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

1950:
  • Jack Sohmer: Duke Ellington - Newport Jazz Festival Suite / Jeep's Blues / Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue, in: Down Beat, 56/9 (Sep.1989), p. 56 (R; Reprint, from Down Beat, 1950s)
  • Hugues Panassié: Duke Ellington, in: British Forces Network, #8 (1950) (excerpt from "The Real Jazz")
  • J. Martin: Ein großes Erlebnis - eine große Enttäuschung, in: British Forces Network, #8 (1950)
  • J. Martin: The men Around the Duke, in: British Forces Network, #8 (1950)
  • J. Martin: Unser "Date with the Duke", in: British Forces Network, #8 (1950)
  • Joachim Ernst Berendt: Ellington. Schwarze Musik, in: Der Spiegel, 4/19 (1950), p. 40
  • K. Weirup: Impressionen in Seria, in: British Forces Network, #8 (1950)
  • L. Perowne: Duke Ellington, in: British Forces Network, #8 (1950)
  • NN: Discography "Duke Ellington and his Orchestra", in: British Forces Network, #8 (1950)
  • NN: Duke Ellington en Europe. Les musiciens de son orchestre, in: Jazz Hot, 16/43 (1950), p. 13-15
  • NN: Duke Ellington in Hamburg, 1950, in: Horst Ansin & Marc Dröscher & Jürgen Foth & Gerhard Klußmeier (eds.): Anglo-German Swing Club. Als der Swing zurück nach Hamburg kam... Dokumente 1945-1952, Hamburg 2003 [book: Dölling und Galitz Verlag], p. 489-490 (photos/program leaflet)
  • Noel Arnaud & Jacques Bureau & Michel Philippot & Max Bucaille: Duke Ellington, Paris 1950 [vert.file]
  • Raymond Fol: Duke Ellington, pianiste, in: Jazz Hot, 16/43 (1950), p. 17ff.
  • Guy Montassut & Jean Gruyer: Connaissance du Grand Orchestre. IV: Portrait de Duke Ellington, in: Jazz Hot, #40 (Jan.1950), p. 8-9 (F); part 2: Duke Ellington, l'arrangeur, in: Jazz Hot, #41 (Feb.1950), p. 7-9 (F); part 3: Duke Ellington. Panorama de l'oeuvre 1940 1950, in: Jazz Hot, #43 (Apr.1950), p. 10-12, 20 (F); part 4: Retour sur les concerts Ellington, in: Jazz Hot, #45 (Jun.1950), p. 18, 20 (F)
  • Leonard Feather: Lady Day Has Her Say, in: Metronome, 66/2 (Feb.1950), p. 16, 30 (BT: JatP: "Endido"; Duke Ellington: "Don't Get Around Much Anymore"; Benny Goodman & Peggy Lee: "For Every Man There's a Woman"; Lennie Tristano: "Sax of a Kind"; Ruth Brown: "So Long"; Mel Powell: "Muskrat Ramble"; Sarah Vaughan: "Make Believe"; Wynonie Harris: "Come Back, Baby"; Stan Kenton: "He Was a Good Man as Good Men Go"; Count Basie: "Walking Slow Behind You"; Woody Herman: "That's Right"; Jackie & Roy: "Ever-Lovin' Blues"); Reprint, in: Leslie Gourse (ed.): The Billie Holiday Companion. Seven Decades of Commentary, New York 1997 [book: Schirmer books], p. 57-62 (BT)
  • NN: Yearly Ducal Ceremony Set for Feb. 5 in Chicago. 'Beat' Will Again Sponsor Ellington Chicago Concert, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part One: The Life of Duke Ellington 1927-1950, Cambridge 1999 [book: Vail Publishing], p. 355 (F; reprint, from: Down Beat, 10.Feb.1950)
  • Boris Vian: In Sachen Orchester Duke Ellington [p. 156-160 (F; O: Jazz News, Mar.1950)]; Duke Ellington in Paris [p. 161-163 (F; O: Jazz News, Apr.1950)], in: Boris Vian: Rundherum um Mitternacht. Schriften, Glossen und Kritiken über Jazz, Wien 1989 [book]
  • Boris Vian: Les grandes figures. A propos de l'orchestre Ellington, in: Jazz News [France], #9 (Mar.1950), p. 4-5 (F); Reprint, in: Boris Vian: Autres écrits sur le jazz. Tome 2, Paris 1982 [book: Christian Bourgois Éditeur], p. 50-53 (F)
