1966), p. 18-19 (Foto-Essay)
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Ray Brown, in: Down Beat, 33/5 (10.Mar.1966), p. 32 (BT: Red Mitchell: "Black Eyed Peas"; Charles Lloyd: "Apex"; Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington: "The Brown Skin Gal in the Callico Gown"; Bob James: "Explosions"; Illinois Jacquet: "Spanish Boots")
  • NN: Potpourri. Duke Elligton at Coventry, in: Down Beat, 33/6 (24.Mar.1966), p. 15 (N)
  • NN: Potpourri. Duke Ellington soundtrack for Frank Sinatra film, in: Down Beat, 33/5 (10.Mar.1966), p. 10 (N)
  • NN: Who's On First, in: Down Beat, 33/5 (10.Mar.1966), p. 8 (F: Elvin Jones with Ellington)
  • Don DeMichael: Duke Ellington & Ella Fitzgerald - "Ella at Duke's Place" (Verve), in: Down Beat, 33/8 (21.Apr.1966), p. 33 (R)
  • Eddie Lambert: Duke at the University, in: Jazz Journal, 19/4 (Apr.1966), p. 5 (C)
  • Leonard Feather: Duke Ellington - "Ellington '66" (Reprise), in: Down Beat, 32/9 (22.Apr.1965), p. 30 (R); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 264 (R)
  • NN: Potpourri. Duke Ellington in Dakar, Africa, in: Down Beat, 33/8 (21.Apr.1966), p. 15 (N)
  • NN: Potpourri. Duke Ellington will give talk, in: Down Beat, 33/7 (7.Apr.1966), p. 13 (N)
  • Stanley Dance: April in Cincinnati, in: [unknown source], ca. Apr.1964 (C); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 287-288 (C)
  • Vic Bellerby: Duke Ellington, Coventry Cathedral, in: Jazz Journal, 19/4 (Apr.1966), p. 4-5 (C)
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Anita O'Day, in: Down Beat, 33/13 (30.Jun.1966), p. 37 (BT: Barbra Streisand: "The Shadow of Your Smile"; J.J. Johnson: "Feeling Good"; Earl Hines: "Undecided"; Marian Montgomery: "Good Morning, Heartache"; Sun Ra: "Nebulae"; Lorez Alexandria: "My One and Only Love"; Duke Ellington: "I Want to Hold Your Hand")
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Zoot Sims, in: Down Beat, 33/12 (16.Jun.1966), p. 36 (BT: Woody Herman: "Northwest Passage"; Randy Weston: "Portrait of Vivian"; Stan Getz: "Entre Amigos"; Count Basie: "Doggin' Around"; Bud Shank: "Umbrellas of Cherbourg"; Lucky Thompson: "On Tippy Top"; Duke Ellington: "Big Fat Alice's Blues")
  • NN: A Military Salute, Then Sonny Fell Flat on his Face, in: Melody Maker, 4.Jun.1966, p. 16
  • NN: Potpourri. Duke Ellington revceives Bing Crosby Award, in: Down Beat, 33/13 (30.Jun.1966), p. 12 (N)
  • Rex Stewart: Getting to Europe - and Getting Out, in: Melody Maker, 4.Jun.1966 (F); Reprint, in: Rex Stewart: Jazz Masters of the Thirties, New York 1972 [book: Macmillan], p. 139-142 (F)
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Dave Brubeck, in: Down Beat, 33/15 (28.Jul.1966), p. 35 (BT: John Lewis: "I Remember Clifford"; Ramsey Lewis: "Little Liza Jane"; Teddy Wilson: "The Duke"; Duke Ellington: "It's Bad to Be Forgotten"; Ornette Coleman: "Snowflakes and Sunshine")
  • Martin Williams: More of the Ellington Era, in: Martin Williams: Jazz Masters in Transition, 1957-1969, New York 1970 [book], p. 205-207 (F/R; Reprint, from: Saturday Review, 30.Jul.1966)
  • Dan Morgenstern: Duke Ellington - "Concert of Sacred Music" (RCA Victor), in: Down Beat, 33/17 (25.Aug.1966), p. 26, 30 (R); reprint, in: Dan Morgenstern: Living with Jazz. A Reader, New York 2004 [book: Pantheon], p. 134-136 (R)
