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

2000:
  • Bernd Hoffmann: "Zu Gunsten der deutschen Jugend". Die Rezeption afro-amerikanischer Musik in der Nachkriegszeit, in: Wolfram Knauer (ed.): Duke Ellington und die Folgen, Hofheim 2000 [Wolke Verlag], p. 59-92 (F)
  • Bill Dobbins: "Mood Indigo". Die harmonische Sprache Duke Ellingtons, in: Wolfram Knauer (ed.): Duke Ellington und die Folgen, Hofheim 2000 [Wolke Verlag], p. 207-223 (A/T)
  • Denis-Constant Martin: From Africa with Love. Sathima Bea Benjamin and Duke Ellington. A Discovery and a Revelation, in: Lars Rasmussen (ed.): Sathima Bea Benjamin. Embracing Jazz, Copenhagen 2000 [book: The Booktrader], p. 39-42 (F)
  • Ekkehard Jost: Open Letter to Duke. Was Charles Mingus an Duke Ellington schrieb, in: Wolfram Knauer (ed.): Duke Ellington und die Folgen, Hofheim 2000 [Wolke Verlag], p. 115-128 (F/A)
  • Floyd Levin: The Duke Ellington Sacred Music Concert - new Orleans, 1970, in: Floyd Levin: Classic Jazz. A Personal View of the Music and the Musicians, Berkeley 2000 [book: University of California Press], p. 89-92 (F)
  • Floyd Levin: The Duke Ellington Sacred Music Concert, New Orleans 1970, in: Marge Hofacre's Jazz News, 16/104 (Summer 2000), p. I: 17 (C)
  • Frank Büchmann-Moller: Is This To Be My Souvenir. Jazz Photos from the Timme Rosenkrantz Collection 1918-1969, Odense 2000 [book: Odense University Press], p. 64 (short F/photos)
  • Franz Krieger: "Piano in the Foreground"? Zum Klavierstil Duke Ellingtons, in: Wolfram Knauer (ed.): Duke Ellington und die Folgen, Hofheim 2000 [Wolke Verlag], p. 131-156 (A/T)
  • Geoffrey C. Ward & Ken Burns: Jazz. A History of America's Music, New York 2000 [book: Alfred A. Knopf; German translation as: "Jazz. Eine Musik und ihre Geschichte", München 2001 (Econ)], p. 48-52, 60-61 (F: chapter "Blessed"); p. 94-99 (F: chapter "Let You Inner Self Break Through"); p. 106 (chapter "Here Comes Trouble Itself"); p. 144-153 (F: chapter "Jungle Music"); p. 178-182 (F: chapter "An End in Itself"); p. 198-202 (F: chapter "Carrying the Flag"); p. 211-212 (F: chapter "Lost in a Wilderness"); p. 246-247 (F: chapter "The Energy It Takes"); p. 277-279 (F: chapter "A Very Different World" - Europe); p. 286-291 (F: chapter "Jigsaw"); p. 311-314 (F: chapter "No Yardstick to Measure It By"; p. 380 (F: chapter "Fifty-Two Weeks a Year"); p. 399-403 (F: chapter "Diminuendo and Crescendo"); p. 442-444 (F: chapter "My People") ; p. 453-456 (F: chapter "So Much to Do")
  • Georges Paczynski: Une histoire de la batterie de jazz. Tome 2: Les années bebop. La voie royale et les chemins de traverse, Paris 2000 [book: Outre Mesure], p. 392 (listing: "Les batteurs de Duke Ellington")
  • Günter H. Lenz: Die kulturelle Dynamik der afroamerikanischen Musik. Duke Ellingtons Kulturbegriff und seine Bedeutung in der afroamerikanischen Literatur und Kritik, in: Wolfram Knauer (ed.): Duke Ellington und die Folgen, Hofheim 2000 [Wolke Verlag], p. 157-205 (F)
  • Jack W. Wheaton: Ellington Innovations in Jazz Composition and Arranging, in: Jazz Research Proceedings Yearbook, #20 (2000), p. 95-97 (A)
  • John F. Szwed: Jazz 101. A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Jazz, New York 2000 [book: Hyperion], p. 136-140 F)
  • John Franceschina: Duke Ellington's Music for the Theatre, Jefferson/NC 2000 [book: McFarland & Company] (F); review, by Vic Bellerby, in: Jazz Journal, 54/10 (Oct.2001), p. 17 (B)
  • John Levy & Devra Hall: Men, Women and Girl Singers. My Life As a Musician Turned Talent Manager, Silver Spring/MD 2000 [book: Beckham], passim (F)
  • Kevin Gaines: Duke Ellington, 'Black, Brown, and Beige', and the Cultural Politics of Race, in: John Radano & Philip V. Bohlman (eds.): Music and the Racial Imagination, Chicago 2000 [book: University of Chicago Press], p. 585-602 (F)
  • Mark C. Gridley: Jazz Styles. History and Analysis, Upper Saddle River/NJ 7/2000 [book: Prentice Hall], p. 114-133 (F/A: "Transblucency"; "Cotton Tail"; "Harlem Airshaft")
  • Mark Tucker: Duke Ellington, in: Bill Kirchner (ed.): The Oxford Companion to Jazz, New York 2000 [book: Oxford University Press], p. 132-147 (F)
  • Mark Tucker: Post-Canonical Ellington, in: ISAM Newsletter, 2000 (F) [vert.file]
  • Martin Pfleiderer: "Far East of the Blues". Ellington und Weltmusik, in: Wolfram Knauer (ed.): Duke Ellington und die Folgen, Hofheim 2000 [Wolke Verlag], p. 249-265 (F)
  • Michael P. Zirpolo: In Duke's Head, in: IAJRC Journal, 33/3 (Summer 2000), p. 19-24 (F/I with Sonny Greer, Russell Procope)
  • Peter Niklas Wilson: Money Jungle. Fäden eines Beziehungsnetzes, in: Wolfram Knauer (ed.): Duke Ellington und die Folgen, Hofheim 2000 [Wolke Verlag], p. 95-113 (F/A)
  • Walter van de Leur: Scores of Scores. Einige Anmerkungen zu Manuskripten der Billy-Strayhorn- und Duke-Ellington-Sammlungen in den USA, in: Wolfram Knauer (ed.): Duke Ellington und die Folgen, Hofheim 2000 [Wolke Verlag], p. 225-247 (F/A/T: "All Day Long"; "Harlem Air Shaft"; "I Never Felt Tis Way Before"; "Sepia Panorama")
  • William E. Studwell & Mark Baldwin: The Big Band Reader. Songs Favored by Swing Era Orchestras and Other Popular Ensembles, New York 2000 [book: Haworth Press], p. 55-60 (F: "Don't Get Around Much Anymore"; "It Don't Mean a Thing"; "Satin Doll"; "Take the 'A' Train")
  • William Karlen: Anthologie du Jazz Classique. La synthèse d'un demisiècle de swing, Sierre/Switzerland 2000 [book: Editions à la Carte], p. 53-63 (F)
  • Wolfram Knauer (ed.): Duke Ellington und die Folgen, Hofheim 2000 [Wolke Verlag]
  • Wolfram Knauer: "Every Man Prays In His Own Language...". Duke Ellington und seine Welt, in: Wolfram Knauer (ed.): Duke Ellington und die Folgen, Hofheim 2000 [Wolke Verlag], p. 13-32 (F)