  • George Hoefer: Ellington's Annual Chicago Concert 'A Gala Evening', in: Down Beat, 17/5 (10.Mar.1950), p. 7 (F/C); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part One: The Life of Duke Ellington 1927-1950, Cambridge 1999 [book: Vail Publishing], p. 356 (C)
  • Boris Vian: Duke Ellington a Paris, in: Jazz News [France], #10 (Apr.1950), p. 7 (F); Reprint, in: Boris Vian: Autres écrits sur le jazz. Tome 2, Paris 1982 [book: Christian Bourgois Éditeur], p. 56-58 (F)
  • Boris Vian: Duke Ellington au Palais de Chaillot, in: Combat, 13.Apr.1950 (C); Reprint, in: Boris Vian: Écrits sur le jazz. Tome 1: Jazz Hot/Combat, Paris 1981 [book: Christian Bourgois Éditeur], p. 356-357 (C)
  • Boris Vian: Ellington-Variations, in: Combat, 25.Apr.1950 (F); Reprint, in: Boris Vian: Écrits sur le jazz. Tome 1: Jazz Hot/Combat, Paris 1981 [book: Christian Bourgois Éditeur], p. 357-358 (F)
  • Boris Vian: L'Orchestre Ellington une formidable machine, in: Combat, 7.Apr.1950 (F); Reprint, in: Boris Vian: Écrits sur le jazz. Tome 1: Jazz Hot/Combat, Paris 1981 [book: Christian Bourgois Éditeur], p. 355-356 (F)
  • Charles Delaunay: Duke Ellington, in: Jazz Hot, #43 (Apr.1950), p. 7 (F)
  • Claude Bolling: Mise en garde, in: Jazz Hot, #43 (Apr.1950), p. 17 (F)
  • J.H.: Le Duke parmi nous, in: Jazz Hot, #43 (Apr.1950), p. 5 (F)
  • Jean-Jacques Gaspard: Du "Creole Love Call" à Kay Davis, in: Jazz Hot, #43 (Apr.1950), p. 16 (F)
  • NN: Discographie de Duke Ellington et son Orchestre, in: Jazz Hot, #43 (Apr.1950), p. 8-9, 18 (D)
  • NN: Duke Ellington en Europe. Les musiciens de son Orchestra, in: Jazz Hot, #43 (Apr.1950), p. 13-16 (F)
  • NN: L'histoire de l'orchestre Duke Ellington (1923-1950), in: Jazz Hot, #43 (Apr.1950), p. 8-9 (F)
  • Olaf Syman: Jazz News. Nun auch der "Duke" für Deutschland verloren, in: Anglo-German Swing Club News Sheet, #6 (Apr.1950) (short F); reprint, in: Horst Ansin & Marc Dröscher & Jürgen Foth & Gerhard Klußmeier (eds.): Anglo-German Swing Club. Als der Swing zurück nach Hamburg kam... Dokumente 1945-1952, Hamburg 2003 [book: Dölling und Galitz Verlag], p. 152 (short F)
  • Raymond Fol: Duke Ellington, pianiste, in: Jazz Hot, #43 (Apr.1950), p. 17 (F)
  • André Hodeir: L'Orchestre d'Ellington à Paris. Les délices de capoue, in: Jazz Hot, #44 (May 1950), p. 22-23 (F/C)
  • Carlos Radzitzky: Ellington au Casino d'Albert Plage, in: Jazz Hot [Hot Club Magazine (Belgium)], #44 (May 1950), p. 35-36 (F/C)
  • Charles Delaunay: L'Orchestre Ellington à Paris, in: Jazz Hot, #44 (May 1950), p. 21 (C)
  • Frank Ténot (aka "Le Raisin Moisi"): Fausses Notes. La Grande OEuvre du Duke, in: Jazz Hot, #44 (May 1950), p. 4 (F); reprint, in: Frank Ténot: Frankly Speaking. Chroniques de Jazz de 1944 à 2004, Paris 2004 [book: Editions du Layeur], p. 38 (F)
  • Jean de Trazegnies: Le Duke joué pour ses amis, in: Jazz Hot [Hot Club Magazine (Belgium)], #44 (May 1950), p. 36 (C)
  • Jean-Jacques Gaspard: Ellington à Paris. Les solistes, in: Jazz Hot, #44 (May 1950), p. 24 (F/C)
  • NN: Letzte Nachrichten, in: Anglo-German Swing Club News Sheet, #7 (May 1950) (short F: 2 concerts planned in Germany); reprint, in: Horst Ansin & Marc Dröscher & Jürgen Foth & Gerhard Klußmeier (eds.): Anglo-German Swing Club. Als der Swing zurück nach Hamburg kam... Dokumente 1945-1952, Hamburg 2003 [book: Dölling und Galitz Verlag], p. 176 (short F)