  • Don DeMichael: Duke Ellington/Mary Lou Williams/Billy Taylor/Earl Hines/Willie The Lion Smith - "A Musical Exchange" (RCA Victor), in: Down Beat, 33/16 (11.Aug.1966), p. 29-30 (R)
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Herbie Mann, in: Down Beat, 33/16 (11.Aug.1966), p. 33 (BT: Roland Kirk: "Django"; Duke Pearson: "Bedouin"; Gil Fuller/James Moody: "Latin Lover"; George Shearing: "Quiet Nights"; Archie Shepp: "The Girl from Ipanema"; Duke Ellington: "Absinthe"; Brasil '65: "Favela"); response, by Reese Markewich, in: Down Beat, 33/18 (8.Sep.1966), p. 10 (letter)
  • NN: Potpourri. Duke Ellington was awarded a Doctor of Fine Arts, in: Down Beat, 33/16 (11.Aug.1966), p. 11 (N)
  • Stanley Dance: Going to Atlantic City, in: [unknown source], ca. Aug.1966 (C); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 296 (C)
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Stan Kenton, in: Down Beat, 33/19 (22.Sep.1966), p. 43 (BT: Cannonball Adderley: "The Song Is You"; Orchestra USA: "Hex"; Kenny Burrell: "Moon and Sand"; Duke Ellington: "Artistry in Rhythm"; Oliver Nelson: "Cascades"; Woody Herman: "23 Red"; Gerald Wilson: "Viva Tirado"); response, by Ed Mulford, in: Down Beat, 33/24 (1.Dec.1966), p. 10 (letter); response, by Jean Verame, in: Down Beat, 33/25 (15.Dec.1966), p. 10 (letter)
  • Max Jones: Hardly Major Ellingtonia, in: Melody Maker, 17.Sep.1966, p. 23 (R: Great Big Bands Vol.1)
  • NN: Potpourri. Duke Ellington honored in Boston, in: Down Beat, 33/19 (22.Sep.1966), p. 16 (N)
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Toshiko, in: Down Beat, 33/21 (20.Oct.1966), p. 36 (BT: Duke Ellington: "The Second Portrait of the Lion"; Mary Lou Williams: "45 Degree Angle"; Duke Ellington & Earl Hines: "House of the Lords"; Billy Taylor: "Biddy's Beat"; Willie The Lion Smith: "Contrary Motion"; Charles Bell: "Whisper Not"; Earl Hines & Wille The Lion Smith & Billy Taylor & George Wein & Mary Lou Williams: "Rosetta"; Bill Evans: "Time Remembered")
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test: Wild Bill Davison, in: Down Beat, 33/22 (3.Nov.1966), p. 38 (BT: Duke Ellington: "When It's Sleepy Time Down South"; Al Hirt: "Up Above My Head"; Gil Evans: "El Toreador"; Louis Armstrong: "Tin Roof Blues"; Max Kaminsky: "Tin Roof Blues"; Manny Albam: "Happiness Is Just a Thing Called Joe"; John Coltrane/Don Cherry: "The Invisible"; George Finola: "Walkin' the Dog")
  • Max Jones: Hot Jazz and Religion in a Ducal Mixture, in: Melody Maker, 31.Dec.1966, p. 15 (R: Concert of Sacred Music)
  • Rex Stewart: Duke Ellington. One of a Kind, in: Evergreen Review, Dec.1966 (F); Reprint, in: Rex Stewart: Jazz Masters of the Thirties, New York 1972 [book: Macmillan], p. 94-103 (F)
1967:
  • Alexandre Rado: Duke toujours mieux, in: Jazz Hot, 32/229 (1967), p. 20-24
  • Charles Champlin: Duke Ellington, in: NN: Ella Duke 1967. Norman Granz presents Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Frankfurt/Main 1967 [program booklet: Lippman + Rau], p. 10 (F)
  • Dan Morgenstern: Far East Suite, Down Beat, 1967 (R); reprint, in: Dan Morgenstern: Living with Jazz. A Reader, New York 2004 [book: Pantheon], p. 124-127 (R)