  • Wolfram Knauer: "Reminiscing in Tempo". Tradition und musik-ästhetische Ideale in Ellingtons kompositorischem OEuvre, in: Wolfram Knauer (ed.): Duke Ellington und die Folgen, Hofheim 2000 [Wolke Verlag], p. 33-57 (F)
  • Claudio Donà: Jazz Live. Venezia - "Sophisticated Ladies", in: Musica Jazz, 56/1 (Jan.2000), p. 82 (C: musical)
  • Jack Chambers: Duke Ellington's 100ths Birthday. The Gifts Keep On Coming, in: Coda, #289 (Jan/Feb.2000), p. 20-24 (F/R)
  • Harvey Pekar: Boxing a Legend, in: Jazziz, 17/2 (Feb.2000), p. 58 (R)
  • Lee Jeske & Ted Panken: Duke Redux. New Recordings in Tribute to Duke, in: Jazziz, 17/2 (Feb.2000), p. 56-57 (R)
  • Ole Nimand: Blindebuk med Per Goldschmidt, in: Jazz Special, #50 (Feb/Mar.2000), p. 60-61 (BT: Carsten Dahl: "Over the Rainbow"; Natalie Cole: "Unforgettable"; Duke Ellington: "Lotus Blossom"; James Carter: "Round Midnight"; Serge Chaloff: "All the Things You Are"; Gerry Mulligan: "Who's Got Rhythm"; Lars Gullin: "Omericano"; Nick Brignola: "Texas Inside"; Gunnar Bergsten: "Ask Me Now"; Philippe Geiss & Jerry Bergonzi: "Two Is Company"; Seamus Blake: "Newton's Law"; Paul Motian: "Celia"; When Granny Sleeps: "Spirit")
  • R. Dante Sawyer: Further East, in: Jazziz, 17/2 (Feb.2000), p. 59 (R: "Far East Suite")
  • Ted Panken: Blindfold Test. Cedar Walton, in: Down Beat, 67/2 (Feb.2000), p. 86 (BT: Art Tatum: "Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'"; Stanley Cowell. "Evidence"; Chucho Valdés: "El Rumbon"; Mulgrew Miller: "Body and Soul"; Bud Powell: "My Heart Stood Still"; Duke Ellington & Ray Brown: "Sophisticated Lady"; Cecil Taylor & Elvin Jones: "It"; Xavier Davis: "Old Folks")
  • Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn: "Take All My Loves", words by William Shakespeare, in: DEMS Bulletin, 22/1 (Mar/May 2000), p. 7-8 (T)
  • James Hale: Ben Allison & David Berkman & Joel Frahm & Pete McCann & Matt Wilson - "The Other Side of Ellington" (Palmetto), in: Down Beat, 67/3 (Mar.2000), p. 64, 66 (R)
  • Luca Bragalini: "Mexicanticipation" e "Latin American Suite". Metamorfosi nella fucina del Duca, in: Musica Jazz, 56/3 (Mar.2000), p. 56-59 (F/A/T)
  • Steve Voce: Reminiscences, in: DEMS Bulletin, 22/1 (Mar/May 2000), p. 3-4 (F)
  • Steve Voce: Scratching the Surface... Bob and the Piano Players - Duke, in: Jazz Journal, 53/3 (Mar.2000), p. 15 (F/I with Bob Brookmeyer)
  • Steve Voce: Scratching the Surface... Bob and the Piano Players - Duke/Monk/Billy, in: Jazz Journal, 53/3 (Mar.2000), p. 15, 17 (F/I with Bob Brookmeyer about Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Bill Evans)
  • Peter Keepnes: Another Surprise from Ellington, in: New York Times, 9.Apr.2000 (F: show "Saturday Laughter" aka "Renaissance Man") [vert.file]
  • Peter Lund: Duke Ellington - "The Essential Collection 1927-1962" (Sony), in: Crescendo & Jazz Music, 37/2 (Apr/May 2000), p. 30, 34 (R)
  • Steve Voce: Mr. Gentle and Mr. Cool, in: Jazz Journal, 53/4 (Apr.2000), p. 18-19 (F; originally written in 1963)
  • Jack Chambers: What Really Happened at Newport? The Dimming of a Masterpiece, in: Coda, #291 (May/Jun.2000), p. 39 (F)
  • Tano Ponzoni: The Big Band Era. Duke Ellington, in: Ritmo, #747 (May 2000), p. 17-20 (F)
  • Alun Morgan: Lost in Meditation. Duke Ellington, in: Jazz Journal, 53/6 (Jun.2000), p. 10 (short F/R)
  • Dan Morgenstern: Duke Ellington - "The Reprise Studio Recordings, in: Jazz Times, 30/5 (Jun.2000), p. 100-101 (R)
  • Howard Morgen: Fingerstyle Guitar Arrangement of "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good", in: Just Jazz Guitar, #24 (Aug.2000), p. 23-25 (T)
  • Ted Panken: Blindfold Test. Jason Lindner, in: Down Beat, 67/8 (Aug.2000), p. 94 (BT: Chris Anderson: "Blues One"; Duke Ellington & Count Basie: "BDB"; Vanguard Jazz Orchestra: "Central Park North"; Chico O'Farrill: "Trumpet Fantasy"; ICP Orchestra: "Rollo I"; Bill Holman: "Brilliant Corners"; Barry Harris: "I'm Old Fashioned")
  • Larry Appelbaum: Vienna Art Orchestra - "Duke Ellington's Sound of Love" (TCB); "All That Strauss" (TCB), in: Jazz Times, 39/7 (Sep.2000), p. 98, 100, 102 (R)
  • Larry Blumenfeld: Prelude. Some Ellington You Haven't Heard, in: Jazziz, 17/9 (Sep.2000), p. 18 (C: tribute to Ellington)
  • Werner Burkhardt: Der Hauch des Lebens swingt nicht mit. Musikfest Bremen: Jessye Norman singt zur Eröffnung geistliche Lieder von Duke Ellington, in: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 4.Sep.2000 (C); reprint, in: Werner Burkhardt: Klänge, Zeiten, Musikanten. Ein halbes Jahrhundert Jazz, Blues und Rock, Waakirchen 2002 [book: Oreos], p. 97-99 (C)
  • Frank Rutter: Two Views of Duke Ellington, in: Coda, #294 (Nov/Dec.2000), p. 32-33 (F/R/B)
  • Howard Morgen: "Caravan", in: Just Jazz Guitar, #25 (Nov.2000), p. 16-19 (T: guitar arrangement)
  • Bill Shoemaker: Before & After. Marilyn Crispell, in: Jazz Times, 30/10 (Dec.2000), p. 64-65 (BT: Bill Evans: "Knit for Mary F"; Keith Jarrett Trio: "When I Fall in Love"; Andrew Hill: "Smokestack"; Matthew Shipp: "The New Fact"; Duke Ellington: "Meditation"; Cecil Taylor: "1997/01°Christian Rose: Michel Graillier/Alby Cullaz/Simon Goubert. Apres propos de Trio, in: Jazz Magazine, #466 (Jan.1997), p. 28-30 (BT: Tommy Flanagan: "Relaxin' at Camarillo"; Roy Haynes: "Reflection"; Sonny Clark: "Tadd's Delight"; The Three Sounds: "Love for Sale"; Keith Jarrett: "Solar"; Duke Ellington: "Fleurette Africaine"; Michel Graillier: "Agartha")
  • Cim Meyer: Blindebuk med Hugo Rasmussen, in: Jazz Special, #55 (Dec/Jan.2000/2001), p. 60-61 (BT: Dizzy Gillespie: "Two Bass Hit"; Charles Mingus: "Mood Indigo"; Duke Ellington: "Sophisticated Lady"; Jelly Roll Morton: "Black Bottom Stomp"; Brad Mehldau: "It's Alright With Me"; Dhafer Youssef: "Tarannoum"; Joni Mitchell: "Goodbye Porkpie Hat"; John Scofield: "After the Fact"; Roy Haynes: "Bessie's Blues"; Oliver Nelson: "Teenie's Blues"; Thomas Agergaard & Oknok Kongo: "Mr. D"; Ben Webster: "Stompy Jones")