  • NN: Pfeife in Paris, in: Anglo-German Swing Club news Sheet, #7 (May 1950) (C); reprint, in: Horst Ansin & Marc Dröscher & Jürgen Foth & Gerhard Klußmeier (eds.): Anglo-German Swing Club. Als der Swing zurück nach Hamburg kam... Dokumente 1945-1952, Hamburg 2003 [book: Dölling und Galitz Verlag], p. 169 (C)
  • "Le spectateur": Duke Ellington à Lausanne, in: Jazz Hot [Jazz-Revue (Switzerland)], #45 (Jun.1950), p. 39-40 (C)
  • Borge J.C. Moller & Erik Wiedemann: Hvem er hvem i Ellington orkester, in: Jazz Information (Denmark), 1/5 (Jun/Jul.1950), p. 9-14 (F)
  • Claude Abadie: Réflexions sur le passage de Duke Ellington, in: Jazz News [France], #11 (Jun.1950), p. 6 (C)
  • Duke Ellington: The Duke's Address to All Club Members, in: Anglo-German Swing Club News Sheet, #8 (Jun.1950); reprint, in: Horst Ansin & Marc Dröscher & Jürgen Foth & Gerhard Klußmeier (eds.): Anglo-German Swing Club. Als der Swing zurück nach Hamburg kam... Dokumente 1945-1952, Hamburg 2003 [book: Dölling und Galitz Verlag], p. 181 (short "I")
  • Erik Wiedemann: Historien om Duke Ellington og hans orkester, in: Jazz Information (Denmark), 1/5 (Jun/Jul.1950), p. 4-8 (F)
  • Günther Knud Weirup: Impressionen in Sepia, in: Anglo-German Swing Club News Sheet, #8 (Jun.1950) (C: Hamburg, Musikhalle); reprint, in: Horst Ansin & Marc Dröscher & Jürgen Foth & Gerhard Klußmeier (eds.): Anglo-German Swing Club. Als der Swing zurück nach Hamburg kam... Dokumente 1945-1952, Hamburg 2003 [book: Dölling und Galitz Verlag], p. 192-194 (C: Hamburg, Musikhalle)
  • J. Vermont: Duek Ellington. Les bienfaits de la critique, in: Jazz News [France], #11 (Jun.1950), p. 4.5 (C)
  • Jack Martin: Ein grosses Erlebnis - eine grosse Enttäuschung, in: Anglo-German Swing Club News Sheet, #8 (Jun.1950) (C: Hamburg, Musikhalle); reprint, in: Horst Ansin & Marc Dröscher & Jürgen Foth & Gerhard Klußmeier (eds.): Anglo-German Swing Club. Als der Swing zurück nach Hamburg kam... Dokumente 1945-1952, Hamburg 2003 [book: Dölling und Galitz Verlag], p. 190-192 (C: Hamburg, Musikhalle)
  • Jack Martin: grundsätzliches, in: Anglo-German Swing Club News Sheet, #8 (Jun.1950) (F); reprint, in: Horst Ansin & Marc Dröscher & Jürgen Foth & Gerhard Klußmeier (eds.): Anglo-German Swing Club. Als der Swing zurück nach Hamburg kam... Dokumente 1945-1952, Hamburg 2003 [book: Dölling und Galitz Verlag], p. 187-189 (F)
  • Jack Martin: Publikümliches, in: Anglo-German Swing Club News Sheet, #8 (Jun.1950) (F: Hamburg concert); reprint, in: Horst Ansin & Marc Dröscher & Jürgen Foth & Gerhard Klußmeier (eds.): Anglo-German Swing Club. Als der Swing zurück nach Hamburg kam... Dokumente 1945-1952, Hamburg 2003 [book: Dölling und Galitz Verlag], p. 196 (F: Hamburg concert)
  • Jack Martin: Splitter, in: Anglo-German Swing Club News Sheet, #8 (Jun.1950) (F/short I with Johnny Hodges, Ernie Royal, Ray Nance, Billy Strayhorn, Al Kilian, Jimmy Hamilton, Don Byas, Sonny Greer, Lawrence Brown, Kay Davis)
  • Leslie Perowne: Duke Ellington, in: Anglo-German Swing Club News Sheet, #8 (Jun.1950) (F); reprint, in: Horst Ansin & Marc Dröscher & Jürgen Foth & Gerhard Klußmeier (eds.): Anglo-German Swing Club. Als der Swing zurück nach Hamburg kam... Dokumente 1945-1952, Hamburg 2003 [book: Dölling und Galitz Verlag], p. 182 (F)
  • NN: Discographie. Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, in: Anglo-German Swing Club News Sheet, #8 (Jun.1950) (D); reprint, in: Horst Ansin & Marc Dröscher & Jürgen Foth & Gerhard Klußmeier (eds.): Anglo-German Swing Club. Als der Swing zurück nach Hamburg kam... Dokumente 1945-1952, Hamburg 2003 [book: Dölling und Galitz Verlag] (D)
