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



1970:

  • Gene Ferrett: Duke Ellington, in: Gene Fernett: Swing Out. Great Negro Dance Bands, Midland/MI 1970 [book: Pendell]; reprint: New York 1993 [book], p. 28-36 (F)
  • Jürgen Hunkemüller: Analytische Untersuchungen zur Kontinuität des Big-Band-Jazz, in: Jazzforschung/jazz research, #2 (1970), p. 94-104 (F/A: "Ko-Ko")
  • M. Horne: Ellingtonia 70 (New York, Madison Square Garden), in: Jazz Magazine, #177 (1970), p. 9-10 (C)
  • Martin Williams: Duke Ellington. Form Beyond Form, in: Martin Williams: The Jazz Tradition, New York 2/1983 [book; New York 1/1970], p. 100-121 (F); Reprint, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 400-412 (F)
  • Michel Dorigné: Duke Ellington. L'aristocrate du jazz, in: Michel Dorigné: Jazz 2. New York, Kansas, Grands orchestres et grands solistes (1925-1950), Middle Jazz, l'époque Swing, Paris 1970 [book], p. 53-71 (F)
  • Nat Hentoff: Soundings, in: Jazz & Pop, 9/12 (1970), p. 13
  • NN: Ellington en tournée (en Europe), in: Jazz Magazine, #180 (1970), p. 15
  • Stanley Dance: Duke Ellington. A Brief Chronology, 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. 134-141 (F; Reprint, from: Stanley Dance, The World of Duke Ellington, 1970)
  • Stanley Dance: The World of Duke Ellington, New York 1970 [book: Charles Scribner's Sons]; review, by John Norris, in: Coda, 9/11 (Jan/Feb.1970), p. 8-9 (B)
  • Virgil Thomson: American Music Since 1910, New York 1970/71 [book: Holt, Rinehart and Winston], p. 139-140 (short biography)
  • Whitney Balliett: The Duke, in: Whitney Balliett: Collected Works. A Journal of Jazz 1954-2000, New York 2000 [book: St.Martin's Press], p. 331-334 (F; reprint from 1970)
  • Bill Cole: Duke Ellington - "With the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra" (Decca), in: Down Beat, 37/26 (24.Dec.1970), p. 28 (R)
  • Sinclair Traill: Jazz in Britain. Duke Ellington, in: Jazz Journal, 23/1 (Jan.1970), p. 6 (C)
  • Stanley Dance: New Crop of Honors Reaped by Ellington, in: Down Beat, 37/2 (22.Jan.1970), p. 8-9 (F/I)
  • NN: Potpourri. Duke Ellington on tour, in: Down Beat, 37/3 (5.Feb.1970), p. 8 (N)
  • Dick Hughes: Caught in the Act. Duke Ellington, Sydney Stadium, Melbourne Festival Hall, Australia, in: Down Beat, 37/8 (16.Apr.1970), p. 26-28 (C); response, by Grant Lockhart, in: Down Beat, 37/14 (23.Jul.1970), p. 10 (letter); response, by J.W. Allan, in: Down Beat, 37/21 (29.Oct.1970), p. 8 (letter)
  • Stanley Dance: New Conquests for Duke, in: Down Beat, 37/8 (16.Apr.1970), p. 12, 42 (F/I)
  • Clint Bolton: The Eternal Ellington, in: The Second Line, 23 (May/Jun.1970), p. 335-336 (F/I)
  • Floyd Levin: The Duke Ellington Sacred Music Concert, New Orleans 1970, in: The Second Line, 23 (May/Jun.1970), p. 322-323, 338 (F/C)
  • NN: Two Ellington Concerts, in: The Second Line, 23 (May/Jun.1970), p. 321, 328 (C)
  • Dan Morgenstern: Duke Ellington - "70th Birthday Concert" (Solid State), in: Down Beat, 37/12 (25.Jun.1970), p. 19 (R); reprint, in: Dan Morgenstern: Living with Jazz. A Reader, New York 2004 [book: Pantheon], p. 129-131 (R)
  • Duke Ellington: Johnny Hodges, in: Down Beat, 37/12 (25.Jun.1970), p. 7 ("I": obituary for Johnny Hodges)
  • NN: Potpourri. Freddie Stone new trumpeter with Ellington, in: Down Beat, 37/12 (25.Jun.1970), p. 11 (N)
  • Dan Morgenstern: Roses for Satchmo, in: Down Beat, 37/13 (9.Jul.1970), p. 14-19 (F/I with Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard, Benny Carter, Ray Brown, Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Stan Kenton, Cannonball Adderley, Quincy Jones, Teddy Buckner, Gerald Wilson, Jimmy Smith, Shelly Manne, Art Hodes, George Brunis, Cootie Williams, Harry Carney, Cat Anderson, Joe Benjamin, Earl Hines, Thad Jones, Charles McPherson, Sun Ra, Zutty Singleton, Mary Lou Williams, Jo Jones, Oliver Nelson, Tony Bennett, Kenny Burrell, Bob Wilber, George Wein, Ornette Coleman, Cal Massey, Clifford Jarvis, Clifford Thornton, Freddie Guy, Marty Grosz, Franz Jackson, Gene Ammons, Lil Armstrong, Chris Clifton, Bingie Madison, Bernard Flood, Charlie Holmes, Herb Hall, Eddie Condon, Punch Miller, Benny Morton, Gus Johnson, Jake Hanna, T-Bone Walker, Bill Evans, Billy Butterfield, Ernie Royal, Roy Eldridge, Bobby Hackett, Vic Dickenson, Ralph Sutton, Bud Freeman, Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, Budd Johnson, Max Kaminsky, Buck Clayton, Joe Newman, Lou McGarity, Bob Haggart, Ray Nance, Wild Bill Davison, Tiny Grimes, Jack Lesberg, Tyree Glenn, Erroll Garner, Lennie Tristano, Lee Konitz, Paul Desmond, Jaki Byard, Kenny Dorham, Lucille Armstrong, Gene Krupa, Philly Joe Jones, Miles Davis, Harry Glantz, Roswell Rudd, Archie Shepp, Jimmy McPartland); responses, by George Russin, Richard J. Hutchinson, in: Down Beat, 37/17 (3.Sep.1970), p. 6 (letters)
  • Floyd Levin: The Duke in New Orleans, in: Jazz Journal, 23/8 (Aug.1970), p. 35 (C)
  • K. Zierath: Podium Jam Session. Schallplattenbesprechungen, in: Jazz Podium, 19/8 (Aug.1970), p. 263 (letter)
  • Stanley Dance: [Duke Ellington, Rainbow Grill, New York], in: Jazz Journal, ca. Aug.1970 (C); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 384 (C)
  • Axel Stumpf: Der Duke im Sauerland, in: Jazz Bazaar, #7 (Sep.1970), p. 56 (C: poem)
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Richard Boone, in: Down Beat, 37/18 (17.Sep.1970), p. 26 (BT: Arthur Prysock & Count Basie: "I Could Have Told You"; Jazz Crusaders: "The Young Rabbits"; Michel Legrand: "My Funny Valentine"; Duke Ellington: "Pyramid"; Eddie Jefferson: "Come Along with Me"; Herbie Hancock: "Firewater")
  • Max Jones: Ellington's 70th Birthday Treat, in: Melody Maker, 26.Sep.1970, p. 34 (R: "70th Birthday Concert")
  • Terkild Vinding: The Duke in Music City, USA, in: The Second Line, 23 (Sep/Oct.1970), p. 379, 389 (C: "Golden Broom and the Green Apple")
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Roy McCurdy, in: Down Beat, 37/21 (29.Oct.1970), p. 27 (BT: Dizzy Gillespie: "N'Bani"; Herbie Hancock: "Jessica"; Duke Ellington: "Black Swan")
  • NN: Potpourri. Duke Ellington's "The Green Apple and the Golden Broom", in: Down Beat, 37/19 (1.Oct.1970), p. 12 (N)
  • Leonard Feather: Ella and Duke - Together (New Grove, Los Angeles), in: Melody Maker, 21.Nov.1970, p. 39 (C)
  • Max Jones: Ellington Rare - But Underdone, in: Melody Maker, 12.Dec.1970, p. 28 (R: "Archive of Jazz, Vol. 3")
1971:
  • NN: Doctor Jazz (au Berklee College of Music), in: Jazz Magazine, #191 (1971), p. 5 (C)
  • Harvey Siders: Caught in the Act. Duke Ellington/Ella Fitzgerald, The Now Grove, Los Angeles, in: Down Beat, 38/1 (7.Jan.1971), p. 30-31 (C)
  • NN: Strictly Ad Lib. New Orleans, in: Down Beat, 38/2 (21.Jan.1971), p. 41-42 (news column: Doug Ramsey, Clyde Kerr, Rasaan Roland Kirk, Eddie Harris, Gene Ammons, Sonny Stitt, Al Hirt, Ellis Marsalis, Clarence Ford, Geore French, June Gardner, Wallace Daveport, Frank Parker, Lou Donaldson, James Black, John Vidacovich, Al Belletto, Betty Farmer, Duke Ellington, Paul Gonsalves, Money Johnson, George Wein, Earle Duffy, Les Elgart, Larry Elgart, Mike Olsheski, Redd Foxx, Onward Brass Band, Francis Nichols, James Rivers, Les Moore, Deacon John, Frank Assunto, Dukes of Dixieland, Savier Jazz Lab Band, Olympia Brass Band, Red Tyler, Clinton Scott, Sammy Berfect, Willie Tee, Vic Tooker, Eddy Byard)
  • NN: Strictly Ad Lib. New York, in: Down Beat, 38/2 (21.Jan.1971), p. 12, 37, 40 (news column: Joe Farrell, Joe Bonner, Herbie Lewis, Billy Cobham, Herbie Hancock, Roy Ayers, Harry Whitaker, Clint Houson, Alphonse Mouzon, Chico Hamilton, Elvin Jones, Woody Shaw, Art Blakey, Gary Bartz, Bill Evans, Lee Konitz, Miles Davis, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Bbby Timmons, Sam Jones, Sun Ra, Duke Ellington, Ray Nance, Max Kaminsky, Al Cohn, Nancy Nelson, Red Balaban, Cal Massey, Carmen McRae, Ahmad Jamal, McCoy Tyner, Clifford Thornton, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Frank Wright, Barney Wilen, Harold Ousley, Babs Gonzales, B.B. King, Big Mama Thornton, Bobby Blue Bland, Mike Longo, Paul West, Perry Robinson, Mark Whitecage, Bobby Naughton, Mario Pavone, Ran D.K., Rufus Thomas, Caral Thomas, Rod Levitt, George Barnes, Bucky Pizzarelli, Vera Auer, Gene Bertoncini, Linc Milliman, Joe Corsello, Karl Berger, Richard Youngstein, Selwyn Lissack, Roz Rudd, Don Cherry, Enrico Rava, Lawrence Cook, Sheila Jordan, Perry Young, Al Klink, Glenn Miller, Raquel Welch, Canned Head, Thad Jones, Slam Stewart, Jack Martin, Kent McGarity, Dick Pisani, Mario Cerroni, Joe Hilla, Ed Williams, Bobby Hamilton, Nina Simone, Hazel Scott, Vincent Anthony, Richard Riggi, Vincent Puma, Red Onion Jazz Band, Natalie Lamb, Sonny Stitt, Melvin Sparks, Leon Spencer Jr., Houston Person)
  • NN: Strictly Ad Lib. Chicago, in: Down Beat, 38/3 (4.Feb.1971), p. 42 (news column: Duke Ellington, Woody Herman, Buddy Rich, Ramsey Lewis, Daddy-O-Daylie, Oliver Lake, Black Artist Group, George Hines, Aldalisha, McIan-Forrest Stage Group)
  • John Norris: Heard and Seen. Jazz in Toronto. Jimmy Rushing, Ray Bryant, The World's Greatest Jazz Band, Duke Ellington, Sonny Greenwich, in: Coda, 9/12 (Mar/Apr.1971), p. 45-46 (C)