  • Irene Suchy: Vienna Art Orchestra. All That Strauss & Duke Ellington's Sound of Love, in: Now' the Time (Austria), Dec.2000, p. 11 (F)
  • Larry Nai: Duke Ellington - "Anatomy of a Murder" (Columbia/Legacy), in: Jazziz, 17/12 (Dec.2000), p. 69 (R)
  • A.H. Lawrence: Duke Ellington and His World, New York 2001 [book: Routledge] (F); review, in: JazzChord, #62 (Dec/Jan.2001/2002), p. 11-12 (B); review, by Richard Cook, in: Jazz Review, #32 (May 2002), p. 13 (B)
2001:
  • Dan Morgenstern: Louis and Duke. The Great Summit, in: Dan Morgenstern: Living with Jazz. A Reader, New York 2004 [book: Pantheon], p. 92-98 (F; originally published as liner notes for "The Great Summit", Roulette, 2001)
  • Don Peak & Tor Magnusson: Mood Indigo. Some Thoughts Concerning the Lyricist(s), in: IAJRC Journal, 34/1 (Winter 2001), p. 36-38 (F)
  • Francis Davis: Some Recordings, in: Francis Davis: Like Young. Jazz, Pop, Youth, and Middle Age, New York 2001 [book: DaCapo], p. 188-189 (R: "Far East Soute")
  • Frank Marshall Davis: Duke Ellington, in: Brilliant Corners, 6/1 (Winter 2001), p. 16-17 (poem)
  • Hans-Jürgen Schaal (ed.): Jazz-Standards. Das Lexikon, Kassel 2001 [book: Bärenreiter], p. 65-67 (F: "Black and Tan Fantasy"); p. 85-86 (F: "C Jam Blues"); p. 88-89 (F: "Caravan"); p. 97-98 (F: "Come Sunday"); p. 102-104 (F: "Cottontail"); p. 106-107 (F: "Creole Love Call"); p. 129-131 (F: "Don't Get Around Much Anymore"); p. 202-203 (F: "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good"); p. 208-209 (F: "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart"); p. 228 (F: "I'm Beginning to See the Light"); p. 234-235 (F: "I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So"); p. 238-239 (F: "In a Mellow Tone"); p. 239-240 (F: "In a Sentimental Mood"); p. 256-257 (F: "It Don't Mean a Thing"); p. 274-275 (F: "Just Squeeze Me"); p. 323-324 (F: "Mood Indigo"); p. 401-402 (F: "Prelude to a Kiss"); p. 408-409 (F: "Rockin' in Rhythm"); p. 419-420 (F: "Satin Doll"); p. 448-450 (F: "Sophisticated Lady")
  • Henry Martin & Keith Waters: Jazz. The First 100 Years, Belmont/CA 2001 [book: Wadsworth/Schirmer], p. 100-101 (A: "The Mooche"); p. 133-134 (A: "Sepia Panorama")
  • Horace A. Porter: Jazz Country. Ralph Ellison in America, Iowa City 2001 [book: University of Iowa Press], p. 32-42 (F: chapter "American Masters. Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong")
  • Lisa Diane Barg: National Voices / Modernist Histories. Race, Performance and Remembrance in American Music, 1927-1943, Stony Brook/NY 2001 [book: PhD thesis, State University of New York], p. 118-165 (F: chapter "Between Theater and History. Duke Ellington's 'Black and Tan Fantasy'"); p. 166-238 (F: chapter "Race, Narrative and Nation in Duke Ellington's 'Black, Brown and Beige'")
  • Paul Allen Anderson: Deep River. Music and Memory in Harlem Renaissance Thought, Durham/NC 2001 [book: Duke University Press], passim (F)
  • Quincy Jones: Q. The Autobiography of Quincy Jones, New York 2001 [book: Doubleday], passim (F)
  • Robert L. Doerschuk: 88. The Giants of Jazz Piano, San Francisco 2001 [book: Backbeat Books], p. 23-27 (F)
  • Stefano Zenni: The Aesthetics of Duke Ellington's Suites. The Case of 'Togo Brava', in: Black Music Research Journal, 21/1 (Spring 2001), p. 1-28 (F/A)
  • Werner Steiefele: Tränen bei Armstrong. Freddie Hubbard beim Hören belauscht, in: Rondo, 10/3 (2001), p. 22-23 (BT: Freddie Hubbard & Ilhan Miramoglu: "Black Soldier"; Duke Ellington. "Harlem"; Louis Armstrong: "Weather Bird"; Harry Edison: "The Very Thought of You"; Lee Morgan: "The Sidewinder"; Wynton Marsalis: "Cherokee")
  • Wilfrid Mellers: Singing in the Wilderness. Music and Ecology in the Twentieth Century, Urbana/IL 2001 [book: University of Illinois Press], p. 163-177 (F: chapter "Duke Ellington as Black Urban Folk Musician, Art Composer, and Showbiz Man")
  • Jack Sohmer: Big Band de Lausanne - "Duke Ellington's Sacred Music" (TCB), in: Jazz Times, 31/1 (Feb.2001), p. 115-116 (R)
  • Larry Blumenfeld: The Carnegie Incidents. Rattling Ellington's Cage, in: Jazziz, 18/1 (Jan.2001), p. 46 (C: Simon Rattle)
  • Raleigh Dailey: Ellington as Composer for the Piano, in: Jazz Research Proceedings Yearbook, #31 (Jan.2001), p. 151-156 (F)
  • Reppard Stone: The Enigma of Duke Ellington. An Examination, in: Jazz Research Proceedings Yearbook, #31 (Jan.2001), p. 115-119 (F)
  • Richard Domek: Formula Tuttis and Sectional Writing in Later Ellington Works, in: Jazz Research Proceedings Yearbook, #31 (Jan.2001), p. 120-131 (F/A)
  • Vincent Cotro: Duke Ellington vers la grande forme. Creole Rhapsody (1931), in: Les Cahiers du Jazz, #1 (Jan.2001), p. 87-102 (F/A/T)
  • Ted Panken: Duke Ellington - "The Reprise Studio Recordings" (Mosaic), in: Down Beat, 68/2 (Feb.2001), p. 70 (R)
  • Scott Yanow: Letters. Yan-ow!, in: Jazz Times, 31/2 (Mar.2001), p. 15 (letter)
  • Erik V. Krustrup: I studiert med Duke, in: Jazz Special, #57 (Apr/May.2001), p. 60-61 (F)
  • Hans-Joachim Schmidt: "Hank Cinq" In Its Context. First Scraps, in: DEMS Bulletin, 23/1 (Apr/Jun.2001), p. 7-10 (F/A/T)
  • Helmut Kirch & Ole Nielsen & Sjef Hoefsmit: What Is the Correct Date for the 1950 Hamburg Concert?, in: DEMS Bulletin, 23/1 (Apr/Jun.2001), p. 11-13 (F)
  • Patrick Williams: "Duke et ses hommes", in: L'Homme. Revue française d'anthropologie, #158/159 (Apr/Sep.2001: special issue "Jazz et Anthropologie"), p. 389-393 (F/B: Alain Pailler: "Plaisir d'Ellington. Le Duke et ses hommes")