  • George T. Simon: Duke Ellington, in: George T. Simon: The Big Bands, New York 1967 [book: Macmillan]; revised enlarged edition, New York 1971 [book: Macmillan]; reprint: New York 1974 [book: Collier Books]; Reprint: New York 1981 [book: Schirmer], p. 187-196 (F); German translation as "Die Goldene Ära der Big Bands", Höfen/A 2004 [book: hannibal], p. 176-185 (F)
  • J.-P. Binchet & B. Leloup: La tournée du grand Duke, in: Jazz Magazine, #140 (1967), p. 18-25
  • Joachim Ernst Berendt: Mingus a stín Duka Ellington, in: Lubomír Doruzka & Jaromír Horec & Josef Kotek (eds.): Tanecní hudba a jazz 1966/67, Prague 1967 [book: Vydalo nakladatelství Supraphon], p. 138-142 (F)
  • Leonard Feather: Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington, in: NN: Ella Duke 1967. Norman Granz presents Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Frankfurt/Main 1967 [program booklet: Lippman + Rau], p. 2, 4 (F)
  • Michel Laverdure: Duke, One More Time, in: Jazz Magazine, #141 (1967), p. 12-13
  • NN: Ella Duke 1967. Norman Granz presents Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Frankfurt/Main 1967 [program booklet: Lippman + Rau] (F)
  • NN: Ellington Named Doctor of Music (Morgan State College, Baltimore), in: Down Beat, 34/12 (1967), p. 13
  • NN: Sie flogen mit der KLM, in: Der fliegende Holländer, #12 (1967), p. 27 (photo of Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald)
  • P. Nahman: Les légionnaires du Duke, in: Jazz Hot, 33/230 (1967), p. 10
  • R. Anger: The Duke Ellington Orchestra. The Ellington Era 1927-1940, Vol.2, in: Coda, 8/2 (1967), p. 20-23
  • Valerie Wilmer: Duke Ellington/London Philharmonic, Royal Albert Hall, London, in: Down Beat, 34/7 (1967), p. 28-29 (C); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 311 (C)
  • Whitney Balliett: Small Band, in: Whitney Balliett: Collected Works. A Journal of Jazz 1954-2000, New York 2000 [book: St.Martin's Press], p. 280-282 (C; reprint from 1967)
  • Leonard Feather: Duke. Well, What Is Jazz?, in: Melody Maker, 14.Jan.1967, p. 6
  • NN: Duke's Sacred Music Blasted by Baptists, in: Down Beat, 34/1 (12.Jan.1967), p. 11 (F/I) [digi.copy]; reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 303 (F/I)
  • Henry Whiston: Reminiscing in Tempo. An Edited Talk, in: Jazz Journal, 20/2 (Feb.1967), p. 4-7 (I)
  • Leonard Feather: Feather's Nest, in: Down Beat, 24/4 (20.Feb.1967), p. 28 (F)
  • Vic Bellerby: Jazz in Britain. Duke Ellington, in: Jazz Journal, 20/2 (Feb.1967), p. 26 (C)
  • Vic Bellerby: Jazz in Britain. Duke Ellington, in: Jazz Journal, 20/3 (Mar.1967), p. 26 (C)
  • Philip Larkin: Philip Larkin. Una opinión revisada sobre Duke Ellington, in: Jazzology, #6 (Jun.1994), p. 48 (F; Reprint, from: The Daily Telegraph, 12.Apr.1967)
  • NN: Ellington Named Doctor of Music, in: [unknown source], ca. May 1967 (short F); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 316 (short F)
  • NN: Togo Issues Stamp Honoring Ellington, in: Down Beat, ca. May 1967 (N); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 316 (N)
  • J. Atterton: Ellington. A Juillard Scholarship in Stray's Memory, in: Melody Maker, 17.Jun.1967, p. 6
  • Duke Ellington: Eulogy for Swee'Pea, in Down Beat, 13.Jul.1967 ("I"); reprint, in: in: Mark Tucker (Hg.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 504 ("I"); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 317 ("I")