  • NN: Strictly Ad Lib. London, in: Down Beat, 38/5 (4.Mar.1971), p. 42 (news column: Harold McNair, Quincy Jones, Donovan, Georgie Fame, Jon Hendricks, Stan Tracey, Keith Tippett, Julie Felix, Blue Mink, Ronnie Scott, Blossom Dearie, Phil Woods, Louis Moholo, Chris McGregor Brotherhood of Breath, Barry Altschul, Spear, Dudu Pukwana, Alan Skidmore, John Jeremy, Paul Oliver, Sunnyland Slim, Little Brother Montgomery, St. Louis Jimmy, Lightnin' Hopkins, Butch Cage, J.B. Lenoir, Charles Fox, Geoff Haydon, Duke Ellington, Original Dixieland Jazz Band, Charlie Parker, Cab Kaye, Caleb Quaye, Terry Quaye, Hookfoot, Elton John, Osibisa)
  • NN: Strictly Ad Lib. St.Louis, in: Down Beat, 38/5 (4.Mar.1971), p. 42 (news column: Timmy Widdicombe, Joe Bozzi, Pat Hanley, Stanley Turrentine, Gene Ammons, Herb Drury, Jerry Chaney, Art Heagle, The Rumors, Duke Ellington, Sammy Gardner, Mound City Six, Dennis Matuzzi, Skip Dierringer, Charlie Ford, Pat Murphy, Ralph Land, Woody Herman, Ray Charles, David Hines, Lionel Greene, Vincent Martin, Mitch Wadley, Glen Wright)
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Gerald Wilson, in: Down Beat, 38/8 (15.Apr.1971), p. 26 (BT: Duke Ellington: "Charpoy"; Woody Herman: "How Can I Be Sure"; Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland: "Rue Chaptal"; Time-Life Orchestra: "Moten Swing"; Bobby Bryant: "Cristo Redentor"; Oliver Nelson: "Miss Fine") [digi.copy]
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Pete Robinson, in: Down Beat, 38/9 (29.Apr.1971), p. 26 (BT: Thelonious Monk: "Well You Needn't"; Chico Hamilton: "Free Form"; Duke Ellington: "Lady Mac"; Ornette Coleman: "The Circle With a Hole in the Middle"; Dave Brubeck: "Far More Blues"; Hampton Hawes: "Vierd Blues"; Don Ellis: from "Live in 3 2/3/4 Time")
  • NN: Royal Swedish Academy Taps Duke Ellington, in: Down Beat, 38/8 (15.Apr.1971), p. 12 (short F) [digi.copy]
  • NN. Strictly ad lib. Philadelphia, in: Down Beat, 38/10 (13.May 1971), p. 42 (news column: Trudy Pitts, Mr. C., Shirley Scott, Danny Turner, Bobby Durham, Billy Paul, Sharon Scott, Duke Ellington, Buddy Rich, Woody Herman, Perry Johnson, Stanley Turrentine, Joe Farrell, Eddie Green, Blanche Carter, Nina Simone, Alice Coltrane, Lloyd McNeal, Byard Lancaster, Carl Grubbs, Earl Grubbs, Irene Reid, Joe Thomas, Charles Davis, Bootsie Barnes, Evelyn Sims, Chicago, Richie Havens, Candy Lynn) [digi.copy]
  • NN: 1000 Participate in Berklee Commencement, in: The Jewish Times, 27.May 1971, p. 20 (F: Honorary Doctorate from Berklee College) [vert.file]
  • NN: strictly ad lib. New York, in: Down Beat, 38/10 (13.May 1971), p. 34-36 (news column: Herbie Mann, Ayr, Sonny Sharrock, Vera Auer, Mel Lewis, Thad Jones, Roland Hanna, Richard Davis, Mose Allison, Babe Matthews, Bud Blacklock, Al Hall, Gene Brooks, Jeremy Steig, Milt Jackson, Yusef Lateef, McCoy Tyner, Duke Ellington, Chico Hamilton, Mark Cohen, Lance Gunnerson, Vic Gaskin, Budd Johnson, Dill Jones, Bill Pemberton, Oliver Jackson, Zoot Sims, Ross Tompkins, Victor Sproles, Mousey Alexander, Jimmy Rushing, Judy Canterino, Freddie Hubbard, George Benson, Betty Carter, Dewey Redman, Chris Capers, Eddie Moore, LeRoy Jenkins, Ricardo Gautreau, Sirone, Frank Clayton, Betty Roché, Joe Klee, Joe Farrell, Warren Chiasson, Sonny Brown, Carlos Farnett, Kiane Ziwadi, Kalik Al-Raouf, Ron Burton, Stafford James, Hakim Jami, Norman Connors, Garnett Singers, Don Friedman, Chuck Wayne, Joe Williams, Dave Burrell, Beaver Harris, Cal Massey, Archie Shepp, James Spaulding, Hal Galper, Art Lewis, Lorraine Blakey, The Youngbloods, Sun Ra, Teddy Daniel, Arthur Jones, Norris Jones, Rashied Ali, Steven Intwhite Tintweiss, James DuBoise, Jimmy Hahn, Bill Mintz, Harold Smith, Judy Stewart, Tom Moore, John Marshall, Danny Carter, Steve Coughlin, Roberto Barsi, Dave Liebman, Michael Shepherd, Youseff Yancy, Vittie Gory, Hank D'Amico, David Izenzon, John Blair, Mary Lou Williams, Sammy Price, Benny Ventura, Sal Pace, Sam Rivers, Clifford Thornton, Janice Jarrett, Jimmy Heath & Curtis Fuller) [digi.copy]
  • NN: strictly ad lib. New York, in: Down Beat, 38/11 (27.May 1971), p. 34, 38 (news column: Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Milt Jackson, Jimmy Heath, Cedar Walton, Larry Ridley, Bob Cranshaw, Billy Higgins, Yusef Lateef, Kenny Barron, Bob Cunningham, Albert Heath, Art Blakey, Gene Ammons, Betty Carter, Jim Harrison, Arthur Bailey, Tiny Grimes, Hal Frances, Al Hall, John Blair, Sammy Price, Jim Hall, Charlie Mariano, Haikki Saramento, Lance Gunnersen, Terry Plumeri, Craig Herndon, Max Roach, Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, James Moody, Mike Longo, Sam Jones, Diana Sands, Duke Ellington, John S. Wilson, Roberta Flack, Delfonics, Roy Eldridge, Barry Harris, Chuck Folds, Eddie Locke, Oliver Jackson, Budd Johnson, Dill Jones, Bill Pemberton, Frank Wright, Bobby Few, Sirone, Idrees Muhammed, Chico Hamilton, Jazz Contemporaries, Julius Watkins, George Coleman, Clifford Jordan, Harold Mabern, Keno Duke, Enrico Rava, Ritchie Beirach, Michael Moore, Marvin Patillo, Dave Liebman, Nancy Johnson, Armon Walburian, Carvel Six, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Tommy Flanagan, Joe Lee Wilson, Charles McPherson, Barry Harris, Jeff Jefferson, Larry Hancock, Dewey Redman, Edwin Doherty, Muhal Richard Abrams, Richard Davis, Howard McGhee, Matthew Gee, Arnie Lawrence, Bobby Brown, Roland Hanna, Andrew Cyrille, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Santana, Tower of Power, Fats Domino, Ike & Tina Turner, Lee Shaw, Gene Wright, Stan Shaw, Herb Tardiff, Tim Emlay, Norman Ellis, Ronald de Vaughn, Pavel Burda, Edwin Birdsong, Selwyn Lissack, Perry Robinson, Mark Whitecage, Mike Moss, Bob Naughton, Richard Youngstein, Sheila Jordan, Lynn Lerner, Doc Severinsen, Clifford Thornton, Rashied Ali, Carlos Ward, Fred Simmons, Stafford James) [digi.copy]
  • Burt Korall: The Pop and Jazz Scene. Ellington, in: International Musician, 69/12 (Jun.1971), p. 9 (N)
  • NN: Ellington to Visit U.S.S.R. in September, in: Down Beat, 38/13 (24.Jun.1971), p. 9 (short F)
  • Stanley Dance: Lightly and Politely. Premiere of the Goutelas Suite, in: Jazz Journal, 24/6 (Jun.1971), p. 25-26 (C); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 396 (C)
  • Burt Korall: Duke for Russia, in: International Musician, 70/1 (Jul.1971), p. 12 (N)
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Benny Carter, in: Down Beat, 38/14 (22.Jul.1971), p. 30 (BT: Duke Ellington: "Ebony Rhapsody"; Jimmie Lunceford: "Lunceford Special"; Dizzy Gillespie: "Hot House"; Miles Davis: "Put Your Little Foot Right Out"; Dave Brubeck: "Blue Rondo A La Turk"; Woody Herman: "Deep Purple")
  • NN: Potpourri. Duke Ellington receives two honorary degrees, in: Down Beat, 38/14 (22.Jul.1971), p. 12 (N)
  • Burt Korall: Ellington Echoes, in: International Musician, 70/2 (Aug.1971), p. 10 (N: "Beggar's Holiday")
  • Max Jones: Ellington's Festival Suite, in: Melody Maker, 14.Aug.1971, p. 26 (R: "New Orleans Suite")
  • Bill Esposito: Duke, Doctor of Music, in: Jazz Journal, 24/9 (Sep.1971), p. 22-23 (F)
  • Duke Ellington: Louis Armstrong, 1900-1971, in: Down Beat, 38/16 (16.Sep.1971), p. 13 ("I": obituary for Armstrong)
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Barney Bigard, in: Down Beat, 38/16 (16.Sep.1971), p. 36 (BT: Red Onion Jazz Babies: "Terrible Blues"; Louis Armstrong & Oscar Peterson: "You Go to My Head"; Louis Armstrong & The Savoy Ballroom Five: "Tight Like This"; "Louis Armstrong All Stars: "Pretty Little Missy"; Louis Armstrong & His Friends: "Mood Indigo"; Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington: "The Beautiful American"; Louis Armstrong & Carmen McRae: "I Didn't Know Until You Told Me")
  • A.J. Bishop: The Protean Imagination of Duke Ellington - The Early Years, part 1, in: Jazz Journal, 24/10 (Oct.1971), p. 2-4 (F/A); part 2, in: Jazz Journal, 24/12 (Dec.1971), p. 12-14 (F/A)
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Phil Woods, in: Down Beat, 38/17 (14.Oct.1971), p. 33 (BT: Maynard Ferguson: "If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind"; Hank Crawford: "It's a Funky Thing to Do"; Weather Report: "Tears"; Duke Ellington: "Blues for New Orleans"; Anthony Braxton: "To Artist Murray de Pillars"; Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band: "New Box")
  • Max Jones: The Duke Steps Out, 71 Style (British Tour), in: Melody Maker, 30.Oct.1971, p. 34-35 (C)
  • NN: Ellington in Russia. They Love Him Madly, in: Down Beat, 38/18 (28.Oct.1971), p. 9 (short F)
  • Hanns E. Petrik: Plattentest mit Jean Warland, in: Jazz Podium, 20/11 (Nov.1971), p. 400-401 (BT: Duke Ellington & Count Basie: Segue in C; Bill Evans: Alice in Wonderland; Sahib Shihab: 4070 Blues; Yusef Lateef: Nile Valley Blues; Joe Henderson: Invitation; Elvin Jones: What Is This?; Elvin Jones & Richard Davis: Shiny Stockings; Gary Burton: Chickens; John McLaughlin: Binky's Bean; Larry Coryell: Gloria's Step)
  • Several authors: Russia Was Great But..., in: Melody Maker, 6.Nov.1971, p. 24 (I)
  • Antonin Truhlar: Ellington in der UdSSR, in: Jazz Podium, 20/12 (Dec.1971), p. 434 (C)
  • NN: Potpourri. Duke Ellington on world tour, in: Down Beat, 38/22 (23.Dec.1971), p. 12 (N)
  • Sinclair Traill: Editorial, in: Jazz Journal, 24/12 (Dec.1971), p. 1, 18 (C)
  • Tom Tolnay: Caught in the Act. Duke Ellington, Rainbow Grill, New York City, in: Down Beat, 38/22 (23.Dec.1971), p. 36 (C)

