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

1980:
  • A. Scott: Boyd Raeburn and the Duke Revisited, in: Jazz Times, #8 (1980), p. 10
  • Art Tatum: The Music Makers, London 1980 [sheet music] (T: piano solo arrangement of "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" [p. 40-41]; "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good" [p. 52-53])
  • Humphrey Lyttelton: Duke Ellington, in: Humphrey Lyttelton: The Best of Jazz. Basin Street to Harlem. Jazz Masters and Masterpieces 1917-1930, Harmondsworth 1980 [book], p. 160-170 (F)
  • Jacques Réda: Ellington et sa mise en oeuvre, in: Jacques Réda: L'improviste. Une lecture du jazz, Paris 1980 [book], p. 40-60 (F); Reprint, in: Jacques Réda: L'improviste. Une lecture du jazz, Paris 1990 [book: Folio Essais], p. 56-73 (F)
  • Stanley Dance: The Ellington Empire Strikes Back, in: Jazz Times, #8 (1980), p. 11
  • Al van Starrex: Duke Ellington Alumni, N.Y.U. Loeb Student Center, New York City, in: Coda, #171 (Feb.1980), p. 34 (C: Tribute to Ellington)
  • John McDonough: Duke Ellington - Up in Duke's Workshop / Unknown Session, in: Down Beat, 47/3 (Mar.1980), p. 48 (R)
  • Howard Rye: Visiting Firemen. 1: Duke Ellington, in: Storyville, #88 (Apr/May 1980), p. 128-130 (F: Ellington in England, 1933); part 2, in: Storyville, #100 (Apr/May 1982), p. 146 (F)
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Michael Franks, in: Down Beat, 47/9 (Sep.1980), p. 50 (BT: Eddie Jefferson: "So What"; Mel Tormé & Buddy Rich: "You Are the Sunshine of My Life"; Eddie Harris: "I'd Love to Take You Home"; Frank Sinatra & Duke Ellington: "Indian Summer"; Herbie Hancock: "You Bet Your Love"; Al Jarreau: "Fly")
  • Mark Beresford: Duke Ellington in Holland, 1939, in: VJM's Jazz and Blues Mart, #117 (Spring 2000), p. 4-5 (F)
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Bill Berry, in: Down Beat, 47/11 (Nov.1980), p. 49 (BT: Louis Bellson: "Intimacy of the Blues; Oliver Nelson: "Down By the Riverside"; Anthony Braxton: "Side One, Cut One"; Toshiko Akiyoshi/Lew Tabackin: "Farewell (to Mingus)"; Sun Ra: "The House of Eternal Being"; Duke Ellington & Count Basie: "Battle Royal"; Thad Jones/Mel Lewis: "Jive Samba")
  • NN: Duke Ellington, in: Micrography, #54 (Dec.1980), p. 16 (D: some LP releases)
1981:
  • Arrigo Polillo: Duke Ellington, in: Arrigo Polillo: Jazz. Geschichte und Persönlichkeiten, München 1981 [book: Herbig], p. 357-382 (F); reprint, in: Arrigo Polillo (ed. Hans-Jürgen Schaal): Jazz. Die neue Enzyklopädie, München 2003 [book: Herbig], p. 395-420 (F)
  • Gary Giddins: At the Pulpit, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 375-378 (F in Sacred Concerts; Reprint, from: Gary Giddins: Riding on a Blue Note, New York 1981)
  • Joachim Ernst Berendt: Duke Ellington, in: Joachim Ernst Berendt: Das große Jazzbuch. Von New Orleans bis Jazz Rock, Frankfurt/Main 1981 [book], p. 84-92 (F)
  • Lemuel Berry Jr.: The Real "Duke". A Biographical Sketch, in: The Second Line, 33 (Spring 1981), p. 26-28 (F)
  • Paul O.W. Tanner & Maurice Gerow: Five Out of Many. Duke Ellington (1899-1974), in: Paul O.W. Tanner & Maurice Gerow: A Study of Jazz, 4/1981 [book, 1/1963], p. 156-158 (F)