  • Duke Ellington: Eulogy for Swee'Pea, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 504 ("I"; Reprint, from: Down Beat, 13.Jul.1967)
  • John Norris: Duke Ellington, Pianist, in: Down Beat, ca. Jul.1967 (C); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 319 (C)
  • Ira Gitler: Duke Ellington, Rainbow Grill, New York City, in: Down Beat, ca. Aug.1967 (C); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 322 (C)
  • Rex Stewart: Sketches in a Ducal Vein, in: Music Makers, Aug.1967 (F); Reprint, in: Rex Stewart: Jazz Masters of the Thirties, New York 1972 [book: Macmillan], p. 89-94 (F)
  • Stanley Dance: [Duke Ellington at Lennie's-on-the-Turnpike, West Peabody, Massachusetts], in: Down Beat, ca. Sep.1967 (C); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 323 (C)
  • Stan Reynolds: A Night at the Rainbow Room, in: Crescendo, 6/3 (Oct.1967), p. 26 (C)
  • Ray Avery: Jump for Joy. Duke Ellington, in: Jazz Journal, 20/11 (Nov.1967), p. 15-16 (program)
  • B. Houston: Far East Suite, in: Melody Maker, 9.Dec.1967, p. 17 (R)
  • Max Jones: A Very Good Year for Duke Fans, in: Melody Maker, 16.Dec.1967, p. 10 (R: "Johnny Come Lately"; "Such Sweet Thunder")

1968:

  • Dan Morgenstern: Duke Ellington - "And His Mother Called Him Bill", in: Down Beat, 35/15 (1968), p. 22-24 (R); reprint, in: Dan Morgenstern: Living with Jazz. A Reader, New York 2004 [book: Pantheon], p. 127-129 (R)
  • Duke Ellington: La signification des mes concerts de musique sacrée, in: Jazz Magazine, #152 (1968), p. 11 ("I")
  • Gunther Schuller: The Ellington Style. Its Origins and Early Development, in: Gunther Schuller: Early Jazz. Its Roots and Musical Development, New York 1968 [book], p. 318-357 (A/T)
  • Leonard Feather: Des malades chez le Duke, in: Jazz Magazine, #151 (1968), p. 20
  • Sammy Mitchell: Caught in the Act. Duke Ellington/Tony Bennett, Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, Calif.; Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, Calif., in: Down Beat, 35/16 (8.Aug.1968), p. 32-33 (C)
  • Whitney Balliett: Return Engagement, in: Whitney Balliett: Collected Works. A Journal of Jazz 1954-2000, New York 2000 [book: St.Martin's Press], p. 289 (C; reprint from 1968)
  • Whitney Balliett: Which Ellington Are You?, in: Whitney Balliett: Collected Works. A Journal of Jazz 1954-2000, New York 2000 [book: St.Martin's Press], p. 291-292 (C; reprint from 1968)
  • NN: Ellington a Hit with Seattle School Kids, in: Down Beat, 35/2 (25.Jan.1968), p. 13 (C)
  • Stanley Dance: [Ellington Sacred Concert at St. John the Divine New York], in: Down Beat, ca. Jan.1968 (C); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 330 (C)
  • Irv Jacobs: Hail to the Duke, in: Matrix, #75 (Feb.1968), p. 5 (D)
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. James Moody, in: Down Beat, 35/4 (22.Feb.1968), p. 32 (BT: Sam Rivers: "Detour Ahead"; Art Farmer: "The Sidewinder"; Gary Bartz: "Eastern Blues"; Duke Ellington: "La Scala, She Too Pretty To Be Blue"; Albert Ayler: "Our Prayer"; Sonny Stitt: "I Will Wait for You"; Herbie Mann: "Yesterday's Kisses"; Cannonball Adderley: "Games")
  • NN: Potpourri. Benny Carter subs for Harry Carney in Ellington band, in: Down Beat, 35/4 (22.Feb.1968), p. 13 (N)