1972:

  • Demètre Ioakimidis: Ellington. A Time of Transition, in: Jazz & Blues, 2/11 (1972), p. 5-7
  • Lucien Malson: Duke Ellington, in: Lucien Malson: Que sais-je? Les maitres du jazz, Paris 1972 [book], p. 35-61 (F)
  • NN (ed.): The Best of Blues in Songs and Stories, New York o.J. [ca. 1972] [sheet music], p. 64-65 (T: vocal/piano arrangement of "Satin Doll")
  • NN: La troisième generation. Le petit fils de Duke, in: Jazz Magazine, #205 (1972), p. 8
  • Ortiz M. Walton: Edward Kennedy Ellington. Contributions to Afro-American Culture, in: Ortiz M. Walton: Music. Black, White & Blue, New York 1972 [book], p. 73-91 (F)
  • Eddie Lambert: In Person. Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, in: Jazz & Blues, 1/9 (Jan.1972), p. 12-13 (C)
  • Stanley Dance: Lightly & Politely. Autumn Circuit, in: Jazz Journal, 25/1 (Jan.1972), p. 24 (F/C)
  • Max Jones: Duke. The War Years, in: Melody Maker, 26.Feb.1972, p. 32 (R: His Most Important Second War Concert)
  • NN: Potpourri. Duke Ellington at Rainbow Grill, in: Down Beat, 39/2 (3.Feb.1972), p. 11 (N)
  • Stanley Dance: Duke's Grand Tour. The Inside Story, in: Down Beat, 39/2 (3.Feb.1972), p. 17, 34 (F: tour to Russia)
  • Stanley Dance: Duke's Grant Tour. The Inside Story, in: Down Beat, 39/2 (3.Feb.1972), p. 17, 34 (F)
  • Leonard Feather: Don Ellis. Blindfold Test, in: Down Beat, 39/4 (2.Mar.1972), p. 24 (BT: Quincy Jones: "The Anderson Tapes"; Lalo Schifrin: "Theme from Medical Center"; Duke Ellington: "Main Title & Anatomy of a Murder"; Henry Mancini: "We've Loved Before"; Gil Melle: "Hex"; Modern Jazz Quartet: "The Golden Striker")
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Michel Legrand, in: Down Beat, 39/8 (27.Apr.1972), p. 23 (BT: Quincy Jones: "Smackwater Jack"; Gato Barbieri: "Tupac Amaru"; Oscar Peterson: "Jeda"; Ornette Coleman: "All My Life"; Night Blooming Jazzmen: "Nam M'yoho Ren-Ge Kyo"; Chuck Mangione: "Sun Shower"; Duke Ellington: "Aristocracy a la Jean Lafitte")
  • NN: Bill Evans, Ellington Cop Grammy Awards, in: Down Beat, 39/8 (27.Apr.1972), p. 9 (N)
  • NN: Potpourri. Duke Ellington at Ellington Festival, in: Down Beat, 39/8 (27.Apr.1972), p. 10 (N)
  • Stanley Dance: The Long Road Home. Mercer Ellington Talks, in: Down Beat, 39/7 (13.Apr.1972), p. 14-15 (F)
  • Robert D. Rusch: Rusch on Rhythm. Shepp - Ellington, in: Jazz Journal, 25/7 (Jul.1972), p. 16 (F)
  • Stanley Dance: Lightly & Politely. Celebration, in: Jazz Journal, 25/7 (Jul.1972), p. 4-5 (C: symphonic composition "Celebration")
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Lionel Hampton, in: Down Beat, 39/15 (14.Sep.1972), p. 32 (BT: Red Norvo: "Bop"; Roy Ayers: "Sweet Tears"; Benny Goodman: "What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry"; Duke Ellington: "Jungle Kitty"; Gary Burton: "The Sunset Bell"; Bobby Hutcherson: "Jazz"; Terry Gibbs: "Flying Home")
  • NN: Ellington Fellowship Program Set for Yale, in: Down Beat, 39/16 (12.Oct.1972), p. 10 (short F)
  • NN: Potpourri. New York Jazz Museum staged Ellington exhibit, in: Down Beat, 39/16 (12.Oct.1972), p. 11 (N)
  • Patricia Willard: Love and Learn. The Ellingtonians at UW, in: Down Beat, 39/16 (12.Oct.1972), p. 12-14 (F/I)
  • Sim Simons: Duke's Place. Duke Ellington, in: Jazz (Belgien), Dec.1972, p. 14-50 (F/A)