  • Whitney Balliett: Duke Ellington, in: Whitney Balliett: Goodbye and Other Messages. A Journal of Jazz 1981-1990, New York 1991 [book], p. 23-30 (F; Reprint from 1981); reprint, in: Whitney Balliett: Collected Works. A Journal of Jazz 1954-2000, New York 2000 [book: St.Martin's Press], p. 597-602 (F)
  • Miquel Jurado: Blindfold Test. Santi Arisa, in: Quartica Jazz, #2 (May 1981), p. 45-47 (BT: Elvin Jones & Phineas Newborn Jr.: "He's a Real Gone Guy"; Max Roach & Bud Powell: "A Night in Tunesia"; Cizy Cole & Lester Young: "Exercise in Swing"; Art Blakey: "The Theme"; Tony Williams & Larry Young: "Big Nick"; Jo Jones & Ray Bryant: "Old Man River"; Oriol Perucho: "Las Misiones"; Andrew Cyrille: "Short Short"; Modern Jazz Quartet: "La Ronde"; Count Basie & Duke Ellington: "Battle Royal")
  • Lee Jeske: Duke-ing Down the Great White Way. Edward Kennedy Ellington finally has a hit on Broadway!, in: Down Beat, 48/6 (Jun.1981), p. 11-12 (C)
  • Miquel Jurado: Blindfold Test.Joan Albert Amargos, in: Quartica Jazz, #3 (Jun.1981), p. 60-61 (BT: Bill Evans: "Funkallero"; Jelly Roll Morton: "Wolverine Blues"; Thelonious Monk: "Trinkle, Trinkle"; Herbie Hancock: "Spank-a-lee"; Art Tatum: "A Foggy Day"; Keith Jarrett: "Old Rag"; Duke Ellington: "B Sharp Blues"; Cecil Taylor: "The Eel Pot"; Bud Powell: "Moose the Mooche"; George Duke: "The Once Over"; Ahmad Jamal: "St. Thomas")
  • Fred Bouchard: Blindfold Test. Steve Swallow, in: Down Beat, 48/8 (Aug.1981), p. 51 (BT: Weather Report: "Three Clowns and Barbary Coast"; Jimmy Giuffre & Modern Jazz Quartet: Fun"; Duke Ellington: "Jack the Bear"; Mike Nock: "Emotivations"; Dave McKenna/Scott Hamilton/Jake Hanna: "If Dreams Come True"; Charles Mingus: "The Chill of Death"; Sonny Stitt: "Soon"; Miles Davis: "Dr. Jekyll")
  • NN: Ellington Eras, in: Collectors Items, #7 (Aug.1981), p. 7 (D: recent LP releases)
  • NN: Duke Ellington / The Complete Date with the Duke, in: Micrography, #57 (Sep.1981), p. 9 (D: some recent LP reissues)
  • Miquel Jurado: Blindfold Test. Lucky Guri, in: Quartica Jazz, #6 (Oct.1981), p. 60-61 (BT: Wynton Kelly: "Blues on Purpose"; Count Basie: "I Ain't Got Nobody"; Chick Corea: "Nefertiti"; Bud Powell: "Cherokee"; Dave Brubeck: "All the Things You Are"; Thelonious Monk: "Mood Indigo"; Duke Ellington: "Solitude"; Cecil Taylor: "Tales"; Art Tatum: "Night and Day"; Jordi Sabates: "Sometime Ago"; Bill Evans: "When You Wish Upon a Star"; Nat King Cole: "Honeysuckle Rose")
1982:
  • André Francis: Jazz (nouvelle édition), Malesherbes 1982 [book: Microcosme / Seuil], p. 64-75 (F)
  • Don George: Alvin Ailey, in: Don George: The Real Duke Ellington, London 1982 [book], p. 192-196 (F)
  • Don George: The Real Duke Ellington, London 1982 [book]
  • H. Cholinski: Duke Ellington on LP. An Update, part 1, in: Jazz Forum, #78 (1982), p. 38-45
  • NN: Post-War Ellingtonia, in: Collectors Items, #11 (Apr.1982), p. 8 (D: recent LP releases)
  • John McDonough: Waxing on... Ellington Lives!, in: Down Beat, 49/5 (May 1982), p. 38-42 (R)
  • Eddie Lambert: Can't We Talk It Over?, in: Storyville, #101 (Jun/Jul.1982), p. 169 (letter)