  • NN: Potpourri. Duke Ellington premiered Concert of Sacred Music, in: Down Beat, 35/4 (22.Feb.1968), p. 13 (N)
  • Stanley Dance: Ellington Marches On, in: Down Beat, 35/6 (21.Mar.1968), p. 18, 44-45 (F/I/C)
  • Stanley Dance: Lightly & Politely. Sacred Concert, in: Jazz Journal, 21/3 (Mar.1968), p. 8-10 (C)
  • J. Hutton: Ellington at the Cotton Club, in: Melody Maker, 18.May 1968, p. 10 (R: Cotton Club Days, Vol.3)
  • Duke Ellington: The Composer on His Work. 'We have some important things to say', in: Christian Science Monitor, 10.Jun.1968 ("I") [vert.file]
  • John McDonough: Inside Ellington. A Talk with Mercer Ellington, in: Down Beat, 35/15 (25.Jul.1968), p. 20-21, 40 (F/I)
  • Ron Malings: Duke Ellington Forum, in: Matrix, #78 (Aug.1968), p. 11-12 (D), continued, in: Matrix, #80 (Dec.1968), p. 16 (D); continued, in: Matrix, #82 (Apr.1962), p. 9-10 (D); continued, in: Matrix, #83 (Jun.1969), p. 8 (D); continued, in: Matrix, #85 (Oct.1969), p. 8-9 (D)
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Thad Jones-Mel Lewis, in: Down Beat, 35/18 (5.Sep.1968), p. 28 (BT: Frank Sinatra & Duke Ellington: "Follow Me"; Lionel Hampton: "Thai Silk"; Doc Severinsen: "Nikki"; Gary McFarland: "Flamingo"); part 2, in: Down Beat, 35/19 (19.Sep.1968), p. 26 (BT: Oliver Nelson: "Flute Salad"; Duke Pearson: "New Girl"; Buddy Rich: "Luv")
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Thad Jones-Mel Lewis, in: Down Beat, 35/18 (5.Sep.1968), p. 28 (BT: Frank Sinatra & Duke Ellington: "Follow Me"; Lionel Hampton: "Thai Silk"; Doc Severinsen: "Nikki"; Gary McFarland: "Flamingo"); part 2, in: Down Beat, 35/19 (19.Sep.1968), p. 26 (BT: Oliver Nelson: "Flute Salad"; Duke Pearson: "New Girl"; Buddy Rich: "Luv")
  • Frank Dutton: Alice Babs - Duke Ellington, in: Matrix, #79 (Oct.1968), p. 12-13 (D)
  • John Norris: Heard and Seen. Duke Ellington, A Sacred Concert, Stratford, Ontario, in: Coda, 8/9 (Oct.1968), p. 40 (C)
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Duke Pearson, in: Down Beat, 35/21 (17.Oct.1968), p. 31 (BT: David Newman: "And I Love Her"; Ramsey Lewis: "Do You Know the Way to San Jose"; Duke Ellington: "Blood Count"; Gary Burton: "Dreams"; Jimmy McGriff: "Hob Nail Boogie"; Jaki Byard: "St. Louis Blues")
  • Max Jones: Crystal Clear Slabs of Ellington, in: Melody Maker, 23.Nov.1968, p. 22 (R: Back to Back / Side by Side)
  • Stanley Dance: Lightly & Politely. Interlude - Latin American Sunshine, in: Jazz Journal, 21/11 (Nov.1968), p. 22-24 (F/C)
  • Stanley Dance: "Otra, Otra". Ellington Conquers Latin America, in: Down Beat, 35/25 (12.Dec.1968), p. 16, 42 (F)
1969:
  • A. Vacher: Montréal, le Duc et le Compte, in: Jazz Magazine, #169/170 (1969), p. 11
  • Alexandre Rado: Disques du mois. Duke Ellington, in: Jazz Hot, 35/251 (1969), p. 34-36; part 2, in: Jazz Hot, #254 (1969), p. 37-40
  • Alexandre Rado: Un jeune homme de 70 ans. Duke Ellington, in: Jazz Hot, 35/255 (1969), p. 12-15
  • Alexandre Rado: Une oeuvre maudite. La Black, Brown and Beige, in: Jazz Hot, 35/247 (1969), p. 18-20
  • Claude Bolling & Georges Arvanitas: Le compositeur et l'orchestrateur, le pianiste, in: Jazz Hot, 35/247 (1969), p. 16-17
  • J. Gilson: Duke Ellington à Saint-Sulpice, in: Jazz Hot, 35/256 (1969), p. 14