1973:

  • Albert Murray: From The Hero and the Blues, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 412-414 (F; Reprint, from: Albert Murray: The Hero and the Blues, Columbia 1973)
  • Benny Green: Father Figures. Duke 1968 / 1967 / 1969, in: Benny Green: Drums in My Ears, London 1973 [book], p. 170-177 (F/C)
  • Benny Green: Heroes Ancient and Modern. Duke 1958, in: Benny Green: Drums in My Ears, London 1973 [book], p. 20-23 (C)
  • Duke Ellington: Ellington on Washington, D.C., in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 5-21 ("I"; Reprint, from: Duke Ellington: Music Is my Mistress, 1973)
  • Duke Ellington: Music Is My Mistress, New York 1985 [book; Reprint, O: Garden City 1973]
  • Duke Ellington: The Great Music of Duke Ellington, Melville/NY 1973 [sheet music] (T: vocal/piano arrangements of "In a Sentimental Mood"; "Caravan"; "The Gal from Joe's"; "Satin Doll"; "Boy Meets Horn"; "Prelude to a Kiss"; "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"; "Take the 'A' Train"; "Sophisticated Lady"; "Don't Get Around Much Anymore"; "Mood Indigo"; "Solitude"; "I Got It Band (And That Ain't Good)"; "I'm Just a Lucky So-And-So"; "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart"; "Everything But You"; "Five O'Clock Drag"; "Day Dream"; "I Never Felt This Way Before"; "The Brown Skin Gal in the Calico Gown"; "Bli-Blip"; "Ring Dem Bells"; "Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me"; "Something to Live For"; "Azure"; "Lost in Meditation"; "Alabamy Home"; "I'm So In Love with You"; "Black Butterfly"; Please Forgive Me"; "Paris Blues"; "Gypsy Without a Song"; "Come Sunday"; "Love You Madly"; "Doin' the Crazy Walk"; "Lady In Blue"; piano arrangement of "The Creole Love Call"; "Birmingham Breakdown"; "Rockin' In Rhythm"; "The Jeep Is Jumping"; "Echoes of Harlem"; "I'm Riding on the Moon and Dancing on the Stars")
  • Hildred Roach: Duke Ellington, in: Hildred Roach: Black American Music. Past and Present, Boston 1973 [book], p. 85-86 (F)
  • John McDonough: Four Big Bands. Duke Ellington, Harper College, Palatine, Ill., in: Down Beat, 40/14 (1973), p. 19, 37 (C)
  • NN: Potpourri. Duke Ellington at Rainbow Grill, in: Down Beat, 40/3 (15.Feb.1973), p. 10 (N)
  • Harvey Siders: The Ellington Special. A Labor of Love, in: Down Beat, 40/4 (1.Mar.1973), p. 19, 31 (F)
  • Max Jones: Vintage Duke, in: Melody Maker, 3.Mar.1973, p. 48 (R: "Ellington on the Air")
  • NN: Duke Back in Action. After Brief Layoff, in: Down Beat, 40/5 (15.Mar.1973), p. 12 (short F)
  • Staney Dance: Lightly & Politely. Ain't But the One, in: Jazz Journal, 26/23 (Mar.1973), p. 9-11 (C: Ellington Tribute TV Special)
  • NN: Duke, Hubbard, Burton Cop Grammy Awards, in: Down Beat, 40/8 (26.Apr.1973), p. 9 (N)
  • Dan Morgenstern: Duke Ellington – "Latin American Suite" (Fantasy), in: Down Beat, 40/10 (24.May 1973), p. 20 (R) [digi.copy]
  • Dick M. Bakker: Ellingtonia, in: Micrography, #26 (May 1973), p. 2-3 (D)
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Eubie Blake, in: Down Beat, 40/10 (24.May 1973), p. 27 (BT: Willie 'The Lion' Smith: "Memories of You"; Art Tatum & Buddy DeFranco: "Memories of You"; Earl Hines: "Bye Bye Baby"; Dick Hyman: "Harlem Strut"; Duke Ellington: "In a Sentimental Mood"; Fats Waller: "Smashing Thirds"; Oscar Peterson: "Tristeza") [digi.copy]
  • NN: Strictly ad lib. Chicago, in: Down Beat, 40/10 (24.May 1973), p. 36 (news column: Art Blakey, Woody Shaw, Steve Turre, Carter Jefferson, Cedar Walton, Mickey Bass, Joe Segal, McCoy Tyner, Yusef Lateef, Horace Silver, gary Burton, Dizzy Gillespie, jack McDuff, George Shearing, Warren Chiasson, Ron Anthony, Andy Simpkins, Rusty Jones, Count Basie, Pete Minger, Waymon Reed, Sonny Cohn, Steve Furtado, Mel Wanzo, Frank Hooks, Bill Hughes, Henry Coker, Bobby Plater, Curtis Peagler, Eric Dixon, Johnny Board, John Williams, Freddie Green, Norman keenan, Sonny Payne, Buddy Rich, Stan Kenton, Duke Ellington, Tony Bennett, Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne, Billy Eckstine, Clyde McCoy, Dukes of Dixieland, Richard Rainey, Edwin Reed, Johnny Del, Buddy Apfel, Bob Stone, Pee Wee Hunt, Roger Niven, Nappy Trottier, Jim Beebe, Mike Schwimmer, Wayne Jones, Al Capone Memorial Jazz Band, John Steiner) [digi.copy]
  • NN: Strictly ad lib. Los Angeles, in: Down Beat, 40/10 (24.May 1973), p. 35-36 (news column: Joe Pass, Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Murray McEachern, Duke Ellington, Bill Berry, Cootie Williams, Money Johnson, Ray Triscari, Merv Griffin, Donald Byrd, Modern Jazz Quartet, Don Ellis, Kai Winding & Frank Rosolino, Richie Kamuca, Mundell Lowe, Anita O'Day, Les McCann, Cannonball Adderley, Miles Davis, Nina Simone, Ujima, Oscar Brashear, Eubie Blake, Johnny Guarnieri, Dick Zimmerman, Bud Shank, Willie Bobo, Phil Woods, Clark Terry, Jimmy Stewart, Ruth Davis, Clea Bradford, Marty Harris, Super Sax, Don Menza, Don Piestrup, Chuck Mangione, Angelo, Sergio Mendes, Lee Ritenour, Bill Dickerson, Nick Ceroli, Bart Hall, Marty Harris, Tom Azarelli, John Dentz, Diana Ross, Maxine Weldon, Lorez Alexandria, Jack Wilson, Sandy Miller, Lanny Hartley, Bill Upchurch, Hal Mason,. Arthur Adams, Sam Fletcher, T-Bone Walker, James Moody, Erroll Garner, Walter Bishop Jr., Ronnie Laws, Woody Murray, Gerald Brown, Bakin Hassan, Charles Weaver, Clare Fischer, Pete Christlieb, Gary Foster, Jim Hughaart, Larry Nunker, Louie Bellson, D'Vaughan Pershing, Tommy Gumina, Tommy Vig, Bud Brosbois, Dave Wells, Ira Schulman, Elek Bacsik, Carol Kaye, Joe Porcaro, Claude Spengler, Roger Kellaway, Silver Cloud, Chris Mancini, Hank Mancini, Frank Rosolino, Dick Gibson, Leonard Feather, Bill Haley, Comets, Danny and the Juniors, Lloyd Price, Chubby Checker, The Crystals, The Chantels, The Platters, Big Joe Turner, The Penguins, The Olympics, The De-Vikings, Crusaders, John Mayall, James Brown, Sha Na Na, Humble Pie, Stevie Wonder) [digi.copy]
  • NN: Strictly ad lib. New York, in: Down Beat, 40/10 (24.May 1973), p. 13, 35 (news column: Gil Evans, Tex Allen, Steve Madeo, Sam Burtis, Peter Levin, Sharon Freeman, Howard Johnson, Billy Harper, Steve Lacy, Dave Sanborn, Trevor Koehler, Bruce Johnson, Dave Horowitz, Herb Bushler, Sue Evans, Palmer Lampkin, Bruce Ditmas, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Freddie Hubbard, Yusef Lateef, Valerie Capers, Deodato, Airto, Stanley Turrentine, Eric Gale, Bob James, Ron Carter, Jack deJohnette, Sonny Rollins, Walter Davis Jr., Matsuo, Bob Cranshaw, James Leary, David Lee, Newport All Stars, James Spaulding, Ted Dunbar, Larry Ridley, Al Harewood, George Wein, James Moody, Jackie Paris, Anne Marie Moss, Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz, Monty Alexander, Gerry Mulligan, Hank Jones, Zoot Sims, Bill Watrous, Danny Stiles, Dean Pratt, John Getchell, Joe Enclardi, Ray Brown, Joe Petrizzo, Paul Bernardi, Joe Radazzo, Thom Gambino, Alan Gauvin, Harry Hall, Charlie Labord, Kenny Berger, Joe Beck, Jeff Layton, Will Lee, Steve Gadd, John Cutrone, Gunther Schuller, Scott Joplin, Urbie Green, Kathy Green, Bobby Hackett, Marian McPartland, Jimmy McPartland,. Buddy Tate, Woody Herman, Shirley Bassey, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Eddie Condon, Dill Jones, Bill Pemberton, Cliff Leeman, Max Kaminsky, Herb Gardner, Herb Hall, Ruby Braff, Sam Margolles, Benny Aronov, Milt Hinton, Dotty Dodgion, Julie Wilson, Duke Ellington, Ray Bryant, Ellis Larkins, Earl Hines, Teddy Wilson, Wild Bill Davis, Bobby Short, Leo Ball, Dick Cone, Gene Roland, Baby Laurence, Chuck Green, John McPhee, Rod Levitt, Barry Harris, Lawrence Evans, Dotty Stallworth, Bucky Pizzarelli, George Barnes, Dick Hyman, Jo Jones, Clark Terry, Doug Carn, Archie Shepp, George Benson, Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Dorham, Lee Morgan, Alden Griggs, Bubbles Martin, Rene St. Cyr, George Smith, Norman Spiller, Ray Murray, Alex Cruz, Darrell Barnes, Andrew Washington, Dennis Paul, Mike Clark, Mark Benton, Bill Cody, Lennie Cooper, Larry Dinwiddie, Freddie Johnson, Hiram Colon, Connie Taylor, Linda Williams, Dave Weissman, Andrew McCloud, Reggie Tyler, Howard King, Willis Jackson, Jimmy Garrison, Pete Yellin, John Abercrombie, Clint Houston, Ray Montilla, Jimmy Madison, J. Bergonzer, Ted Saunders, Harvey Swartz, George Coleman, Dave Hubbard, Bobby Forrester, Jual Curtis, Richie Goldberg, Shirley Scott, Donald Byrd, Machito, La Lupe, Gil Noble, Bill Hardman, Walter Bolden, Harold Mabern, Wilbur Little, Horace Silver, Ron Roullier, Aaron Sachs, Joel Kaye, Lew Gluckin, Joe Klee, Cecil Payne, Cavril Payne, Lloyd Mayers, Roland Prince, Reggie Workman, Billy Higgins, Leon Thomas, Betty Carter, Danny Mixon, Bill Hardman, Mike Longo, Jimmy raney, Ahmad Jamal, Stella Marrs, Carline Ray, Louis Hayes, Bill English, Richard Wyands, Victor Sproles, Lyn Christie, David Lahm, Randy Brecker, Harry Edison, Red Foxx, Taj Mahal, Roy Buchanan, Allman Bros., Stan Rubin, Togertown Five, Sam Jacobs, Mike Ridley,. Charlie Brown, George Benson, Bill Salter, Phil Young, Steve Kroons) [digi.copy]
  • Derrick Stewart-Baxter: Harrison Smith Talks, in: Storyville, #47 (Jun/Jul.1973), p. 164-172 (I with Harrison Smith)
  • Les Tomkins: Duke Ellington at the Abbey, in: Crescendo, ca. Oct.1973 (C); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 442 (C)
  • NN: Potpourri. Duke Ellington is awarded Legion of Honor, in: Down Beat, 40/16 (11.Oct.1973), p. 48 (N)
  • Duke Ellington: What Did Duke Ellington Know, And When Did He Know It?, in: Jazzline, 7/3 (Spring 1974), p. 20-23 ("I"; Reprint, from: Esquire, Nov.1973)
  • Max Jones: Duke at the Abbey. report from a Historic Musical Event, in: Melody Maker, 3.Nov.1973, p. 14
  • Sinclair Traill: Ellington at the Abbey, in: Jazz Journal, 26/12 (Dec.1973), p. 8 (F/C)