  • Harvey Siders: Duke Ellington - "Togo Brava Suite" (Storyville); "The Duke at Fargo 1940" (Storyville), in: Jazz Times, 31/5 (Jun.2001), p. 122, 124 (R)
  • Manfred Straka: "Duke Ellington und die Folgen", ed. by Wolfram Knauer, in: Jazz Research News, #3 (Jun.2001), p. 126-127 (B)
  • Richard Cook: Reclaiming the Jazz Age. Duke Ellington, "Harlem Air Shaft" (1940), in: Jazz Review (GB), #21 (Jun.2001), p. 23 (short F)
  • Brian Priestley: "Duke Ellington and his World", by A.H. Lawrence, in: Jazzwise Magazine, #44 (Jul.2001), p. 63 (B)
  • Brian Priestley: "Duke Ellington and his World", by A.H. Lawrence, in: Jazzwise Magazine, #44 (Jul.2001), p. 63 (B)
  • Mark Gilbert: The Test. Dave Green, in: Jazz Review (GB), #22 (Jul.2001), p. 16-18 (BT: Duke Ellington: "Koko"; Benny Goodman: "Air Mail Special"; Sidney Bechet: "Muskrat Ramble"; Miles Davis: "Eighty-One"; Dave Holland: "Looking Up"; Lol Coxhill: "A Rare Sopranino Solo"; Charlie Haden: "Noche de Ronda"; Jaco Pastorius: "Kuru/Speak Like a Child"; Eberhard Weber: "Concerto for Bass")
  • Jorgen Mathiasen: Duke Ellington's Work. A discussion of the description of his oeuvre, downloaded from the "http://home().inet.tele.dk/jurian-m/depages/oeuvre.htm" (F) [vert.file]
  • José Menezes: Take the Coltrane ... (or leave it), downloaded from www.jazzportugal.net (31.Aug.2001) (A/T) [vert.file]
  • Mark Tucker: Duke Ellingtona nd Europe ... in the 1930s, downloaded from "www.jazzportugal.net" (25.Aug.2001) (F) [vert.file]
  • NN: Prelude. Words. This month: A double take of Duke, in: Jazziz, 18/8 (Aug.2001), p. 13 (short F)
  • NN: Togo Brava Suite, in: DEMS Bulletin, 23/1-2 (Aug/Nov.2001), p. 25-27 (R/T: lead sheet for "Soso", "Wood")
  • Stefano Zenni: "Duke Ellington's Music for the Theatre", by John Franceschina, in: DEMS Bulletin, 23/1-2 (Aug/Nov.2001), p. 12 (B)
  • Steven Lasker: An open letter to Ms. Sylvia Miller, in: DEMS Bulletin, 23/1-2 (Aug/Nov.2001), p. 4-9 (F/B: "Duke Ellington and his World", by A.H. Lawrence)
  • Blutch: Jazzmen. La musique est ma maitresse, in: Jazzman, #74 (Nov.2001), p. 9 (cartoon)
  • Several authors: Rex or Ray?, in: DEMS Bulletin, 23/3 (Dec/Mar.2001/2002), p. 5-7, 9, 11 (F/T)
2002:
  • Bernd Hoffmann: Broadcasting House / Musikhalle - Hamburg 36, der Anglo-German Swing Club - eine programmatische Skizze, [manuscript] (F) [vert.file: D/HAMBURG] [digi.copy]
  • Charles Suhor: Comes the Duke, in: Brilliant Corners, 7/1 (Winter 2002), p. 17-18 (poem)
  • Dave Oliphant: The Early Swing Era, 1930 to 1941, Westport/CT 2002 [book: Greenwood Press], p. 65-78, 93-95, 381-386, 396 (F)
  • Eran Williams: Benin Jazz, in: Brilliant Corners, 6/2 (Summer 2002), p. 36 (poem)
  • Fabrice Zammarchi & Sylvie Mas: A Life in the Golden Age of Jazz. A Biography of Buddy DeFranco, Seattle/WA 2002 [book: Parkside Publications], passim (F)
  • Iain Cameron Williams: Underneath a Harlem Moon. The Harlem to Paris Years of Adelaide Hall, London 2002 [book: Continuum], passim (F)
  • John Louis Howland: Between the Muses and the Masses. Symphonic Jazz, "Glorified" Entertainment, and the Rise of the American Musical Middlebrow, 1920-1944, Stanford/CA 2002 [book: PhD, Stanford University], passim (F); p. 479-584 (F/A: chapter "The Whitemanesque Roots of Ellington's 'Jazz Composition' and 'Extended' Form")
  • Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press] (F); review, by Russ Chase, in: IAJRC Journal, 36/1 (Winter 2002/2003), p. 54-55 (B); review, by Ron Simpson, in: The Jazz Rag, #76 (Summer 2003), p. 15 (B); review, by Peter Vacher, in: Jazz UK, #52 (Jul/Aug.2003), p. 21 (B); review, by Brian priestley, in: Jazzwise, #67 (Aug.2003), p. 62 (B)
  • Lorna Knowles Blake: Duke Ellington, in: Brilliant Corners, 7/1 (Winter 2002), p. 19 (poem)
  • Markus Voigt: Über den Arrangierstil Steve Grays am Beispiel "Diminuendo, Intermezzo, Crescendo and Crescendissimo in Blue", Hamburg 2002 [diploma thesis: privately published] (F/A/T)
  • Mervyn Cooke: Jazz among the classics, and the case of Duke Ellington, in: Mervyn Cooke & David Horn (eds.): The Cambridge Companion to Jazz, Cambridge 2002 [book: Cambridge University Press], p. 153-173 (F)
  • Morroe Berger & Edward Berger & James Patrick: Benny Carter. A Life in American Music, Second edition, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press: 2 volumes], vol.1, p. 315-322 (F: chapter "Carter and Ellington")
  • Oscar Peterson: A Jazz Odyssey. The Life of Oscar Peterson, London/New York 2002 [book: Continuum; German translation, as: "Meine Jazz-Odyssee", Höfen/A 2003, book: hannibal], passim, especially p. 262-263 (F)
  • Paolo Vitolo: Guida al jazz. Gli autori e le musiche dal bebop alla creative music, Milano 2002 [book: Bruno Mondadori], p. 91-93 (F)
  • Paul Zimmer: My Afternoon with Duke, in: Brilliant Corners, 6/2 (Summer 2002), p. 37-40 (F)
  • Roberto Ottaviano: Genealogia del sassofonisti Mingusiani, in: Musica Oggi, #22 (2002), p. 32-41 (F/A/T: "Duke Ellington's Sound of Love" solo by George Adams)
  • Scott Menhinick: House Party! Duke Ellington's 70th birthday celebrated by Richard Nixon and the jazz elite, in: Signal to Noise, #25 (Spring 2002), p. 94 (F)
  • Steven Lasker: A Cotton Club Miscellany, [no place] 2002 [book: privately published] (F; reprint of reviews from the late 1920s)
  • Walter van de Leur: Something to Live For. The Music of Billy Strayhorn, New York 2002 [book: Oxford University Press], passim (F/A)
  • Alan Luff: Anec-Dotage. Checking out the many polls, the Jazz Artist of the Century presented an exciting photo-finish. Would it be Miles, Armstrong or Duke? And the winner is - Duke Ellington, in: Jazz Review, #5 (Feb.2000), p. 27 (F)