  • J. Levin: Sacré Duke (Concert du musique sacrée, Paris, église Saint-Sulpice), in: Jazz Magazine, #173 (1969), p. 15 (C)
  • Leonard Feather: Ellington 69, in: Jazz Magazine, #163 (1969), p. 19
  • Leonard Feather: Le Duc et le Président, in: Jazz Magazine, #167 (1969), p. 16-17
  • NN: White House Dinner for Duke's Birthday, in: Down Beat, 36/8 (1969), p. 14
  • Several authors: Panorama des pianistes. Duke Ellington, in: Jazz Hot, 35/247 (1969), p. 36
  • Stanley Dance & H. Jones: An Ellington Travelogue. Duke's Latin American Photo Album, in: Down Beat Music '69 14 (1969), p. 28-33 (F)
  • Stanley Dance: L'incomparable Ellington, in: Jazz Hot, 35/247 (1969), p. 14-15
  • Whitney Balliett: The Duke's Party, in: Whitney Balliett: Collected Works. A Journal of Jazz 1954-2000, New York 2000 [book: St.Martin's Press], p. 304-308 (C: Ellington at the White House; reprint from 1969)
  • NN: Film of Duke's Mexican Tour to Be Shown in U.S. (Single Petal of a Rose), in: Melody Maker, 4.Jan.1969, p. 4
  • NN: LBJ Appoints Duke to Art Council Post, in: Down Beat, 36/2 (23.Jan.1969), p. 12 (short F); reprint, in: 200, p. 349 (short F)
  • Stanley Dance: Noblesse Oblige. Jazz Nibility on Tour, in: International Musician, 67/7 (Jan.1969), p. 5, 24 (F/I: Ellington in South America)
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Dionne Warwick, in: Down Beat, 36/3 (6.Feb.1969), p. 30 (BT: Duke Ellington: "Tell Me, It's the Truth"; Billie Holiday: "I Cover the Waterfront"; Peggy Lee: "I'm Gonna Go Fishin'"; Shirley Bassey: "Goin' Out of My Head"; Carmen McRae: "The Look of Love"; The Staple Singers: "Hammer and Nails; Lorez Alexandria: "Nonchalantly")
  • Max Jones: Jazz News. President Nixon's Dinner Tribute to Ellington, in: Melody Maker, 22.Mar.1969, p. 4 (N)
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Gabor Szabo, in: Down Beat, 36/7 (3.Apr.1969), p. 32 (BT: Chico Hamilton: "Jim-Jeannie"; Herbie Mann: "Flute Bag"; Tommy Vig: "Lazy Beauty"); part 2, in: Down Beat, 36/9 (1.May 1969), p. 33 (BT: Charles Lloyd: "European Fantasy"; Attila Zoller: "Explorations"; Duke Ellington: "Blood Count")
  • Leonard Feather: King of the Big Band Road, in: Down Beat, 36/8 (17.Apr.1969), p. 18 (F)
  • NN: White House Dinner for Duke's Birthday, in: Down Beat, 36/8 (17.Apr.1969), p. 14 (short F)
  • Ralph Ellison: Homage to Duke Ellington on His Birthday, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 394-399 (F; Reprint, from: Sunday Star [Washington, D.C.], 27.Apr.1969); 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. 144-151 (F); reprint, in: Ralph Ellison: Living with Music. Ralph Ellison's Jazz Writings, New York 2001 [book: Modern Library], p. 77-86 (F)
  • Eddie Lambert: Duke Ellington on Reprise, in: Jazz Journal, 22/5 (May 1969), p. 2-4 (F/R)
  • NN: Ellington, Bill Evans Win Grammy Awards, in: Down Beat, 36/9 (1.May 1969), p. 13 (N)
  • NN: More Honors for Duke. N.Y. Tribute on May 6, in: Down Beat, 36/11 (29.May 1969), p. 12 (short F)
  • NN: Potpourri. Ellington's singers change, in: Down Beat, 36/11 (29.May 1969), p. 13 (N)
  • Dan Morgenstern: Swinging at the White House, in: Down Beat, 36/12 (12.Jun.1969), p. 14 (C); reprint, in: Dan Morgenstern: Living with Jazz. A Reader, New York 2004 [book: Pantheon], p. 502-505 (C)