1974:

  • Brian Priestley & Alan Cohen: Black, Brown & Beige, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 185-204 (A/T; Reprint, from: Composer, 51-52 [Spring-Winter 1974])
  • Dick M. Bakker: Duke Ellington on Microgroove 1923-1942, Alphen an de Rijn 1974 [book: Micrography] (D)
  • Fred Stone: Balling with the Duke, in: Jazz Forum, #29 (1974), p. 42-45
  • Joachim Ernst Berendt: In Memoriam. Duke Ellington, in: Jazz Forum, #30 (1974), p. 28-32
  • Ken Carter: Edward Kennedy Ellington, in: Jazzline, 7/3 (Spring 1974), p. 18-19 (F/O: memorial service for Ellington)
  • Leonard Feather: The Duke, in: Leonard Feather: From Satchmo to Miles, London 1974 [book], p. 45-64 (F)
  • Myra Meville: The Duke Steps Out, in: The Second Line, 25 (Summer 1974), p. 18-19 (F)
  • NN: Duke Ellington gestorben, in: Blues Notes, 6/22 (1974), p. 5 (F/O)
  • NN: Duke Ellington gestorben, in: Sounds, 7/1974, p. 7 (O)
  • NN: Final Bar. Ain't But the One, in: Down Beat, 41/13 (1974), p. 9 (F/O)
  • Patricia Willard: Love You Medly, in: Down Beat, 41/8 (25.Apr.1974), p. 14-19, 41 (F/I with Frank Sinatra, Pepper Adams, Cannonball Adderley, Peter Herman Adler, Van Alexander, Laurindo Almeida, Cat Anderson, Ray Anthony, Harold Ashby, Eddie Barefield, Bill Barron, Charlie Barnet, Count Basie, Louie Bellson, Tex Beneke, Joe Benjamin, Lawrence Berk, Leonard Bernstein, Bill Berry, Barney Bigard, Carla Bley, Patti Brown, Cecil Bridgewater, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Ronnell Bright, Garnett Brown, Marshall Brown, Iola Brubeck, Kenny Burrell, Billy Butterfield, Charlie Byrd, Jackie Cain, Red Callender, Conte Candoli, John Carisi, Frankie Carle, Harry Carney, Benny Carter, Ron Carter, Jeff Castleman, Joe Castro, Ray Charles, Buck Clayton, George Coleman, Buddy Collette, John Collins, Chuck Connors, Bill Crow, Ted Curson, Miles Davis, Barrett Deems, Matt Dennis, Vic Dickenson, Jerry Dodgion, Peter Duchin, Billy Eckstine, Harry Edison, Mercer Ellington, Gil Evans, Maynard ferguson, Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Fowlkes, Bud Freeman, Roscoe Gill Jr., Dizzy Gillespie, Ernest Gold, Tyree Glenn, Paul Gonsalves, Morton Gould, Sonny Greer, Bobby Hackett, Charlie Haden, Bob Haggart, Chico Freeman, Herbie Hancock, Roland Hanna, Billy Harper, Benny Harris, Edgar Hayes, Neal Hefti, Luther Henderson, Skitch Henderson, Jon Hendricks, Woody Herman, Al Hibbler, Earl Hines, Milt Hinton, Art Hodes, Bill Hood, Paul Horn, Johnny Howell, Chuck Israels, Chubby Jackson, Duffy Jackson, Quentin Jackson, Harry James, Gus Johnson, Money Jackson, Herbie Jones, Jimmy Jones, Quincy Jones, Sam Jones, Thad Jones, Stan Kenton, Brooks Kerr, Jimmy Knepper, Lee Konitz, Roy Kral, John LaPorta, Ellis Larkins, Yank Lawson, Michel Legrand, John Levy, John Lewis, Mel Lewis, Enoch Light, Mundell Lowe, Nellie Lutcher, Teo Macero, Henric Mancini, Johnny Mandel, Chuck Mangione, Herbie Mann, Shelly Manne, Freddy Martin, Barry Martyn, Benny Maupin, Roy McCurdy, Howard McGhee, Al McKibbon, Carmen McRa, Johnny Mercer, Don Menza, Jymie Merritt, Harry Mills, Charles Mingus, Anita Moore, Bennie Morton, Benny Moten, George Mraz, Gerry Mulligan, Rose Murphy, Ray Nance, Peter Nero, Gerry Niewood, Alex North, Jimmy Nottingham, Ruth Olay, Jimmy Owens, Maurice Peress, Oscar Peterson, Nat Pierce, Lisa Pollard, Eddie Preston, Russell Procope, Vince Prudente, Jerome Richardson, Larry Ridley, Frank Rosolino, Jimmy Rowles, Lalo Schifrin, Doc Severinsen, Bud Shank, Archie Shepp, Sahib Shihab, Don Shirley, Victor Sproles, Slam Stewart, Ralph Sutton, Lew Tabackin, Clark Terry, Juan Tizol, Cal Tjader, Mel Tormé, John Scott Trotter, Orrin Tucker, Norris Turney, Toney Watkins, Jo Stafford, Paul Weston, Chris White, Rocky White, Bob Wilber, Cootie Williams, Francis Williams, Joe Williams, Gerald Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Britt Woodman, Trummy Young)
  • Ralph J. Gleason: Farewell to the Duke, in: Rolling Stone, #164 (1974), p. 34-37, 94 (F/O); reprint, in: Ralph J. Gleason: Celebrating the Duke..., New York 1975 [book], p. 155-168 (F)
  • Ralph J. Gleason: On Ellington, in: Down Beat, 41/8 (1974), p. 11
  • Stanley Dance: The Funeral Address, in: Jazz Journal, 27/7 (Jul.1974), p. 14-15 (F/O); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 451 (F/O)
  • Vic Bellerby: Random Reflections in D, in: Jazz Journal, 27/7 (Jul.1974), p. 12, 20 (F)
  • Whitney Balliett: R.I.P., in: Whitney Balliett: Collected Works. A Journal of Jazz 1954-2000, New York 2000 [book: St.Martin's Press], p. 426-430 (F/O)
  • Greg Murphy: Jazz in Britain. The Duke in Preston, in: Jazz Journal, 27/1 (Jan.1974), p. 19 (C)
  • Greg Murphy: Jazz in Britain. The Duke in Preston, in: Jazz Journal, 27/1 (Jan.1974), p. 19 (C)
  • Sinclair Traill: Jazz in Britain. Ellington at Eastbourne, in: Jazz Journal, 27/1 (Jan.1974), p. 19 (C)
  • Dieter Salemann: Podium Jam Session. Duke Ellington bei den Berliner Jazztagen 1973, in: Jazz Podium, 23/3 (Mar.1974), p. 3 (letter)
  • Eric Kriss: Duke Ellington - "Jazz at the Plaza, Volume II" (Columbia), in: Down Beat, 41/5 (14.Mar.1974), p. 22 (R)
  • Max Jones: Ellington. Looking Back on 1971, in: Melody Maker, 9.Mar.1974, p. 50 (R: "The English Concert 1 & 2")
  • Charles Suber: The First Chorus. Duke Ellington's 75th Birthday, in: Down Beat, 41/8 (25.Apr.1974), p. 6 (F: editorial)
  • Father Gerald Pocock: Chords and Discords. Contretemps Correction, in: Down Beat, 41/7 (11.Apr.1974), p. 9 (letter: Ellington did not have heart attack in Berlin)
  • Joe Klee: Teresa Brewer / Duke Ellington - "It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing" (Flying Dutchman), in: Down Beat, 41/8 (25.Apr.1974), p. 26 (R)
  • Leonard Feather: Duke Ellington, in: Down Beat, 41/8 (25.Apr.1974), p. 11, 40 (F: "Black, Brown and Beige")
  • Patricia Willard: Diamonds for Duke..., in: Down Beat, 41/8 (25.Apr.1974), p. 11 (F)
  • Ralph J. Gleason: Duke Ellington, in: Down Beat, 41/8 (25.Apr.1974), p. 11 (short F)