  • Jean de Trazegnies: Un peu de justice pour les Maitres, S.V.P.! En marge des concerts Ellington, in: Jazz Hot [Hot Club Magazine (Belgium)], #46 (Jul/Aug.1950), p. 30 (F)
  • Gérard Pochonet: "Duke" à la Salle Wagram, in: Jazz Hot, #47 (Sep.1950), p. 28 (C)
  • NN: Duke in Theaters. Al Hibbler Back, in: Down Beat, 17/19 (22.Sep.1950), p. 1 (N); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 6 (N)

1951:

  • Joachim Ernst Berendt: Ellington. Tee für zwei, in: Der Spiegel, 5/35 (1951), p. 27-28
  • Leonard Feather: Duke's Programme was Spectacular (Report from New York), in: Rhythm Club Hamburg, #2 (1951), p. **
  • Leonard Feather: Duke Readies New Works for Met Opera House Bow, in: Down Beat, 18/2 (26.Jan.1951), p. 1 (F/I); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 10 (F/I)
  • NN: 'Beat' Again to Sponsor Duke's Chicago CVoncert, in: Down Beat, ca. Jan.1951 (F); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 12 (F)
  • Leonard Feather: Duke's Programm was spectacular!. An extract from the special report Leonard Feather sent from New York, in: British Forces Network Rhythm Club News, Feb.1951 (C); reprint, in: Horst Ansin & Marc Dröscher & Jürgen Foth & Gerhard Klußmeier (eds.): Anglo-German Swing Club. Als der Swing zurück nach Hamburg kam... Dokumente 1945-1952, Hamburg 2003 [book: Dölling und Galitz Verlag], p. 382-383 (C)
  • Michael Levin: Duke's Concert 'Best in Years', in: Down Beat, 18/4 (23.Feb.1951), p. 1-2 (C); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 11 (C)
  • NN: New Drummer Joins Ellington, in: Down Beat, 18/4 (23.Feb.1951), p. 6 (N: Bill Clark); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 12 (N)
  • NN: New Musicians Mean a New Sound in My Band: Ellington, in: Down Beat, ca. Feb.1951 (F/I); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 14 (F/I)
  • NN: Proceeds from L'Affaire Duke Go to NAACP, in: Down Beat, 18/4 (23.Feb.1951), p. 1 (short F); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 12 (short F)
  • Leonard Feather: Duke Ellington au Metropolitan Opera, in: Jazz Hot, #53 (Mar.1951), p. 20-21 (F/C)
  • NN: Duke Hires Tizol, Lou Bellson, Smith, in: Down Beat, ca. Mar.1951 (F); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 14 (F)
  • Jack Tracy: Ellington Crew 'Powerful, Thrilling', in: Down beat, ca. Mar.1951 (C); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 15 (C)
  • NN: Duke Plays Birdland, in: Down Beat, ca. May 1951 (N); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 16 (N)
  • NN: Duke Subs for BG as Longhair Deejay, in: Down Beat, ca. May 1951 (N); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 18 (N)
  • NN: Point and Counterpoint. When Johnny Left the Duke, in: Metronome, 67/5 (May 1951), p. 5
  • NN: Duke to Do Huge Benefit, in: Down Beat, ca. Jun.1951 (short F); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 18 (short F)
  • Barbara Hodgkins: New Men to Continue to Inspire Ellington Band, in: Down Beat, ca. Jun.1951 (C); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 19 (C)
  • NN: Duke's Birdland Success Brings Fast return Date, in: Down Beat, ca. Jun.1951, (short F); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 20 (short F)
  • NN: Ellington Draws 9,000 to Concert, in: Down Beat, ca. Jun.1951 (C); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 19 (C)