  • Mark Gilbert: The Test. Campbell Burnap, in: Jazz Review, #29 (Feb.2002), p. 16-18 (BT: Chris Barber: "New Orleans Blues"; Louis Armstrong: "Rockin' Chair"; Duke Ellington: "Caravan"; Tommy Dorsey: "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You"; Conrad Herwig: "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You"; J.J. Johnson: "Bone-o-logy"; Sonny Berman: "Woodchopper's Holiday"; Alan Barnes: "I Thought About You"; Gerry Mulligan: "Rocker"; Kenny Wheeler: "Freddy C"; Crusaders: "And Then There Was the Blues")
  • Wolfram Knauer: Freiheit ist eine Illusion. Darüber sind sich Duke Ellington und Charles Mingus einig, in: Du, #723 (Feb.2002), p. 33-35 (F)
  • Alun Morgan: Lost in Meditation. Sinatra and the Duke, in: Jazz Journal, 55/3 (Mar.2002), p. 12-13 (F)
  • Frank Ténot: Frankly Speaking. "Duke's Place. Ellington et ses imaginaires", by Alain Pailler, in: Jazz Magazine, #525 (Apr.2002), p. 33 (B)
  • Steven Lasker: Take the 'A' Train. An Ellington/Strayhorn Collaboration?, in: DEMS Bulletin, 24/1 (Apr/Jul.2002), p. 5 (F)
  • Jim Macnie (& John McDonough & John Corbett & John Ephland): "The Secret Ellington" (True Life), in: Down Beat, 69/5 (May 2002), p. 50-51 (R: tribute album to Ellington)
  • Luc Bouquet: À tâte-sons. Christine Wodrascka. 14 solos et un trio, in: ImproJazz, #85 (May 2002), p. 8-11 (BT: Thelonious Monk: "Lover Man"; Cecil Taylor: "Congress"; Art Tatum: "Tiger Rag"; Charles Gayle: "1939)"; Sun Ra: "To a Friend"; Paul Bley: "Forth"; Keith Jarrett: "Köln Concert"; Christine Wodrascka: "Vocalises"; Marilyn Crispell: "Archaic Visions"; Irène Schweizer: "So oder so"; Sophie Agnel: "Souffle"; John Cage: "Sonate I"; Michael Snow: "Piano Mécanique"; Anthony Davis: "Beyond Reason"; Duke Ellington: "Summertime")
  • NN: Duke Ellington Watch Fetches $1.5 Million, in: New York Times, 14.May 2002 (N) [vert.file]
  • Steve Voce: Scratching the Surface... Postscript, in: Jazz Journal, 55/5 (May 2002), p. 6-7 (short F: about writing "Music Is My Mistress")
  • Owen Cordle: "Duke Ellington 1969 All-Star White House Tribute" (Blue Note); "Secret Ellington" (True Life), in: Jazz Times, 32/5 (Jun.2002), p. 106-107 (R)
  • Derrick Z. Jackson: Still Singing 'America' Too, in: Boston Globe, 3.Jul.2002 (F) [vert.file]
  • Eric Pace: Edmund Anderson, a Muse to Ellington, 89, Dies, in: New York Times, 19.Jul.2002 (F/O: Edmund Anderson, friend of Ellington)
  • James Rozzi: Duke Ellington - "1969. The All-Star White House Tribute" (Blue Note), in: Jazziz, 19/8 (Aug.2002), p. 66 (R)
  • Leonard Garment: A New Revelation from the Nixon White House, in: New York Times, 25.Aug.2002 (F/R: "Duke Ellington 1969: All-Star White House Tribute") [vert.file] [digi.copy]
  • Richard Bambach & Sjef Hoefsmit: The Yale Concert, in: DEMS Bulletin, 24/2 (Aug/Nov.2002), p. 11 (F)
  • Steven Lasker: "Symphony in Black", in: DEMS Bulletin, 24/2 (Aug/Nov.2002), p. 10 (F)
  • Steven Lasker: Duke's Itinerary. Additions, corrections, discussion, in: DEMS Bulletin, 24/2 (Aug/Nov.2002), p. 19-21 (F)
  • Herman Openeer: Duke Ellington's derde bezoek aan Nederland, 1950, in: NJA Bulletin, #45 (Sep.2002), p. 22-32 (F)
  • John McDonough: Revisiting the Duke, in: Down Beat, 69/9 (Sep.2002), p. 56 (R: reissues and new issues of live recordings from the 1940s through the 1960s)
  • Larry Appelbaum: Before & After. Paquito D'Rivera, in: Jazz Times, 32/7 (Sep.2002), p. 72-74, 76-77 (BT:Charlie Parker: "Mango Mangue"; Duke Ellington: "The Air-Conditioned Jungle"; Tony Coe & Roger Kellaway: "The Burgundy Bruise"; Art Tatum & Buddy DeFranco: "A Foggy Day"; Sonny Criss: "Smile"; Paulo Moura: "Tempos Felizes"; Jane Bunnett: "La Comparsa"; Jimmy Giuffre: "The Sheepherder"; Don Byron: "Theme from 'Hatari'"; Joe Lovano: "Vesti la Giubba")
  • Anton Kop & Gerard J. Hoogeveen: Reacties van lezers. Duke Ellington, in: NJA Bulletin, #46 (Dec.2002), p. 8-9 (letters)
  • Ken Steiner: Duke Itinerary, in: DEMS Bulletin, 24/2-3 (Dec/Mar.2002/2003), p. 4-6 (F: dates between December 1937 and January 1940)
  • Leo Riemens: Meningen over Jazz. Leo Riemens over Duke Ellington, in: NJA Bulletin, #46 (Dec.2002), p. 18-19 (F)
2003:
  • A.W. Dodd: He Loved Us All - Madly. Remembering a Duke Ellington Concert, in: Memory Lane, #141 (Winter 2003), p. 47, 51 (F)
  • Bill Triggs & Russ Shor: The Brunswick-Vocalions Series. Early Duke, in: VJM's Jazz and Blues Mart, #130 (Summer 2003), p. 13-14 (D)
  • Eddie S. Meadows: Bebop to Cool. Context, Ideology, and Musical Identity, Westport/CT 2003 [book: Praeger], passim (F)
  • Finn Slumstrup: Gyldendals bog om jazz, Copenhagen 2003 [book: Gyldendal], p. 245-247 (F: short biography)
  • Fred Moten: In the Break. The Aesthetics of the Black Radical Tradition, Minneapolis 2003 [book: University of Minnesota Press], p. 25-41 (F: chapter "The Sentimental Avant-Garde. Duke Ellington's Sound of Love")
  • George Wein & Nate Chinen: Myself Among Others. A Life in Music, New York 2003 [book: Da Capo], passim (F)
  • Henry Martin: From Fountain to Furious. Ellington's Development as Stride Pianist, in: Musica Oggi, #23 (2003/2004), p. 55-68 (A/T)
  • Horst H.P. Bergmeyer & Rainer E. Lotz: Live from the Cotton Club, Hambergen 2003 [book / record booklet: Bear Family Records], passim (F); German translation (F) [digi.copy]
  • Jeffrey H. Jackson: Making Jazz French. Music and Modern Life in Interwar Paris, Durham 2003 [book: Duke University Press], passim (F)
  • John Howland: The Whitemanesque Roots of Early Ellingtonian "Extended Jazz Composition", in: Research Proceedings Yearbook, 2003, p. 16-31 (F/A: "Reminiscing in Tempo")
  • Leonard Goines: The Basie and Ellington Banbds. A Blues Comparison, in: Mark Baszak (ed.): Such Sweet Thunder. Views on Black American Music, Amherst/MA 2003 [book: University of Massachusetts Fine Arts Center], p. 108-110 (F)