  • NN: ...Ellington Suffered a Setback (in Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center), in: Melody Maker, 25.May 1974, p. 24
  • Oriol Martorell & Xavier Montsalvatge & Albert allofré & Alfredo Papo & Daniel Carbonelli & Angel Zúniga: Con Duke Ellington desaparece un gigante del jazz, in: La Vanguardia Espanola, 25.May 1974, p. 21; Reprint, in: Jazzology, #6 (Jun.1994), p. 53 (F/O)
  • Patricia Willard: Royal Plaudits for DB, in: Down Beat, 41/10 (23.May 1974), p. 9 (short F)
  • John Chilton: Ducal Datelines, in: Melody Maker, 1.Jun.1974, p. 38
  • Leonard Feather: Duke of Jazz, in: Melody Maker, 1.Jun.1974, p. 36-37
  • Max Jones: Jazz's First Great Virtuoso, in: Melody Maker, 1.Jun.1974, p. 38
  • NN: Death of a Genius. Musicians Pay Tribute to Duke Ellington, in: Melody Maker, 1.Jun.1974, p. 1, 5
  • NN: Ellington Service, in: Melody Maker, 8.Jun.1974, p. 5
  • NN: Thousands Mourn Duke, in: Melody Maker, 8.Jun.1974, p. 22
  • Stanley Dance: Lightly & Politely. Seventy-Fifth, in: Jazz Journal, 27/6 (Jun.1974), p. 16-17 (F/C)
  • Vic Bellerby: Ellington's Legacy on record, in: Melody Maker, 1.Jun.1974, p. 37
  • Barry McRae: Avant Courier. No.27: Black Beauty, in: Jazz Journal, 27/7 (Jul.1974), p. 25 (F)
  • Burnett James: Emancipation Celebration, in: Jazz Journal, 27/7 (Jul.1974), p. 11-12 (F/O)
  • Daniel Halperin: No Distant Deity, in: Jazz Journal, 27/7 (Jul.1974), p. 4-5 (F/O)
  • Derek Jewell: The Memorial Service Address, in: Jazz Journal, 27/7 (Jul.1974), p. 16-17, 19 (F/O)
  • Edmund Anderson: Some Personal Recollections of Duke Ellington, in: Jazz Journal, 27/7 (Jul.1974), p. 8 (F/O)
  • NN: Duke Ellington gestorben, in: Jazz Podium, 23/7 (Jul.1974), p. 3 (F/O)
  • NN: Duke Ellington, in: Sounds, 6/7 (Jul.1974), p. 7 (F/O)
  • NN: Ellington Care Centre, in: Melody Maker, 6.Jul.1974, p. 20
  • NN: Final Bar. Ain't But the One, in: Down Beat, 41/13 (18.Jul.1974), p. 9 (O)
  • Peter Clayton: Drop Me Off at Croydon, in: Jazz Journal, 27/7 (Jul.1974), p. 9-10 (F/O)
  • Peter Gammond: Long Live the Duke, in: Jazz Journal, 27/7 (Jul.1974), p. 5-6 (F/O)
  • Stanley Dance: The Funeral Address, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 381-384 (F; Reprint, from: Jazz Journal, 27/7 [Jul.1974])
  • Vic Bellerby: Some Ellington Quotations, in: Jazz Journal, 27/7 (Jul.1974), p. 20 (F/several musicians about Ellington)
  • Joachim Ernst Berendt: In Memoriam Duke Ellington, in: Jazz Forum, #30 (Aug.1974), p. 28-33 (F/O)
  • John Norris & Frank Taylor: Duke Ellington, in: Coda, 11/11 (Aug/Sep.1974), p. 8-9 (F/O)
  • Ken Crawford: Can't We Talk It Over?, in: Storyville, #54 (Aug/Sep.1974), p. 218 (letter: no Ellington in "A Day at the Races")
  • Max Jones: The Duke's Progress, in: Melody Maker, 10.Aug.1974, p. 50 (R: At the Cotton Club)
  • NN: Duke Cancer Center, in: Down Beat, 41/14 (15.Aug.1974), p. 9 (short F)
  • NN: General News. Mercer Ellington Takes Over the Leadership, in: Jazz Forum, #30 (Aug.1974), p. 10 (short F)
  • NN: Obituaries. Duke Ellington, in: Jazz Forum, #30 (Aug.1974), p. 24 (F/O)
  • Russell Woodward: Really the End of an Era, in: Storyville, #54 (Aug/Sep.1974), p. 204-208 (F/O)
  • Steve Rashid & Dennis R. Handley & Irv Chamberlain: Chords and Discords. In Our Solitude..., in: Down Beat, 41/14 (15.Aug.1974), p. 8 (O: letter)
  • Hans-Georg Korn: Herzliches Beileid, lieber Jazz, in: Die Posaune, #10 (Sep.1974), p. 14-16 (F/O)
  • Max Jones: Duke Ellington - The Age of Ellington, in: Melody Maker, 21.Sep.1974, p. 56 (R)
  • NN: Ellington Band for World Tour (cond. by Mercer Ellington), in: Melody Maker, 21.Sep.1974, p. 22
  • NN: Special Tribute to Duke (at NY's Avery Fisher Hall), in: Melody Maker; 14.Sep.1974, p. 22 (C)
  • Steve Voce: It Don't Mean a Thing. The Duke Steps Out, in: Jazz Journal, 27/9 (Sep.1974), p. 28-30 (F)
  • Dennis Burke: Ellington in Retrospect, in: Jazz New England, 1/1 (Oct.1974), p. 6-9 (F/O)
  • John McDonough: Heard and Seen. Duke Ellington Orch., Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, in: Coda, 11/12 (Oct.1974), p. 33-34 (C)
  • NN: Ellingtonia Update, in: Down Beat, 41/17 (24.Oct.1974), p. 10 (short F)
  • Stanley Dance: Lightly & Politely. Tone, in: Jazz Journal, 27/10 (Oct.1974), p. 17-18 (F)
  • William L. Fowler: Perspective. Duke's Noble Legacy, in: Down Beat, 41/16 (10.Oct.1974), p. 34, 46 (F/O)
  • C. Welch: Ellington. Only for the Keen, in: Melody Maker, 2.Nov.1974, p. 66 (R: "Ellington 1899-1974")
  • Gunther Schuller: Are the Recordings Enough? The Case for Ellington's Music as Living Repertory, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 418-421 (F; Reprint, from: High Fidelity, Nov.1974); Reprint, in: DEMS Bulletin, 21/2 (29.Apr.1999), p. 5-6 (F)
  • Gunther Schuller: Ellington in the Pantheon, in: Gunther Schuller: Musings. The Musical Worlds of Gunther Schuller, New York 1986 [book], p. 47-50 (A/T; Reprint, from: High Fidelity, Nov.1974)
  • Gunther Schuller: Ellington in the Pantheon, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 414-417 (A; Reprint, from: High Fidelity, Nov.1974); Reprint, in: DEMS Bulletin, 21/2 (29.Apr.1999), p. 3-5 (F)
  • Gunther Schuller: The Cae for Ellington's Music as Living Repertory, in: Gunther Schuller: Musings. The Musical Worlds of Gunther Schuller, New York 1986 [book], p. 60-64 (F; Reprint, from: High Fidelity, Nov.1974)
  • Mike Elliott: Duke and the Blues, in: Jazz Journal, 27/11 (Nov.1974), p. 18-19 (F)
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Joe Williams, in: Down Beat, 41/21 (19.Dec.1974), p. 35 (BT: Jimmy Rushing: "The You and Me That Used to Be"; Horace Silver: "Who Has the Answer"; Blossom Dearie: "I'm Shadowing You"; Duke Ellington: "Women"; Cleo Laine: "Music"; Billy Eckstine: "Sophisticated Lady"; Joe Turner & Count Basie: "Good Morning Blues")
  • Leonard Feather: More Ellington Changes, in: Down Beat, 41/20 (5.Dec.1974), p. 10 (short F)
  • Stanley Dance: Lightly & Politely. Mortuo Leoni et Lepores Insultant, in: Jazz Journal, 27/12 (Dec.1974), p. 12-13 (F)