  • Stanley Dance: Letters, in: Gene Lees Jazzletter, 2/1 (15.Aug.1982), p. 1 (letter: response to an essay on Ellington by Gene Lees)
  • G. Fehrmann: The Real Duke Ellington, von Don George, in: Jazz Podium, 31/12 (Dec.1982), p. 58 (B)
  • G. Piacentino: La storia della musica afro-americana, attraverso stili, epoche, strumenti. Duke Ellington Story, in: Musica Jazz, 38/12 (Dec.1982), p. 39-54
  • John McDonough: Duke Ellington - "The Girl's Suite and The Perfume Suite" (Columbia); "Anatomy of a Murder" (Columbia), in: Down Beat, 49/12 (Dec.1982), p. 47 (R)
  • John McDonough: Duke Ellington - The Girl's Suite and the Perfume Suite / Anatomy of a Murder, in: Down Beat, 49/12 (Dec.1982), p. 47-48 (R)
  • NN: Ellingtonia, in: Collectors Items, #15 (Dec.1982), p. 20-21 (D: recent LP releases)
1983:
  • Brian Priestley (ed.): Front Line Piano Solos, Ilford, Essex 1983 [sheet music], p. 5-7 (T: piano solo transcription of "Body and Soul")
  • Brian Priestley: Mingus. A Critical Biography, New York 1983 [book], passim
  • Hanns-Werner Heister: "Creole Love Call", in: Hanns-Werner Heister: Jazz, Kassel 1983 [book], p. 70-74 (A/T)
  • Hans Ruland: Duke Ellington. Sein Leben, seine Musik, seine Schallplatten, Gauting 1983 [book]
  • Vittorio Castelli & Luca Cerchiari: Jazz su disco, Milano 1983 [book: Oscar Mondadori], p. 62-68 (R: "Jungle Nights in Harlem", RCA; "The Jimmy Blanton Years", Queen-disc; "The Golden Duke", Prestige; "Ellington at Newport", Columbia; "Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins", Impluse)
  • Jack Sohmer: Ella Fitzgerald - "The Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 2" (Verve); "Ella in Hollywood" (Verve); "The Best Is Yet to Come" (Pablo Today), in: Down Beat, 50/4 (Apr.1983), p. 37 (R)
  • NN: Ellingtoincs, in: Collectors Items, #17 (Apr.1983), p. 20 (D: recent LP releases)
  • Fred Bouchard: Blindfold Test. Phil Wilson, in: Down Beat, 50/5 (May 1983), p. 45 (BT: Enrico Rava: "Round Midnight"; Rob McConnell & The Boss Brass: "Louisiana"; Hal Crook: "Jo-Val"; Duke Ellington: "Work Song"; Vinko Globokar: "Sequenza"; Cy Touff: "Prez-ence"; Slide Hampton: "Con Alma"; Albert Mangelsdorff: "Tromboneliness"; Ral De Souza: "At the Concert"; Jimmie Lunceford: "White Heat")
  • John McDonough: Duke Ellington - "Afro Bossa" (Discovery); "The Symphonic Ellington" (Trend), in: Down Beat, 50/8 (Aug.1983), p. 30-31 (R)
  • Franck Bergerot: Concerts. Sophisticated Lady, in: Jazz Hot, #403 (Sep.1983), p. 49 (C)
  • Gérald Arnaud: Sophisticated Ladies. Le Duc au Chatelet, in: Jazz Hot, #405 (Nov.1983), p. 61 (C)
  • Jean Portier: Les musiciens de Duke Ellington de 1923 à 1975, in: Le Jazzophone, #16 (Nov.1983), p. 63-66 (F)
1984:
  • David C. Olsen (ed.): Masters of Boogie Woogie, Hialeah/FL 1984 [sheet music], p. 92-103 (T: piano solo arrangements by Duke Ellington of "I'm Nobody's Baby"; "Don't Get Around Much Anymore"; "At Sundown"; "I'll See You in My Dreams"; "Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me"; "I Got It Bad")