  • Leonardo Acosta: Cubano Be, Cubano Bop. One Hundred Years of Jazz in Cuba, Washington/DC 2003 [book: Smithsonian Press], passim (F)
  • Pierre Bouru & Claude Tappolet: Le bonheur était dans le jazz. Souvenirs d'un imprésario-musicien sur un demi-siècle de Jazz à Genève (1950-2000), Genève 2003 [book: Slatkine], passim (F)
  • Patrick Pommier: La tournée du grand Duke, in: Jazz Magazine, #533 (Jan.2003), p. 26-27 (F)
  • David Franklin: Duke Ellington - "At the Alhambra" (Pablo); "Live and Rare" (Bluebird), in: Jazz Times, 33/1 (Feb.2003), p. 115-116 (R)
  • Leonel Santos: Às escuras. Pedro Abrunhosa, in: All Jazz. Revista de Jazz, #6 (Feb/Mar.2003), p. 33-36 (I/BT: Duke Ellington: "Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me"; Carlos Bica: "Roses for You"; Charles Mingus:"Tijuana Gift Shop"; Sonny Rollins: "Mona Lisa"; Bill Frisell: "Hard Times"; Charlie Haden: "Turnaround"; Miles Davis: "Pharoah's Dance"; Ray Anderson: "Don't Mow Your Lawn"; Stan Getz: "East of the Sun(And West of the Moon)"; Ornette Coleman: "Street Blues")
  • Stan Slome: Harlem. Duke and the Classical Coonnection. The origin of 'A Tone Parallel to Harlem', [Duke Ellington mailing list posting], May 2003 (F) [vert.file] [digi.copy]
  • André Vasset: "Duke's Place. Ellington et ses imaginaires", by Alain Pailler, in: Bulletin du HCF, #524 (Jun/Jul.2003), p. 26-27 (B)
  • Thorbjørn Sjøgren: Blindebuk med Henrik Iversen & Per Møller Hansen, in: Jazz Special, #70 (Jun/Jul.2003), p. 60-61 (BT: Duke Ellington & Count Basie: "Segue in C"; Ben Webster: "Who"; Jørgen Ryg: "Mean to Me"; Frank Sinatra & Nelson Riddle: "Try a Little Tenderness"; Miriam Klein: "Comes Love"; Zoot Sims: "Too Close for Comfort"; Wild Bill Davison: "Old Fashioned Love"; Lee Wiley: "Oh, Look at Me Now"; Susannah McCorkle: "For All We Know"; Stan Getz: "First Song")
  • Sjef Hoefsmit: "Ellington in Europe", in: DEMS Bulletin, 25/2 (Aug/Nov.2003), p. 8 (F)
  • Germar v. Mönch: Der letzte Track (8). Duke Ellington - "Lightning Bugs and Frogs" (1959), in: Jazzthetik, 17/11 (Nov.2003), p. 98 (R)
  • Selwyn Harris: Jazz on Film. Dog Day Afternoons. Selwyn Harris finds 'Paris Blues' with music by Duke Ellington only perfect for a matinee show even if it does touch upon a once taboo issue, in: Jazzwise, #70 (Nov.2003), p. 20 (F)
  • Selwyn Harris: Jazz on Film. Dog Day Afternoons. Selwyn Harris finds 'Paris Blues' with music by Duke Ellington only perfect for a matinee show even if it does touch upon a once taboo issue, in: Jazzwise, #70 (Nov.2003), p. 20 (F)
  • Mark Gilbert: The Test. Alan Barnes, in: Jazz Review, #51 (Dec.2003), p. 16-17, 19-20 (BT: Duke Ellington: "Caravan"; Jackie McLean: "Vertigo"; Pasadena Roof Orchestra: "Cherokee"; Art Pepper: "Art Pepper"; Tommy Chase & Ray Warleigh Quartet: "I Remember You"; Buddy Rich: "Four"; David Sanborn: "Hideaway"; Michael Brecker: "Cool Day In Hell"; Brian Lemon: "My Shining Hour")
2004:
  • Bill Egan: Florence Mills. Harlem Jazz Queen, Lanham/MD 2004 [book: Scarecrow], passim (F); especially p. 279-287 (F: chapter "Black Beauty")
  • Bjarne Busk: Duke Ellington Memorial Recorded by Other Artists in the 1920s and 1930s, in: IAJRC Journal, 37/2 (Spring 2004), p. 28-39 (D)
  • Donald R. Hanson: The Gladdest Tale. A Portrait of Duke Ellington, in: IAJRC Journal, 37/2 (Spring 2004), p. 22-27 (F)
  • John Edward Hasse: 'A New Reason for Living'. Duke Ellington in France, in: Nottingham French Studies, 43/1 (Spring 2004), p. 5-18 (F)
  • John M. Seybert: Religious Jazz. A Comparison of Duke Ellington's 'Second Sacred Concert' and Mary Lou Williams' Third Mass ('Mary Lou's Mass'), in: Jazz Research Proceedings Yearbook, 2004, p. 47-52 (F/A)
  • Jørgen Mathiasen: Duke Ellington's production as a composer. A survey of a selection of sources to his entire production and a methodological discussion, [manuscript, 2004] (F) [vert.file] [digi.copy]
  • Maurice Peress: Dvorák to Duke Ellington. A Conductor Explores America's Music and Its African American Roots, New York 2004 [book: Oxford University Press], p. 153-159 (F: chapter "Duke Ellington"); p. 161-170 (F: chapter "Ellington's 'Queenie Pie'"); p. 171-190 (F: chapter "Ellington's 'Black, Brown and Beige'"); p. 199-200 (F: chapter "A New African American Orchestra")
  • Norman David: The Ella Fitzgerald Companion, Westport/CT 2004 [book: Praeger], p. 116-122 (F), 158-167 (F)
  • Penny M. von Eschen: Satchmo Blows Up the World. Jazz Ambassadors Play the Cold War, Cambridge/MA 2004 [book: Harvard University Press], passim (F), especially p. 121-147 (F: chapter "Duke's Diplomacy")
  • Tammy Kernodle: Soul on Soul. The life and music of Mary Lou Williams, Boston 2004 [book: Northeastern University Press], passim (F)
  • Tpny Parker: Parker in the Swing. Duke Ellington. Psst! Wanna Buy a Ticket For The Duke?, in: Memory Lane, #143 (Summer 2004), p. 52-53 (F)
  • Dan Morgenstern: Peer Gynt, [Duke Ellington mailing list], 29.Mar.2004 (short F) [vert.file] [digi.copy]
  • Gary Giddins: Cadenza. Ellington's Legacy, in: Jazz Times, 34/2 (Mar.2004), p. 20 (F)
  • Martin King: Duke at the Cliffs, Southend Cliffs Pavilion, Monday, 14th February 1966, in: Smith's Academy Informer, #71 (Mar.2004), p. 2-3 (F)
  • Mike Westbrook: Over the Rainbow, in: Smith Academy Informer, #71 (Mar.2004), p. 1-2 (F)
  • John Truitt: Braggin' in Brass. John Truitt listens to some Duke Ellington from an unfashionable era, the 1930s, in: Jazz Review, #55 (Apr.2004), p. 26-27 (F)