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Barney Bigard, in: Down Beat, 36/12 (12.Jun.1969), p. 30 (BT: Duke Ellington: "Virgin Jungle"; Jimmie Noone: "I Know That You Know"; Artie Shaw: "Confessin'"; Pete Fountain: "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans"; Woody Herman: "Impressions of Strayhorn"; Herb Hall: "Sweet Georgia Brown"; Duke Ellington: "More"; Joe Marsala: "Hot String Beans"); response, by Irv L. Jacobs, in: Down Beat, 36/15 (24.Jul.1969), p. 6 (letter)
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Jean Luc Ponty, in: Down Beat, 36/13 (26.Jun.1969), p. 30 (BT: Bobby Bryant: "Earth Dance"; Albert Ayler: "Love Cry"; John Handy: "Dancy Dancy"; Duke Ellington: "Fiddler on the Diddle"; Roland Kirk: "A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing"; Eddie Lang & Joe Venuti: "Stringin' the Blues"; George Benson: "I Remember Wes")
  • Burt Korall: The Pop and Jazz Scene. Duke, in: International Musician, 68/1 (Jul.1969), p. 12 (C)
  • Gary Moore: Duke Ellington Radio Interview, 27.Aug.1969 (I); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 361-362 (I)
  • NN: Berlin Jazz Days to Honor Duke Ellington, in: Down Beat, 36/16 (7.Aug.1969), p. 10 (N)
  • NN: Berlin Jazz Days to Honor Duke Ellington, in: Down Beat, 36/16 (7.Aug.1969), p. 10 (N)
  • NN: Potpourri. Duke Ellingtons composes film music for "Change of Mind", in: Down Beat, 36/17 (21.Aug.1969), p. 14 (N)
  • Charles O. Barrow: Chords & Discords. Ducal Conquest, in: Down Beat, 36/19 (18.Sep.1969), p. 10 (letter)
  • George Finola: "Guy Throws a Good Paint Brush"... Duke, in: The Second Line, 22 (Sep/Oct.1969), p. 225-226 (F/I)
  • Burt Korall: The Pop and Jazz Scene. More and More Honors for Ellington, in: International Musician, 68/4 (Oct.1969), p. 9 (short F)
  • Ira Gitler: Chasin' the Apple, in: Down Beat, 36/22 (30.Oct.1969), p. 13 (C)
  • NN: Berkeley Fetes Duke; Musicians Pay Tribute, in: Down Beat, 36/21 (16.Oct.1969), p. 12 (C); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 364 (C)
  • NN: Potpourri. Wild Bill Davis joins Ellington, in: Down Beat, 36/22 (30.Oct.1969), p. 11 (N)
  • Stanley Dance: [Duke Ellington, Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas], in: Jazz Journal, ca. Oct.1969 (C); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 365 (C)
  • Burt Korall: The Pop and Jazz Scene. Ducal Doings, in: International Musician, 68/5 (Nov.1969), p. 26 (short F)
  • Dick Hadlock: The Ultimate Ellington Tribute, in: Down Beat, 36/24 (27.Nov.1969), p. 12, 30 (C: tribute to Ellington feat. John Lewis, Charles Mingus, Duke Ellington)
  • Eddie Lambert: Quality Jazz. No.14: Duke Ellington's Nutcracker Suite, in: Jazz Journal, 22/11 (Nov.1969), p. 11 (F/R)
  • John Lucas: The Ducky of Ellington. Programmes & Annecations, in: Jazz Journal, 22/11 (Nov.1969), p. 22-24 (F)
  • Kazimierz Czyz: Rózne oblicza slawy. Duke Ellington, in: Jazz. Rythm i piosenka, #159 (Nov.1969), p. 6 (F)
  • NN: There Will Always Be an Ellington (at the Duke Concerts), in: Melody Maker, 6.Dec.1969, p. 8
  • Stanley Dance: [Duke Ellington, Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas], in: Jazz Journal, ca. Dec.1969 (C); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 370 (C)
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