  • David C. Olsen (ed.): Masters of Boogie Woogie, Hialeah/FL 1984 [sheet music], p. 92-93 (T: piano solo arrangements by Duke Ellington of "I'm Nobody's Baby")
  • Duke Ellington: Reminiscing in Tempo / Cavernism, in: Bill People in Jazz. Jazz Keyboard Improvisors of the 19ths and 20th Century, Hialeah/FL 1984 [book], p. 93-94 (T)
  • G.L.: Ellington Memorial, in: Jazz Magazine, #330 (1984), p. 22-30
  • Hans-Georg Korn: Begegnung mit einem großen Orchester, in: Manfred Blume (ed.): Eisenacher Jazztage 1984. 25 Jahre AG Jazz im Klubhaus AWE, Eisenach 1984 [booklet: AG Jazz Eisenach], p. 15-19 (F)
  • Jacques Réda: Duke Ellington, the Piano Player of the Band (1924-1939), in: Jazz Magazine, #330 (1984), p. 30-35, 73-74 (F); part 2, in: Jazz Magazine, #331 (1984), p. 36-38, 50; part 3, in: Jazz Magazine, #332 (1984), p. 56-58, 82 (F); Reprint, in: Jacques Réda: L'improviste. Une lecture du jazz, Paris 1990 [book: Folio Essais], p. 184-210 (F)
  • NN (ed.): The Genius of the Jazz Giants, Book 2, Hialeah/FL 1984 [sheet music], p. 48-49 (T: piano solo arrangements by George Shearing of "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good")
  • NN (ed.): The Genius of the Jazz Giants, Book 2, Hialeah/FL 1984 [sheet music] (T: piano solo arrangements of "Bojangles"; ""C Jam Blues"; "Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me"; "Don't Get Around Much Anymore"; "Dusk"; "I Don't Know What Kind of Blues I Got"; "In a Mellow Tone")
  • R. Böttger: Duke Ellington, von Hans Ruland, in: Jazz Podium, 33/1 (Jan.1984), p. 51 (B)
  • John McDonough: Duke Ellington - "All-Star Riad Band" (Doctor Jazz), in: Down Beat, 51/4 (Apr.1984), p. 33 (R)
  • Aaron Bridges: Duke Ellington. Le guide de la jungle. Duke Strayhorn, in: Jazz Hot, # 410 (May 1984), p. 24 (F)
  • Alexandre Rado: Duke Ellington. Le guide de la jungle. La création du monde 1924-1939, in: Jazz Hot, # 410 (May 1984), p. 16-20 (F)
  • Claude Carrière: Le Duc et sa suite, in: Jazz Hot, # 410 (May 1984), p. 26-27 (F)
  • Eddie Lambert: Duke Ellington's Story on Records 1971,74, ny Massagli, Pusateri, Volonté, in: Jazz Journal, 37/5 (May 1984), p. 17 (B)
  • Giuseppe Piacentino: Duke Ellington. Le guide de la jungle. Les années de gala, 1940-1974, in: Jazz Hot, # 410 (May 1984), p. 21-22 (F)
  • Joel Pailhé: Duke Ellington. Le guide de la jungle. Le recompositeur, in: Jazz Hot, # 410 (May 1984), p. 22-23 (F)
  • Maurice Cullaz: Duke Ellington. Le guide de la jungle. Sacre Ellington, in: Jazz Hot, # 410 (May 1984), p. 24-25 (F)
  • NN: Duke Ellington, in: Micrography, #65 (May 1984), p. 19-20 (D: some LP releases)
  • G. Fehrmann: Duke Ellington's Story on Records, Vol. 16 (1971-74), in: Jazz Podium, 33/7 (Jul.1984), p. 50 (B)
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Rob McConnell, in: Down Beat, 51/7 (Jul.1984), p. 56 (BT: Bob Florence: "Soaring"; Toshiko Akiyoshi & Lew Tabackin: "March of the Tadpoles", Count Basie: "How Sweet It Is"; Gerald Wilson: "You Know"; Gil Evans: "Little Wing"; Duke Ellington: "Aristocracy à la Jean Lafitte")
  • Patricia Willard: Duke Lives! The Duke Ellington Study Group Convenes in Chicago, in: Jazz Times, Jul.1984, p. 5, 20 (F)