  • Mark Gilbert: The Test. Tony Coe, in: Jazz Review, #55 (Apr.2004), p. 22-25 (BT: Johnny Dodds: "Blue Clarinet Stomp"; Duke Ellington: "Rockin' in Rhythm"; Count Basie: "Fool on the Hill"; The Beatles: "Lady Madonna"; Soft Machine: "Slightly All the Time"; Franco Ambrosetti:"Theme from Peter Gunn"; Spontaneous Music Ensemble: "Karyobin, Part 6"; Anton Webern: "Sehr lebhaft"; Jan Garbarek & Hulliard Ensemble: "Regnantem sempiterna"; Andy Sheppard: "Oscar & Lucinda")
  • Bjarne Busk: Duke Ellington material recorded by other artists in the 1920s and 1930s, [manuscript], May 2004 (F/D) [vert.file] [digi.copy]
  • Vladimiro Lupi:Ieri e oggi ... sacreduke, in: Ritmo, #789 (May/Jun.2004), p. 30-32 (F)
  • Bo Scherman: Kunnigt kring Duke. Ellington 2004, Nalen, Stockholm, in: Orkester Journalen, 72/6 (Jun.2004), p. 17 (C)
  • Kirk Silsbee: The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis - "Plays the Music of Duke Ellington" (Brooks Brothers), in: Jazziz, 21/6 (Jun.2004), p. 77-78 (R)
  • Aaron Cohen: James Newton on Duke Ellington, in: Down Beat, 71/7 (Jul.2004), p. 30 (F)
  • Al Clowes: Historically Speaking. In SAI 71 we celebrated the 30th anniversary of Duke Ellington's death and invited Informees to share their Ducal memories with us. Here Al Clowes recalls two historic occasions when the band visited our shores, in: Smith's Academy Informer, #72 (Jul.2004), p. 3 (F)
  • John Janowiak: Randy Weston on Duke Ellington, in: Down Beat, 71/7 (Jul.2004), p. 59 (F)
  • Ted Panken: Steve Lacy on Duke Ellington, in: Down Beat, 71/7 (Jul.2004), p. 30 (F)
  • Steve Voce: Scratching the Surface, in: Jazz Journal, 57/8 (Aug.2004), p. 12 (F)
  • Bjarne Busk: Hemmeligheden ligger i Afrika. Conga-spilleren Emmanuel Abdul-Rahim, alias Juan Amalbert bliver 70 og er aktuel på en ny cd-udgivelse med Duke Ellington, in: Jazz Special, #77 (Aug/Sep.2004), p. 28-32 (F/I)
  • Frank Rutter: Ellington Conference 2004, in: Coda, #317 (Sep/Oct.2004), p. 17-18 (C)
  • Rusty Hassan: Stockholm's Ellington Conference 2004, in: Jazz Notes, 15/3 (Sep.2004), p. 11-12 (C)
  • Bill Milkowski: Before & After. Medeski, Martin & Wood, in: Jazz Times, 34/8 (Oct.2004), p. 38-40, 42 (BT: Duke Ellington: "Money Jungle"; Hank Jones: "Someday My Prince Will Come"; Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey: "Son of Jah"; Alice Coltrane: "This Train"; Jean-Michel Pilc: "Giant Steps"; Charlie Hunter & Bobby Previte: "All Hell Broke Loose"; The Bad Plus: "And Here We Test Our Power of Observation")
  • Hubert de Bonustrac & Jacques Réda: Duke Ellington en privé. En dépit des intégrales, anthologies et autres compilations, l'univers ellingtonien recèle encore des merveilles inconnues ou pour l'instant inaccessibles. Rendons grâce à nos deux explorateurs, en espérant que leurs efforts seront suivis d'effets du côté des rééditeurs, in: Jazz Magazine, #553 (Nov.2004), p. 32-35 (F)
  • Nat Hentoff: Final Chorus. Duke Ellington's Posthumous Revenge. Who on the 1965 Pulitzer board decided recognition for Ellington would have weakened the Award's stature?, in: Jazz Times, 34/9 (Nov.2004), p. 146 (F)
  • Edwin Pouncey: Invisible Jukebox. Marshall Allen, in: The Wire, #250 (Dec.2004), p. 20-22, 24 (BT: Duke Ellington: "Take the 'A' Train"; Johnny Hodges: "A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing"; Charlie Parker: "Stardust"; Eric Dolphy: "Ode to CP"; Albert Ayler: "Our Prayer"; John Coltrane: "OM"; Sun Ray & His Arkestra: "The Wind Speaks"; MC5: "Starship"; The Last Poets: "White Man's Got a God Complex"; Brother AH: "Celestial Strings"; Hartmut Geerken & The Art Ensemble of Chicago: "Zero Sun"; Clifford Jordan & John Gilmore: "Evil Eye")
  • Harvey G. Cohen: Duke Ellington and 'Black, Brown and Beige'. The Composer as Historian at Carnegie Hall, in: American Quarterly, 56/4 (Dec.2004), p. 1003-1034 (F) [vert.file] [digi.copy]
  • Harvey Siders: "The Jaywalker" (Storyville); "Blues in Orbit" (Columbia/Legacy); "Piano in the Background" (Columbia/Legacy); "Piano in the Foreground" (Columbia/Legacy), in: Jazz Times, 34/10 (Dec.2004), p. 89 (R)
2005:
  • Donald L. Maggin: Dizzy. The Life and Times of John Birks Gillespie, New York 2005 [book: Harper Collins], passim (F)
  • Jeffrey Magee: The Uncrowned King of Swing. Fletcher Henderson and Big Band Jazz, New York 2005 [book: Oxford University Press], passim (F)
  • Peter Niklas Wilson: Duke Ellington, in: Peter Niklas Wilson (ed.): Jazz Klassiker, Stuttgart 2005 [book: Reclam], p. 44-55 (F)
  • Ralf Dombrowski: Basis-Diskothek Jazz, Stuttgart 2005 [book: Reclam], p. 71-72 (R: "Money Jungle", Blue Note)
  • Tom Zlabinger: Enjoying the Shadow. An Examination of the Expanding Scope of Racial and Cultural Themes in Duke Ellington's Music, in: Jazz Research Proceedings Yearbook, 2005, p. 39-45 (F)
  • Uwe Wiedenstried: "Solch süßer Donner". Duke Ellington, in: Uwe Wiedenstried: Yeah, man! Wilde Jahre des Jazz, Berlin 2005 [book: Transit], p. 45-85 (F)
  • Vincent Cotro: Duke Ellington dans la jungle des hommages. Un état des lieux, in: Les cahiers du jazz, #2 (2005), p. 70-81 (F: about Ellington tribute albums)
  • Jack Cooke: Three Colours: Dark. Maligned on its debut, yet clearly a work which obsessed him, Duke Ellington's 'Black, Brown and Beige' is one of the master's most important creations.In this major new evaluation, Jack Cooke sorts through the complex and labyrinthine history of 'A Tone Parallel to the History of the American Negro', iN: Jazz Review, #64 (Jan.2005), p. 26-29 (F)
  • Harvey G. Cohen: In His Own Words. Ellington's Ode to Black History, in: Washington Post, 20.Feb.2005, p. B05 (F: about text accompanying original performance of "Black, Brown and Beige") [vert.file] [digi.copy]
  • Larry Appelbaum: Before & After. George Duke Faces the Music, in: Jazz Times, 35/1 (Feb.2005), p. 42-45 (BT: Duke Ellington: "Piano Improvisation No. 2"; Monty Alexander & Ernest Ranglin: "Redemption Song"; Maria Rita: "Menininha do Portao"; Allison Miller: "Evidence"; David Sanchez: "Panambi"; Steve Coleman: "64 Path Bindings"; Omar Sosa: "Dos Caminos"; Medeski, Martin & Wood: "Reflector"; Keith Jarrett: "It's All in the Game"; Count Basie: "Red Bank Boogie")