1975:

  • C. Carriere: Pitter Panther Patter. Les bassistes de Duke Ellington, in: Jazz Hot, 41/316 (1975), p. 10-15
  • Gary Giddins: Ellingtonia, in: Gary Giddins: Riding On a Blue Note. Jazz & American Pop, New York 1981 [book]; reprint, New York 2000 [book: Da Capo Press], p. 159-169 (F; Reprint, from: Village Voice, 1975-1977)
  • Hugues Panassié: Le mystérieux Duke Ellington [p. 79-85 (F)]; Duke et le "Black Power" [p. 87-92 (F)], in: Hugues Panassié: Monsieur Jazz, Paris 1975 [book]
  • Leonard Feather: Louis Armstrong und Duke Ellington, in: Joachim Ernst Berendt (ed.): Die Story des Jazz. Vom New Orleans zum Rock Jazz, Reinbek 1978 [book; Reprint, O: Stuttgart 1975)], p. 117-139 (F)
  • NN: Limited Duke Disc, in: Down Beat, 42/21 (1975)
  • NN: USA. New Ellington Men, in: Jazz Forum, #33 (1975), p. 17 (short F)
  • Ralph J. Gleason: The Pianist, in: Ralph J. Gleason: Celebrating the Duke..., New York 1975 [book], p. 263-266 (F)
  • NN: Potpourri. Miles Davis plans tribute to Duke Ellington, in: Down Beat, 42/1 (16.Jan.1975), p. 10 (N)
  • Burnett James: Jazz in Britain. The Ellington Orchestra at Hammersmith, in: Jazz Journal, 28/4 (Apr.1975), p. 22-23 (C)
  • Burnett James: Jazz in Britain. The Ellington orchestra at Hammersmith, in: Jazz Journal, 28/4 (Apr.1975), p. 22-23 (C)
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Les McCann, in: Down Beat, 42/7 (10.Apr.1975), p. 27 (BT: McCoy Tyner: "Desert Cry"; Jimmy Witherspoon: "What's Going Down"; Johnny Hartman: "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"; Duke Ellington: "Lotus Blossom"; Esther Sattefield: "Lift Every Voice and Sing"; Gene Harris: "John Brown's Body"; Ahmad Jamal: "Death and Resurrection")
  • Sinclair Traill: Editorial, in: Jazz Journal, 28/4 (Apr.1975), p. 3 (C)
  • Irving Townsend: Ellington in Private. Few men so eloquently "wordy" have ever revealed so little of themselves to the world as did Duke Ellington. As some men hide behind public silence, hje did behind public phrases to build the walls around him ever higher, in: The Atlantic Monthly, May 1975 (F/I) [vert.file] [digi.copy]
  • John McDonough: Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges - "Ellingtonia" (Onyx); "The World of Duke Ellington" (Columbia), in: Down Beat, 42/9 (8.May 1975), p. 19-20 (R)
  • Arnold Jay Smith: Duke Saluted, in: Down Beat, 42/12 (19.Jun.1975), p. 11 (C)
  • C. Bird: Ellington Tribute (at London's Royal Festival Hall), in: Melody Maker, 7.Jun.1975, p. 40 (C)
  • Les Airey: Can't We Talk It Over? The Duke's Last Gig, in: Storyville, #59 (Jun/Jul.1975), p. 173 (letter)
  • Dan Morgenstern: "The World of Duke Ellington, Vol. 2" (Columbia), in: Down Beat, 42/13 (17.Jul.1975), p. 27-28 (R)
  • C. Welch: Private Face of the Duke, in: Melody Maker, 29.Nov.1975, p. 54 (R: Ellington/Ray Brown - This One's for Blanton)
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Ron Carter, in: Down Beat, 42/21 (18.Dec.1975), p. 41 (BT: Duke Ellington & Ray Brown: "See See Rider"; Miles Davis: "Honky Tonk"; Richard Davis: "Monica"; Crusaders: "Mystique Blues"; Eddie Harris: "Why Must We Part"; Barney Kessel: "Holiday in Rio")
  • NN: Limited Duke Disc, in: Down Beat, 42/21 (18.Dec.1975), p. 10 (N)

1976:

  • Bob Blumenthal: After the Duke, in: Jazz (Magazine) [USA], 1/1 (Summer 1976), p. 21-23, 25 (F/I with Mercer Ellington)
  • Bob Blumenthal: After the Duke, in: Jazz Magazine (USA), 1/1 (Summer 1976), p. 21-25 (F)
  • John L. Haag (ed.): Billie Holiday Anthology. Lady Sings the Blues, Ojay/CA 1976 [sheet music] (vocal/piano arrangements of "Mood Indigo" [p. 78-80]; "Sophistiated Lady" [p. 89-91]; "Solitude" [p. 92-93])
  • John Lucas: Bicentennial Canticles, in: The Second Line, 28 (Summer 1976), p. 4-11 (short F)
  • John McDonough: Duke Ellington - Afro-Eurasian Eclipse / The Ellington Suites / The Bethlehem Years, in: Down Beat, 43/14 (1976), p. 26, 28 (R)
  • Nat Hentoff: The Man Who Was an Orchestra, in: Nat Hentoff: Jazz Is, New York 1984 [book; Reprint, O: New York 1976], p. 21-39 (F)
  • NN: Newport Friends, in: Jazz (Magazine) [USA], 1/2 (Fall 1976), p. 15-16 (short F: Duke Ellington Center in New York)
  • Wilma Dobie: USA. The Duke Ellington Society, in: Jazz Forum, #42 (1976), p. 18-19 (F)
  • Eddie Lambert: Duke Ellington on Tax, in: Jazz Journal, 29/2 (Feb.1976), p. 6-8 (F/R); part 2, in: Jazz Journal, 29/4 (Apr.1976), p. 8-10 (F/R)
  • Gary Giddins: Duke Ellington the Didgeridoo, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 379-381 (F; Reprint, from: Village Voice, 5.Apr.1976)
  • Joe Harper & Hans-Ulrich Hill & Dick M. Bakker: Duke Ellington 1943-1945, in: Micrography, #41 (May 1976), p. 17 (D); part 2, in: Micrography, #42 (Oct.1976), p. 12-13 (D); part 3, in: Micrography, #43 (Mar.1977), p. 16-18 (D)
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Patrice Rushen, in: Down Beat, 43/9 (6.May 1976), p. 35 (BT: Keith Jarrett: "Treasure Island"; Woody Herman: "A Child Is Born"; Mahavishnu Orchestra: "The Way of the Pilgrim"; Bud Powell: "Keepin' in the Groove"; Duke Ellington: "Sugar Rum Cherry"; Gil Evans: "King Porter Stomp"; Al DiMeola: "Short Tles of the Black Forest"; George Duke: "Sister Serene")
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Stephane Grappelli, in: Down Beat, 43/10 (20.May 1976), p. 34 (BT: Duke Ellington: "Fiddler on the Diddle"; Michael White: "Moondust Shuffle"; Joe Venuti & George Barnes: "I Want to Be Happy"; Stuff Smith & Svend Asmussen: "Timme's Blues"; Ornette Coleman: "Sound Gravitation"; Eddie South: "Fiddle Ditty")
  • NN: Duke's Widow Evie Dies, in: Melody Maker, 1.May 1976, p. 18
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Irene Kral and Alan Broadbent, in: Down Beat, 43/11 (3.Jun.1976), p. 33 (BT: Carmen McRae: "Hey John"; Toshiko Akiyoshi/Lew Tabackin Big Band: "Children in the Temple Ground"; Jackie & Roy: "Time & Love"; Duke Ellington: "True"; Celo Laine: "Early Autumn"; Horace Silver: "Motivation; Urszula Dudziak: "Butterfly")
  • NN: Ellington Forever, in: Down Beat, 43/12 (17.Jun.1976), p. 10 (C) [digi.copy]
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. George Benson, in: Down Beat, 43/17 (15.Jul.1976), p. 37 (BT: Shelly Manne: "In the Still of the Night"; Toshiko Akiyoshi/Lew Tabackin: "The First Night"; Ted Curson: "7/4 Funny Time"; Duke Ellington: "Ko-Ko"; Art Blakey: "M & M")
  • Mary Campbell: Heard and Seen. Ellington Is Forever, Cathedral of St. John The Divine, New York, in: Coda, #149 (Jul.1976), p. 30-31 (C)
  • Max Jones: Duke's Early Years, in: Melody Maker, 3.Jul.1976, p. 24 (R: The Works of Duke, Vol.1)
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. The Brecker Brothers, in: Down Beat, 43/14 (12.Aug.1976), p. 39 (BT: Anthony Braxton: "Side One, Cut Two"; Eddie Harris: "Live Again"; Alice Coltrane: "Spiritual Eternal"; David Newman: "Mashooganah"; Dizzy Gillespie: "High On a Cloud"; Duke Ellington: "Sunset and The Mocking Bird"; Woody Herman: "Lazy Bird")
  • NN: Ailey Honors Duke, in: Down Beat, 43/15 (9.Sep.1976), p. 11 (short F)
  • Irving Townsend: Ellington in private, in: Jazz Journal, 29/10 (Oct.1976), p. 4-8 (F)
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Doug Carn, in: Down Beat, 43/20 (2.Dec.1976), p. 27 (BT: Todd Cochran: Nieri; Eddie Henderson: Inside You; Barbara Carroll: Feelings; McCoy Tyner: Impressions; Duke Ellington: Happy-Go-Lucky Local)