  • M. Martinelli: Ricordi di Duke Ellington, il grande musicista jazz, a dieci anni dalla morte, in: Rassegna Musicale Curci, 37 (Sep.1984), p. 13-15
  • Werner Burkhardt: Große Musik als Konterbande. Nicht mehr nur swingender Weltmann: Gedanken zu Duke Ellington, zehn Jahre nach seinem Tod, in: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 21.Sep.1984 (F); reprint, in: Werner Burkhardt: Klänge, Zeiten, Musikanten. Ein halbes Jahrhundert Jazz, Blues und Rock, Waakirchen 2002 [book: Oreos], p. 89-93 (F)
  • NN: The Ellington Page, in: Collectors Items, #26 (Oct.1984), p. 3 (D: some LP releases)
  • G. Tollara & L. Pusateri: L'italia sa tutto su Duke Ellington (Il Quiz internazionale), in: Musica Jazz, 40/12 (Dec.1984), p. 58-59
  • V. Castelli: Lo spareggio. Vi spiego come ce l'go fatta, in: Musica Jazz, 40/12 (Dec.1984), p. 59
1985:
  • Barney Bigard: I started that Friday and ended fourteen years later..., in: Barney Bigard: With Louis and the Duke. The Autobiography of a Jazz Clarinetist, London 1985 [book], p. 44-78 (F)
  • Charles Delaunay: Delaunay's Dilemma. De la peinture au jazz, Macon/F 1985 [book], p. 81-82, 176-184 (F)
  • Frits Lagerwerff: Gehoord & Gewogen. Duke Ellington - Duke 56/62, in: Muziek & Dans, 4/1985, p. 32-33 (R)
  • Gary Giddins: Not for Dancers Only, in: Gary Giddins: Rhythm-A-Ning. Jazz Tradition and Innovation in the 80's, New York 1985 [book], p. 250-259 (F)
  • H. Cholinski: Duke Ellington - All Star Road Band, in: Jazz Forum, #93 (1985), p. 54-56 (R)
  • Jacques Réda: Duke Ellington. The piano player of the band (1924-1939), in: Jacques Réda: L'improviste, II. Jouer le jeu, Paris 1985 [book], p. 17-47 (F)
  • Leslie Gourse: Everyday. The Story of Joe Williams, London 1985 [book], passim (F)
  • P. Schwalm: Duke Ellington - Duke 56/62, Vol.1, in: Jazz Podium, 34/3 (Mar.1985), p. 54 (R)
  • P.C.: Duke Ellington - Duke 56/62, in: Musica Jazz, 41/3 (Mar.1985), p. 66-67 (R)
  • Bill Molenhof: The Musical Drummer. Melodic Analysis - "Satin Doll", in: Modern Drummer, 9/5 (May 1985), p. 34-35 (A)
  • Jack Sohmer: Duke Ellington - Feat. Paul Gonsalves / Carnegie Hall Concert, in: Down Beat, 52/5 (May 1985), p. 28 (R)
  • Marcello Piras: Jazz al microscopio. "Mood Indigo" o il colore del crepusculo, in: Musica Jazz, 41/5 (May 1985), p. 60-61
  • Christian Béthune: Duke Ellington - Duke 56/6 Vol. 1, in: Jazz Magazine, #340 (Jun.1985), p. 48 (R)
  • Earl Okin: Cotton Clubbin'. The First Dukedom of Jazz, in: The Wire, #16 (Jun.1985), p. 32-33 (F)
  • NN: Veritable Ellingtonia, in: Collectors Items, #30 (30.Jun.1985), p. 4-5 (D: some LP releases)
  • Eddie Lambert: Duke Ellington - Presents, in: Jazz Journal, 38/7 (Jul.1985), p. 28 (R)
  • Jack Chambers: Reflections in Ellington. Third Annual Duke Ellington Conference, Oldham, Lancashire, in: Coda, #203 (Aug/Sep.1985), p. 14-15 (C)
  • James F. Condell: Kenny Burrell - Ellington Is Forever, in: Coda, #203 (Aug.1985), p. 16 (R)
  • John Norris: Duke Ellington - "Reflections in Ellington", in: Coda, #203 (Aug/Sep.1985), p. 15-16 (R)
  • D. Badham: Duke Ellington - Reflections in Ellington, in: Jazz Journal, 38/9 (Sep.1985), p. 30 (R)