  • Jack Chambers: Bardland. Shakespeare in Ellington's World, in: Coda, #320 (Mar/Apr.2005), p. 10-17, 38 (F)
  • Nat Hentoff: Final Chorus. Essentially Duke (and Wynton), in: Jazz Times, 35/2 (Mar.2005), p. 90 (F)
  • Larry Appelbaum: Before & After. Kurt Elling. Sing, Sing, Sing, in: Jazz Times, 35/3 (Apr.2005), p. 27-29 (BT: Mark Murphy: "Charleston Alley"; René Marie: "How Can I Keep from Singing?"; Dena DeRose: "I've Never Been in Love Before"; Jane Monheit: "Embraceable You"; Fred Hersch & Norma Winstone: "The Eiogth Deadly Sin"; Luciana Souza: "I Will Come Back"; Björk: "Desired Constellation"; Pearl Bailey & Moms Mabley: "Saturday Night Fish Fry"; Duke Ellington & Mahalia Jackson: "Come Sunday")
  • John Janowiak: Stars Allign. 25 Great Moments in Jazz Festival History. Duke Ellington, 'Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue', Newport Jazz Festival, 1956, in: Down Beat, 72/5 (May 2005), p. 96 (F)
  • Bernard McAlinden: Duke's Realm - Ellington File, in: Crescendo & Jazz Music, 42/3 (Jun/Jul.2005), p. 19 (F)
  • Larry Appelbaum: Before & After. Misha Mengelberg. Really, Really OK, and Fun, in: Jazz Times, 35/5 (Jun.2005), p.40-43, 131 (BT: Duke Ellington:Transblucency"; Tom Talbert: "In a Mist"; Joe Lovano: "Monk's Mood"; Dave Douglas: "Gumshoe"; Grachan Moncur III: "Monk in Wonderland"; Art Ensemble of Chicago: "Theme de Celine"; Gonzalo Rubalcaba: "Los Büyes"; Yosuke Yamashita: "The Quintet"; Dave Holland Big Band: "Bring It In"; Eric Dolphy: "Feathers"); response, by Philip Dipietro: Letters. Really OK & Fun, in: Jazz Times, 35/7 (Sep.2005), p. 20 (letter)
  • Michel Boujut: Les vues de Boujut. Ellington drama, in: Jazz Magazine, #660 (Jun.2005), p. 12 (F)
  • Selwyn Harris: Jazz on Film. Two sides of the same coin. Pre-bop jazz featuring Erroll Garner and Duke Ellington served up with lashings of hoary old show tunes resurrected by long-time collaborator, pianist Dick Hyman. So far, so familiar for Woody Allen. But, as Selwyn Harris finds out as he watches 'Melinda and Melinda', there's a fresh twist and new ideas from the veteran New York director, in: Jazzwise, #87 (Jun.2005), p. 20 (F)
  • Jacque Réda: L'improviste. Vous découvrez encore autre chose que le monde (Ellington vient de s'en charger): ce mélange de mile (c'est gluant, le mile) et d'or liquide (au-dessus de nos moyens) qu'est l'amour, in: Jazz Magazine, #561 (Jul/Aug.2005), p. 51 (F)
  • Cim Meyer: Blindebuk med Niels Gerhardt, in: Jazz Special, #84 (Aug/Sep.2005), p. 80-81 (BT: The Orchestra Plays Music by Niels Gerhardt: "Pieces of Mind"; The Crossover Ensemble: "Fortryllende dogde"; Stan Kenton: "Improvisation"; Count Basie: "Swingin' the Blues"; Shorty Rogers: "Bunny"; Uri Caine: "Symphonie Nr. 5, Trauermarsch"; Bob Brookmeyer New Art Orchestra: "Lovely"; Duke Ellington: "Hero To Zero"; Gil Evans: "Las Vegas Trio"; Vienna Art Orchestra: "Art of Sin" / "In a Sentimental Mood"; J.J. Johnson: "Stratusphunk")
  • Harvey Siders: Duke Ellington and his Orchestra – "The Treasury Shows Vol. II" (D.E.T.S.), in: Jazz Times, 35/6 (Aug.2005), p. 123 (R)
  • Larry Appelbaum: Before & After. Kenny Barron. Ready to Shop, in: Jazz Times, 35/8 (Oct.2005), p. 30-32 (BT: Duke Ellington: "B Sharp Blues"; Wayne Shorter: "As Far as the Eye Can See"; Ahmad Jamal: "I'm Old Fashioned"; Wynton Kelly: "Char's Blues"; Kenny Wheeler: "Iowa City"; Nat King Cole: "How High the Moon?"; Vijay Iyer: "Cardio"; Dick Hyman: "Making Whoopee"; Cecil Taylor: "It"; Mary Lou Williams: "Credo"; Miguel Zénon: "Jíbaro")
  • Pieter Boersma: Jazzstraat. Duke Ellingtonlaan 23, Roosendaal, in: NJA Bulletin, #57 (Oct.2005), p. 11 (F)
  • Claire Gordon: Duke et moi, in: Bulletin du HCF, #545 (Sep.2005), p. 4-7 (I); part 2, in: Bulletin du HCF, #547 (Nov.2005), p. 2-7 (I)
  • David Lewis: Graham Collier. Workpoints. Although little known in North America, the British bassist is carrying on the tradition of innovative composer-bandleaders established by Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus and Gil Evans, in: Coda, #324 (Nov.2005), p. 20-23 (F/I) [digi.copy]
  • Elzy Kolb: Duke Ellington – "Copenhagen (1965)" (Image Entertainment), in: Jazziz, 22/11 (Nov.2005), p. 62 (DVD-R)
  • Harvey Siders: Ted Howe – "Ellington" (Summit), in: Jazz Times, 35/9 (Nov.2005), p. 116-117 (R)
  • Larry Appelbaum: Before & After. Bud Shank. Bouncin' with Bud and Duke and Greg and..., in: Jazz Times, 35/10 (Dec.2005), p. 40-42, 114 (BT: Duke Ellington: "Isfahan"; Greg Osby: "Mob Job"; Oliver Nelson: "Alto-It is"; Jamie Baum: "All Roads Lead to You"; Nat King Cole: "You're Looking at Me"; Freddie Redd: "Who Killed Cock Robin?"; Ornette Coleman: "Latin Genetics"; Yusef Lateef: "Come Sunday"; Lee Konitz: "You Don't Know What Love Is"; Benny Carter: "Body and Soul"; Vijay Iyer: "Song for Midway")
  • NN: The Five Spot. Liam Noble, in: Jazz Review, #73 (Dec/Jan.2005/2006), p. 6 (I about Duke Ellington: "Far East Suite"; Igor Stravinsky: "Symphony of Psalms"; Conlon Nancarrow: "Complete Studies for Player Piano"; Miles Davis: "Someday My Prince Will Come")
  • Phill Niblock: The Inner Sleeve. Duke Ellington, Black Brown and Beige, RCA Victor 1943, in: The Wire, #262 (Dec.2005), p. 83 (F)
  • Patrick Pommier: La compactothèque. Duke Ellington, 1ère partie: le pianiste, in: Jazz Magazine, #566 (Jan.2006), p. 43 (R/D)
  • David Franklin: Jabbo Ware – "Vignettes in the Spirit of Ellington" (Y'all), in: Jazz Times, 35/10 (Dec.2005), p. 112 (R)

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