  • NN: Maynard Turns Down Offer from Ellington, in: Down Beat, ca. Jun.1951 (N); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 20 (N)
  • NN: NBC Symphony, Ellington Band To Play Concert, in: Down Beat, ca. Jun.1951 (short F); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 19 (short F)
  • Heinz Friedrich: Jazz in der Metropolitan-Oper, in: VierViertel, 5/8 (Aug.1951), p. 31-33 (C: Ellington-Orchester)
  • Jack Tracy: Chicago Band Briefs. Duke to End Dearth of Big Jazz Orks in Chicago, in: Down Beat, ca. Aug.1951 (short F); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 22 (short F)
  • Jack Tracy: Duke Ellington # "Fancy Dan", "The Hawk Talks" (Columbia), in: Down Beat, ca. Aug.1951 (R); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 22 (R)
  • NN: Duke 1951, in: Metronome, 67/8 (Aug.1951), p. 11-13, 22
  • NN: Duke to Play 1st Philly Nitery, in: Down Beat, ca. Aug.1951 (N); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 24 (N)
  • NN: Ellington Settles Booking Hassels, in: Down Beat, ca. Aug.1951 (short F); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 22 (short F)
  • NN: Ellington, Sarah, Nat Packaged for Tour, in: Down Beat, ca. Aug.1951 (F); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 24 (F)
  • NN: Ellington. Tee für zwei, in: Der Spiegel, 29.Aug.1951 (F) [vert.file]
  • Bill Coss: Duke Ellington, Lewisohn Stadium/Birdland, in: Metronome, 67/9 (Sep.1951), p. 19-20 (C)
  • Leonard Feather: Nat, Sarah, Duke Troupe Hits NYC, in: Down Beat, ca. Sep.1951 (C); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 25 (C)
  • NN: Duke Files Complaint Vs. French Disc Bootleggers, in: Down Beat, ca. Sep.1951 (F); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 24 (F)
  • George Hoefer: Duke Ellington - "Mood Indigo", "Sophisticated Lady"; "The Tatooed Bride"; "Solitude" (Columbia), in: Down Beat, ca. Oct.1951 (R); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 27 (R)
  • NN: Hibbler Leaves Duke Ellington, in: Down Beat, ca. Oct.1951 (short F); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 27 (short F)

 1952:Duke Ellington: Uptown LP

  • Barry Ulanov: Duke Ellington, in: Barry Ulanov: The History of Jazz in America, New York 1957 [book; Reprint, O: New York 1952], p. 209-221 (F)
  • Lucien Malson: Duke Ellington, in: Lucien Malson: Que sais-je? Les maitres du jazz, Paris 1952 [book], p. 92 (F)
  • Ralph J. Gleason: A Ducal Calendar 1952-1974, in: Ralph J. Gleason: Celebrating the Duke..., New York 1975 [book], p. 169-262 (F; Reprint, from: San Francisco Chronicle, 1952-1974)
  • NN: 'Best Since Ivie' Says Duke of New Singer, in: Down Beat, ca. Jan.1952 (short F/I about Debbie Andrews); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 31 (short F/I)
  • NN: Cat Anderson Hurt; Ellington Adds Trumpets, in: Down Beat, 19/1 (11.Jan.1952), p. 1 (N); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 29 (N)
  • NN: Cat Anderson Hurt; Ellington Adds Trumpets, in: Down Beat, 19/1 (11.Jan.1952), p. 1 (N); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 29 (N)
  • Stanley Dance: Lightly and Politely. Notebook of a Nonconformist, in: Jazz Journal, 5/1 (Jan.1952), p. 8-9 (F)
  • Pierre Gazères: Sur quelques disques de Duke Ellington., in: Jazz Hot, #63 (Feb.1952), p. 16, 20 (F)
  • Ralph J. Gleason: Duke's Band 'Magnificent' in San Francisco Concert, in: Down Beat, ca. Feb.1952 (C); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 32 (C)