  • Eddie Lambert: Duke Ellington - The Essential Duke Ellington 1927-28, in: Jazz Journal, 38/9 (Sep.1985), p. 30 (R)
  • Antonio de Senillosa: El rey de los duques, in: Quartica Jazz, #5 (Oct.1985), p. 5-7 (F)
  • Eddie Lambert: Duke's Diminuendo and Crescendo, in: Coda, #205 (Dec/Jan.1985/1986), p. 7-9 (F: comparison of several versions)
1986:
  • Campbell Burnap: Ellington, Duke of Washington, in: Chris Parker (ed.): B Flat, Bebop, Scat. Jazz Short Stories & Poems, London 1986 [book], p. 39-40 (poem)
  • Günter Buhles: Duke Ellington. Jazz-Komponist zwischen europäischer Moderne und "Third Stream" - oder Ellingtons Frühwerk als Neue Musik, in: Ingrid Karl (ed.): Jazz op. 3. Die heimliche Liebe des Jazz zur europäischen Moderne, Wien 1986 [book], p. 77-95 (F/A)
  • Gunther Schuller: Ellington vis-à-vis the Swing Era, in: Gunther Schuller: Musings. The Musical Worlds of Gunther Schuller, New York 1986 [book], p. 51-59 (F; Reprint of the liner notes, Smithonian Collection)
  • Henry Martin: Duke Ellington - "East St.Louis Toodle-Oo", in: Henry Martin: Enjoying Jazz, New York 1986 [book], p. 80-83 (A)
  • Henry Martin: Duke Ellington - "Ko-Ko", in: Henry Martin: Enjoying Jazz, New York 1986 [book], p. 83-85 (A)
  • Jean-Louis Cazalis & Xavier Daverat: Le jazz en personnes, Bordeaux 1986 [book: éditions du Ponant], p. 10-19 (F: chapter "Jingle Jangle Jungle")
  • Leonard Feather: Duke, in: Leonard Feather: The Jazz Years. Earwitness to an Era, London 1986 [book], p. 62-70 (F)
  • Michel-Claude Jalard: Trois apotres du discontinu. Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Cecil Taylor, in: Michel-Claude Jalard: Le Jazz. Est-il encore possible?, Marseilles 1986 [book], p. 59-73 (F)
  • Whitney Balliett: A Day with the Duke, in: Whitney Balliett: American Musicians. 56 Portraits in Jazz, New York 1986 [book], p. 319-323 (F/I); Reprint, in: Whitney Balliett: American Musicians II. Seventy-One Portraits in Jazz, New York 1997 [book: Oxford University Press], p. 399-403 (F/I)
  • A. Geyer: Duke Ellington - Harlem, in: Jazz Podium, 35/1 (Jan.1986), p. 42 (R)
  • Dick M. Bakker: Duke Ellington and the Paramount Re-Issue Series, in: Names & Numbers, #3 (Jan.1986), p. 8-10 (D)
  • Scott Yanow: Duke Ellington - Presents, in: Coda, #206 (Feb.1986), p. 34 (R)
  • W.P. Hinely: Nine Fine Duke Jukes, in: Jazz Forum, #100 (Mar.1986), p. 38-44 (R)
  • John McDonough: Ad Lib. The 1932 Stereo Mystery, in: Down Beat, 53/5 (May 1986), p. 59, 61 (F)
  • John McDonough: Ellington Update, in: Down Beat, 53/6 (Jun.1986), p. 35-37 (R)
  • Bill Crow: Sketches: Diz 'n' Duke, in: Gene Lees Jazzletter, 5/7 (Jul.1986), p. 5-6 (F)
  • Leonard Feather: The Ellington Stamp. Some Nice Licks, in: The Wire, #29 (Jul.1986), p. 6-7 (F)
  • Vicente Ménsua: Ellingtonia (II), in: Quartica Jazz, #13 (Jul/Aug.1986), p. 27-30 (F)
  • Patricia Willard: Ellington '86, in: Jazz Times, Aug.1986, p. 12 (C: Ellington conference in Newark, New Jersey)
  • Francis Davis: Surviving Ellington, in: Francis Davis: Jazz and Its Discontents. A Francis Davis Reader, New York 2004 [book: Da Capo Press], p. 55-67 (F; originally published in Sep.1986)