1977:

  • Albert McCarthy: Duke Ellington - Aex of the Big Band Tradition, in: Albert McCarthy: Big Band Jazz, New York 1977 [book], p. 328-346 (F)
  • Derek Jewell: Duke. A Portrait of Duke Ellington, New York 1977 [book]
  • Graham Collier: Duke Ellington, in: Graham Collier: Jazz. A Student's and Teacher's Guide, London 1977 [book], p. 16-28 (F)
  • Jim Haskins: Duke Ellington Comes to the Cotton Club, in: Jim Haskins: The Cotton Club, London 1977 [book], p. 43-59 (F)
  • John Hammond & Irving Townsend: John Hammond on Record. An Autobiography, New York 1977 [book], passim
  • John McDonough: Duke Ellington's Jazz Violin Sessions, in: Down Beat, 44/1 (1977), p. 27-28 (R)
  • Arnold Jay Smith: Alvin Ailey Dance Company/Duke Ellington Orchestra, New York State Theater, in: Down Beat, 44/2 (27.Jan.1977), p. 35-36 (C)
  • Arnold Jay Smith: Alvin Ailey Dance Company/Duke Ellington Orchestra, New York State Theater, in: Down Beat, 44/2 (27.Jan.1977), p. 35-36 (C)
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Benny Powell, in: Down Beat, 44/2 (27.Jan.1977), p. 31 (BT: Duke Ellington: "Minnie The Moocher"; Count Basie: "Doubling Blues"; Bill Watrous: "Zip City"; Woody Herman: "Crosswind"; Trombone Workshop: "Uli's Dance"; Herbie Hancock: "Toys")
  • Max Jones: Developing Duke, in: Melody Maker, 4.Jun.1977, p. 30 (R: The Complete Duke Ellington Vol. 1/2/3)
  • NN: Sacred Music Tribute, Whitney Museum's Composers' Showcase, in: Down Beat, 44/11 (2.Jun.1977), p. 10 (C)
  • NN: "A" Train Jam-Boree, in: Down Beat, 44/13 (14.Jul.1977), p. 12 (short F)

1978:

  • Brian Moss: Center for Duke, in: Jazz (Magazine) [USA], 2/2 (Winter 1978), p. 16 (F: plans for Duke Ellington Center for Jazz)
  • Brian Moss: Center for Duke, in: Jazz (Magazine) [USA], 2/2 (Winter 1978), p. 16 (F/N)
  • Dan Morgenstern: Notes on the Music, in: Stanley Dance: Giants of Jazz. Duke Ellington, Alexandria/VA 1978 [record booklet], p. 34-48 (F)
  • James Lincoln Collier: Duke Ellington. Master Painter, in: James Lincoln Collier: The Making of Jazz. A Comprehensive History, London 1978 [book], p. 238-257 (F)
  • Jimmy Lyons: Mr. Ellington / Duke's Charms / James, Love, in: Jimmy Lyons & Ira Kamin: Dizzy, Duke, The Count and Me. The Story of the Monterey Jazz Festival, San Francisco 1978 [book], p. 52-53 (F)
  • John McDonough: Duke Ellington - Carnegie Hall Concerts 1943-1947, in: Down Beat, 45/7 (1978), p. 20-22 (R)
  • Lawrence Gushee: Duke Ellington 1940, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 421-439 (F/A; Reprint, from: liner notes, Smithonian Collection RO13 [1978])
  • Mark Gridley: Duke Ellington, in: Mark Gridley: Jazz Styles, Englewood Cliffs 1978 [book], p. 90-105 (F)
  • Mercer Ellington & Stanley Dance: Duke Ellington in Person. An Intimate Memoir, London 1978 [book]; review, by Dick Zander, in: Jazz (Magazine) [USA], 2/4 (Summer 1978), p. 61-62 (B)
  • NN: Duke Ellington World Jazz Competition, in: Jazz Forum, #56 (1978), p. 4-8 (F/application form)
  • NN: Ellington Blvd. Opens (in New York), in: Down Beat, 45/5 (1978), p. 9
  • NN: IJF-Ellington Contest, in: Down Beat, 45/19 (1978), p. 14
  • Stanley Dance & Dan Morgenstern: Duke Ellington, Alexandria 1978 [record booklet]
  • Stanley Dance: Giants of Jazz. Duke Ellington, Alexandria/VA 1978 [record booklet] (F)
  • Whitney Balliett: Dance, in: Whitney Balliett: Collected Works. A Journal of Jazz 1954-2000, New York 2000 [book: St.Martin's Press], p. 543-545 (R; reprint, from 1978)
  • Whitney Balliett: Selfishness Is Essential, in: Whitney Balliett: Unique, in: Whitney Balliett: Collected Works. A Journal of Jazz 1954-2000, New York 2000 [book: St.Martin's Press], p. 521-525 (F; reprint, from 1978)
  • Eddie Lambert: Jazz Live! The Duke Ellington Orchestra in Manchester, in: Jazz Journal, 31/1-2 (Jan/Feb.1978), p. 34 (C)
  • Sinclair Traill: Editorial. Dancing and Dwelling Over Duke, in: Jazz Journal, 31/4 (Apr.1978), p. 4 (F)
  • David Sternberg: Edges of Ellington. Cotton Club days... and an idol tumbles in a young boy's eyes. David Sternberg talks to Mike Pinfold and Bruce Crowther, in: Jazz Circle News, #8 (Sep.1978), p. 10-11 (F)
  • Jack Kimbrough, Duke Ellington, Quincy, Leonard Feather: Symposium with Duke Ellington, in: Cadence, 4/8-9 (Sep.1978), p. 6-14 (I/transcription of a roundtable discussion)
  • Duke Ellington, Leonard Feather, Quincy Jones, Mary Jane Hewitt: Duke Ellington Symposium, in: Cadence, 4/11 (Nov.1978), p. 14-20, 22-23 ("I"/transcription of a roundtable discussion)
  • NN: IJF-Ellington Contest, in: Down Beat, 45/19 (16.Nov.1978), p. 14 (N)
  • Frank Dutton: Birth of a Band, in: Storyville, #80 (Dec/Jan.1978/79), p. 44-53 (F)
  • Frank Dutton: Birth of a Band, in: Storyville, #80 (Dec/Jan.1978/79), p. 44-53 (F: Chronology, 1917-1927); part 2, in: Storyville, #91 (Oct/Nov.1980), p. 7-12 (F: chronology, 1919-1927); part 3, in: Storyville, #98 (Dec/Jan.1981/82), p. 45-47 (F: chronology, 1922-1927); part 4, in: Storyville, #103 (Oct/Nov.1982), p. 32 (F)

1979:

  • Articles, reviews, transcriptions etc., in: DEMS Bulletin, 1979-today, passim (F/R/T)
  • Kitty Grime: Jazz at Ronnie Scott's, London 1979 [book], p. 174 (short I)
  • NN: Love You Madly, in: Jazz (Magazine) [USA], 3/4 (Fall 1979), p. 43 (F: Ellington's memory in America)
  • David Wild: Ann Arbor Jazz Festival, In Celebration of the Music of Duke Ellington, in: Coda, #164/165 (Feb.1979), p. 58-60 (C)
  • Bret Primack: Blindfold Test. Lester Bowie, in: Down Beat, 46/10 (17.May 1979), p. 33 (BT: Duke Ellington: "Portrait of Louis Armstrong"; Kenny Dorham: "Billie's Bounce"; Eddie Palmieri: "Columbia Te Canto"; Herbie Hancock: "You Bet Your Love"; Frank Lowe: "Heavy Drama")
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Mongo Santamaria, in: Down Beat, 46/12 (21.Jun.1979), p. 45 (BT: Willie Bobo: "Pisces"; Irakere: "Aguanile"; Duke Ellington: "Chico Quadradino"; Paulhinho Da Costa: "Belisco"; Herbie Hancock: "Cantaloupe Island"; Flora Purim: "Five Four"; Weather Report: "Palladium"; Michel Legrand: "Iberia Nova"; Chick Corea: "Armando's Rhumba")
  • Lee Jeske: Blindfold Test. Ray Barretto, in: Down Beat, 46/18 (Dec.1979), p. 63 (BT: Duke Ellington: "Tigress"; Eddie Palmieri: "Lucumi, Macumba"; Max Roach & Clifford Brown: "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm"; Dizzy Gillespie: "N'Bani"; Mongo Santamaria: "My Sound"; Jo Joines: "Cubano Chant"; Olatunji: "Oya"; Rahsaan Roland Kirk: "Juarez")

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