  • NN: Booking Mixup Snafus Ellington dates in Frisco, in: Down Beat, ca. Mar.1952 (F); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 33 (F)
  • NN: Ellington, Kenton 'Cutting Contest', in: Down Beat, ca. Mar.1952 (F); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 33 (F)
  • Ted Hallock: Things Ain't What They Used to Be with Ellington's Band, in: Down Beat, ca. Mar.1952 (F); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 35 (F); response, by Charles Mingus Jr. & Duke Ellington, in: Down Beat, ca. May 1952 (letter); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 38 (F/letter)
  • NN: Duke Ellington - "VIP's Boogie", "Jam With Sam" (Columbia), in: Down Beat, 19/8 (18.Apr.1952), p. 14-15 (R) [digi.copy]
  • NN: Strictly Ad Lib. Hollywood, in: Down Beat, 19/8 (18.Apr.1952), p. 19 (news column: Duke Ellington, Stan Kenton, Joe Kearney, Bob Crosby, dj payoffs, Don Dennis, Russ Morgan, Johnny Hodges, Page Cavanaugh, Lila Leeds, Irv Craig, Freddie Slack, Andrews Sisters, Frank Sinatra, Freddy Martin, Johnny Lais, Emma Lou Welch, Nick Stuart, Nappy Lamare, Leo Reisman, Rudy Land, Buddy Morroww, Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey, others) [digi.copy]
  • NN: Duke Ellington - "Bensonality"; "Blues at Sundown" (Columbia), in: Down Beat, ca. May 1952 (R); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 39 (R)
  • Léon Kaba: Blindfold Test. Zutty Singleton, in: Jazz Hot, #67 (Jun.1952), p. 12-13 (BT: Tommy Brown: "Weepin' and Cryin'"; Wynonie Harris: "Lovin' Machine"; Slim Gaillard: "The Hop"; Duke Ellington: "Perdido" / "Frankie and Johnny"; Albert Nicholas: "Wolverine"; Coleman Hawkins: "I Cross My Fingers"; Charlie Parker: "Okiedoke"; Mahalia Jackson: "Silent Night, Holy Night"; Five Boogies: "Bebe Boogie"; Roy Eldridge: "Wild Man Blues"; Bernie Peacock: "Jealousy")
  • NN: Duke Ellington - "Balcony Serenade", "Dancers in Love", "Strange Feeling", "Coloratura", in: Down Beat, ca. Jun.1952 (R); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 40 (R)
  • NN: Duke, Singers Cut for Col., in: Down Beat, ca. Jun.1952 (N); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 40 (N)
  • NN: Duke's 'Perfume Suite' Set For RCA Release, in: Down Beat, 19/11 (4.Jun.1952), p. 12 (N)
  • Heinz Friedrich: Blindurteil-Test. Fritz Schulz-Reichel, in: Jazz Revue, 3/7 (Jul.1952), p. 13-15 (BT: Teddy Wilson: "Blues Too"; Erroll Garner: "Laura"; Sidney Bechet: "Save It Pretty Mama"; Count Basie: "Hey, Lawdy Mama"; Art Tatum: "Stormy Weather"; Lionel Hampton: "12th Street Rag"; Fats Waller: "Honeysuckle Rose"; Duke Ellington: "New York City Blues")
  • NN: Rocking Chair Not for Duke, Despite 25 Restless Years, in: Down Beat, ca. Jul.1952 (F/I); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 41 (F/I)
  • George T. Simon: The New Duke Ellington. He now has a jumping band and he also has some new and colorful germs, in: George T. Simon: Simon Says. The Sights and Sounds of the Swing Era, 1935-1955, New York 1971 [book], p. 35-36 (F/I; Reprint, from: Metronome, Sep.1952)
  • Leonard Feather: The Blindfold Test. Frankie Flips For Jo's 'Jambalaya', in: Down Beat, 19/20 (8.Oct.1952), p. 17 (BT: Louis Jordan: "There Goes My Heart"; Rusty Draper: "Devil of a Woman"; Stan Getz: "The Best Thing for You Is Me"; Lionel Hampton: "Crying"; Nat King Cole: "You Will Never Grow Old"; Joe Costa: "All The Things You Are", Woody Herman & Duke Ellington Orchestra: "Cowboy Rhumba"; Jo Stafford: "Jambalaya"; Spade Cooley: "Swingin' The Devil's Dream"; Joe Bushkin: "If I Had You")