  • Roger Levesque: Edmonton Jazz City '86 Fstival, Edmonton, Alberta, in: Coda, #210 (Oct/Nov.1986), p. 30-31 (C)
1987:
  • Arnold Shaw: Duke, Ethel, and the Harlem Scene, in: Arnold Shaw: The Jazz Age. Popular Music in the 1920s, New York 1987 [book], p. 57-66 (F)
  • Giampieri Cane: Facciamo che eravamo negro: Il jazz e il suo blackground, Bologna 1987 [book: Clueb], p. 247-254 (F: chapter "Duke Ellington")
  • James Lincoln Collier: Duke Ellington, New York 1987 [book: Oxford University Press]; review, by Gene Santoro, as "Collier's Ellington Follies", in: Gene Santoro: Dancing In Your Head. Jazz, Blues, Rock, and Beyond, New York 1994 [book: Oxford University Press], p. 214-217 (B)
  • Whitney Balliett: Ellington Slips By, in: Whitney Balliett: Goodbye and Other Messages. A Journal of Jazz 1981-1990, New York 1991 [book], p. 203-207 (F; Reprint from 1987); reprint, in: Whitney Balliett: Collected Works. A Journal of Jazz 1954-2000, New York 2000 [book: St.Martin's Press], p. 705-708 (F)
  • Michael Bourne: Blindfold Test. Jeff Watts, in: Down Beat, 54/2 (Feb.1987), p. 46 (BT: Mulgrew Miller: "Powell's Prances"; Duke Ellington & Charles Mingus & Max Roach: "REM Blues"; Barry Altschul: "For Papa Jo"; Bennie Wallace: "Fresh Out")
  • Danie C. Caine: A Crooked Thing. A Chronicle of "Beggar's Holiday", in: The New Renaissance, 7/1 (Apr.1987), p. 75-100 (F) [xerox]
  • John McDonough: Duke Ellington, in: Down Beat, 54/4 (Apr.1987), p. 41, 43 (R)
  • Marc Glassman: Ellington on Film. Film Critic Marc Glassman Looks at Black and Tan & Anatomy of a Murder, in: Coda, #213 (Apr.1987), p. 16-17 (Film-R)
  • Ron Anger: Duke Ellington. A Gift of Music, in: Coda, #213 (Apr.1987), p. 4-6 (F)
  • Stanley Dance: Lightly & Politely. Some Personnels for the 80s, in: Jazz Journal, 40/5 (May 1987), p. 10-11 (F: Duke Ellington Orchestra, conducted by Mercer Ellington)
  • Michael Jarrett: Duke, in: Jazziz, 4/4 (Jun/Jul.1987), p. 45 (F/R)
  • Francis Davis: Ellington's Decade, in: Francis Davis: Jazz and Its Discontents. A Francis Davis Reader, New York 2004 [book: Da Capo Press], p. 68-75 (F; originally published in Aug.1987, Feb.1989)
  • Francis Davis: Large-Scale Jazz. The action today is in composing, not improvising, in: The Atlantic Monthly, Aug.1987 (F) [vert.file] [digi.copy]
  • John Norris: In Performance. Ellington '87 - Duke in Canada, in: Coda, #215 (Aug/Sep.1987), p. 16-17 (C)
  • Fred Bouchard: Blindfold Test. Horace Silver, in: Down Beat, 54/9 (Sep.1987), p. 48 (BT: Ahmad Jamal: "La Costa"; Joanne Brackeen: "Estilo Magnifico"; Thelonious Monk: "Ruby My Dear"; Modern Jazz Quartet: "Django"; Hank Mobley: "Third Time Around"; Duke Ellington: "Heaven")
  • Jack Sohmer: Duke Ellington - "In the Uncommon Market" (Pablo); "Digital Duke" (GRP), in: Down Beat, 54/10 (Oct.1987), p. 32 (R)
  • Jack Sohmer: Duke Ellington - In the Common Market / Digital Duke, in: Down Beat, 54/10 (Oct.1987), p. 32 (R)
  • W.A. Brower: DC Honors Duke, in: Down Beat, 54/10 (Oct.1987), p. 11 (C: tribute to Ellington)