  • Leonard Feather: The Blindfold Test. No Raves From Sauter & Finegan, in: Down Beat, 19/21 (22.Oct.1952), p. 12, 14 (BT: Billy May: "Gin and Tonic"; Dan Terry Orch.: "Wail Tail"; Duke Ellington: "Deep Night"; Mitch Miller: "Horn Belt Boogie"; Tommy Dorsey: "Your Daddy's Got Th Gleeks", Ralph Flanagan: "On My Way Now"; Bill Russo: "Vignette"; Stan Kenton: "Round Robin"; Benny Goodman with Strings: "Embraceable You"); response, by Laura Bartlett: Chords and Discords. Slaughters Finegan, in: Down Beat, 19/23 (19.Nov.1952), p. 13 (letter)
  • Billy Strayhorn: The Ellington Effect, in: Down Beat, 19/22 (5.Nov.1952), p. 4 (F)
  • Billy Strayhorn: The Ellington Effect, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 269-270 (F; Reprint, from: Down Beat, 5.Nov.1952)
  • Duke Ellington: Duke Tells Of 10 Top Thrills In 25 Years. Ellington Recalls European Tour, Carnegie, Met Concerts and Other Career Highlights, in: Down Beat, 19/22 (5.Nov.1952), p. 1, 7, 18 ("I")
  • George Hoefer: A Duke Discography, in: Down Beat, 19/22 (5.Nov.1952), p. 17 (D)
  • George Hoefer: The Hot Box. The Odd Adventures Of Ellington Disc Collectors, in: Down Beat, 19/22 (5.Nov.1952), p. 18 (F)
  • Hal Webman: Editorial. 'Beat' Congratulates A Genius - Edward Kennedy Ellington, in: Down Beat, 19/22 (5.Nov.1952), p. 1, 8 (F)
  • Hal Webman: Stars, Sidemen & Scribes Salute Duke And His Discs, in: Down Beat, 19/22 (5.Nov.1952), p. 2-6, 13, 15-16 (F/short I with Woody Herman, Billy Eckstine, Stan Kenton, Ted Heath, Jackie Gleason, James B. Conkling, Milton Berle, Lionel Hampton, Arthur Fiedler, Norman Granz, Sammy Kaye, Mitch Miller, Hal McIntyre, Les Brown, Peggy Lee, Percy Faith, Deems Taylor, Rob Darrell, Ralph Flanagan, Lena Horne, Lennie Tristano, Russ Morgan, John Hammond, Frank Sinatra, Erroll Garner, Ralph Burns, Pee Wee Russell, Irvin Mills, Johnnie Ray, Charles Emge, Hal Webman, Gordon Jenkins, Buddy Morrow, Lizzie Miles, Leonard Feather, Mike Nevard, George Hoefer, Joe Delaney, Henry F. Whiston, Jack Tracy, Andre Kostelanetz, Dave Garroway, Cole Porter)
  • Irving Mills: I Split With Duke When Music Began Sidetracking, in: Down Beat, 19/22 (5.Nov.1952), p. 6 (F); reprint, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 273-276 (F)
  • Leonard Feather: Duke Ellington, Birdland, in: Down Beat, ca. Nov.1952 (C); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 47 (C)
  • Leonard Feather: Music World Salutes The Duke. The Full Ellington Story Up To His Silver Jubilee, in: Down Beat, 19/22 (5.Nov.1952), p. 1, 15, 19 (F)
  • Leonard Feather: The Blindfold Test. Morton Gould's Tour of Ellingtonia, in: Down Beat, 19/22 (5.Nov.1952), p. 12 (BT: Duke Ellington: "Cotton Tail"; "Black & Tan Fantasy"; "Solitude; "Rose Of The Rio Grande"; "Smada"; Andre Kostelanetz: "Mood Indigo"; Charlie Ventura: "It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing"; Charlie Barnet: "Caravan")
  • Leonard Feather: The Blindfold Test. Percy: No Faith In Phony Latins!, in: Down Beat, 19/23 (19.Nov.1952), p. 12 (BT: Chico O'Farrill: "JATAP Mambo"; Woody Herman: "Terrisita"; Perez Prado: "Mambo No. 5"; Stan Kenton: "Cuban Carnival"; Duke Ellington: "Moon Over Cuba"; Stan Kenton: "Delicado"; Artie Shaw: "Piece En Forme De Habanera"; Neal Hefti: "Rhumbacito"; Slim Gaillard: "Bongo Cito"; Machito & Charlie Parker: "Mambo"); response, by Angelo Delfaso: Chords and Discords. After 'Blindfold', Reader Has No Faith In Faith, in: Down Beat, 20/2 (28.Jan.1953), p. 8 (letter)