  • Eric Hobsbawm: The Duke, in: Eric Hobsbawm: Uncommon People. Resistance, Rebellion, and Jazz, New York 1998 [book: The New Press], p. 254-264 (B: "Duke Ellington", by James Lincoln Collier; Reprint, from: New York Review of Books, 19.Nov.1987)
1988:
  • Gene Lees: The Enigma. Duke Ellington, in: Gene Lees: Meet Me at Jim & Andy's. Jazz Musicians and Their World, New York 1988 [book], p. 45-57 (F)
  • Mel Tormé: Duke, in: Mel Tormé: It Wasn't All Velvet. An Autobiography, New York 1988 [book], p. 229-236 (F)
  • W.E. Timner: Ellingtonia. The Recorded Music of Duke Ellington and His Sidemen, Metuchen/NJ 1988 [book]
  • Jack Sohmer: Ducal Discoveries, in: Down Beat, 55/1 (Jan.1988), p. 41 (R: "Private Collection")
  • Stanley Crouch: Such Sweet Thunder, Suite Thursday, Anatomy of a Murder, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 439-445 (F; Reprint: concert program, 10.Aug.1988)
  • Art Lange: Sui Generis, in: Down Beat, 55/12 (Dec.1988), p. 44-45, 59
1989:
  • Billy Parker: Edward Kennedy 'Duke' Ellington. A Unique Approach to Music, in: Jazz Research Papers, 9 (1989), p. 185-195 (F/A)
  • Dan Morgenstern: Early Ellington, in: Dan Morgenstern: Living with Jazz. A Reader, New York 2004 [book: Pantheon], p. 104-107 (F; originally published as liner notes for "Early Ellington", Bluebird, 1989)
  • Eric Habsbawm: Duke Ellington - Schlauester aller Füchse, in: Lettre International, 3/6 (1989), p. 48-49, 52-53 (F)
  • Francois Postif: Duke Ellington, in: Francois Postif: Les grandes interviews de Jazz Hot, Paris 1989 [book], p. 11-19 (I); p. 197-198 (F)
  • Gianno Gualberto: Il compact del mese. Duke Ellington, in: Blu Jazz, 1/1 (1989), p. 4-5 (F)
  • Gunther Schuller: Duke Ellington. Master Composer, in: Gunther Schuller: The Swing Era. The Development of Jazz, 1930-1945, New York 1989 [book], p. 46-157 (A/T)
  • Philippe Koechlin & Filips & Artur & Patrice Narès & Alain Leroi: Oncle Ornicar presente Jazz Cartoon, Paris 1989 [book: Art Moderne], p. 34-37 (cartoon)
  • Stephan Richter: Ellington und die Tradition der Jazz-Komposition, in: Stephan Richter: Tradition im Werk Thelonious Monks, München 1989 [Examensarbeit], p. 17-26 (F)
  • Wolfram Knauer: Anmerkungen zu Improvisation und Komposition in Duke Ellingtons Suite "Black, Brown & Beige", in: Beiträge zur Popularmusikforschung, 7/8 (1989), p. 16-32 (A/T)
  • Stanley Dance: Duke Ellington Remembered, in: Jazz Times, Apr.1989, p. 9 (F); Reprint, in: Jazz Notes, 10/4 (1999), p. 5-6, 32 (F)
  • Brian Priestley: Duke the Pianist. Piano in the Foreground, in: The Wire, #63 (May 1989), p. 34 (F) [vert.file]
  • Duke Ellington: "Nagoya", in: The Piano Stylist & Jazz Workshop, Jun/Jul.1989, p. 9 (T)
  • Frans van Leeuwen: Duke. Minimum aan middelen, maximum aan resultaat, in: Jazz Nu, 11/127 (Jun.1989), p. 326-327, 329 (F/B/R)
  • Kevin Whitehead: Duke Everlasting, in: Down Beat, 56/6 (Jun.1989), p. 38 (R)
  • Scott Yanow: Retrospectives, in: Jazziz, 6/4 (Jun/Jul.1989), p. 94 (F/R)
  • NN: Duke Ellington on Microgroove, part 2, in: Discographical and Micrographical Basics, #3 (Jul.1989), p. 19-21 (D)
  • Coen de Jonge: Watertanden bij Ellingtonia, in: Jazz Nu, #135 (Dec.1989), p. 104-107 (F/R)

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