  • Nat Hentoff: Counterpoint. Lost In Meditation, in: Down Beat, 19/22 (5.Nov.1952), p. 8, 17 (F)
  • Ned E. Williams: Reminiscing In Tempo - Ned On Early Ellingtonia, in: Down Beat, 19/22 (5.Nov.1952), p. 14 (F)
  • Ned Williams: Early Ellingtonia, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 271-273 (F; Reprint, from: Down Beat, 5.Nov.1952)
  • NN: 10 Top Thrills in 25 Years, in: Down Beat, 5.Nov.1952 ("I"); Reprint, in: Ellington on Career Highlights, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 265-268 (I); Reprint, in: Down Beat, 66/7 (Jul.1999), p. 80-81 ("I")
  • NN: Duke Carnegie Concert Set, in: Down Beat, 19/22 (5.Nov.1952), p. 1 (short F: Nov.14, 1952)
  • NN: Duke Ellington - "Smada" / "Come On Home" (Okeh), in: Down Beat, 19/22 (5.Nov.1952), p. 11 (R); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 45 (R)
  • NN: Lists of Favorites, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 268-269 (F; Reprint, from: Down Beat, 5.Nov.1952)
  • NN: The Duke's Men, Past and Present, in: Down Beat, 19/22 (5.Nov.1952), p. 9 (short F/photos)
  • Ralph J. Gleason: Swingin' The Golden Gate. Duke Exites, Mystifies Without Any Pretention, in: Down Beat, 19/22 (5.Nov.1952), p. 18 (C)
  • Rob Darrell: Premature Ellington Fan Pays a Mature Tribute, in: Down Beat, 19/22 (5.Nov.1952), p. 4 (F)
  • Stanley Dance: Lightly and Politely. Ellington Silver Jubilee, in: Jazz Journal, 5/11 (Nov.1952), p. 3 (F)
  • Ed Sullivan: Chords and Discords. TV Host-Columnist Sullivan Corrects An 'Inaccurate Crack', in: Down Beat, 19/24 (3.Dec.1952), p. 13 (letter)
  • Elliot Horne & Don Swenson & James K. Bernstein & Leslie W. Harris: Chords And Discords. Duke's Down Beat, in: Down Beat, 19/25 (17.Dec.1952), p. 15 (letters)
  • Leonard Feather: The Blindfold Test. A Morse Code Of Musical Ethics, in: Down Beat, 19/24 (3.Dec.1952), p. 12 (BT: Stan Kenton: "Lonesome Train"; Harry James & Toni Harper: "Fruit Cake"; Guy Mitchell & Mindy Carson: "That's A-Why"; Freddie Cole Trio: "The Joke Is On me"; Frances Faye: "Night And Day"; George Shearing: "It's Easy To Remember"; Sarah Vaughan: "Sinner Or Saint"; Fran Warren: "Takes Two To Tango"; Duke Ellington: "Come On Home"; Wild Bill Davison: "I Cant Give You Anything But Love"); response, by Nance Parker & John Parker: Chords and Discords. Morse-Warren, in: Down Beat, 20/2 (28.Jan.1953), p. 8 (letter)
  • Leonard Feather: The Blindfold Test. Ralph Hails Duke, Stan; Flays Kaye, in: Down Beat, 19/26 (31.Dec.1952), p. 12 (BT: Billy May: "Orchids In the Moonlight"; Neal Hefti: "Always"; Stan Kenton: "Star Dust"; Sammy Kaye: "Forget Me Not"; Les Brown: "Ill Wind"; Jerry Gray: "All The Things You Are"; Hugo Winterhalter: "Blue Violins"; Woody Herman: "Stomping At The Savoy"; Buddy Morrow: "Vereda Tropical"; Duke Ellington: "VIP's Boogie")
  • Les Mallows: The Ellington Gap of 1937-1939, in: Jazz Journal, 5/12 (Dec.1952), p. 16-17 (F); part 2, in: Jazz Journal, 6/1 (Jan.1953), p. 15 (F)
  • NN: "Duke Ellington" (Victor), in: Down Beat, 19/24 (3.Dec.1952), p. 15 (R)
  • NN: Chi Celebrates Duke's Jubilee, in: Down Beat, ca. Dec.1952 (short F); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 49 (short F)
  • NN: Duke Ellinton – Erratum, in: Down Beat, 19/26 (31.Dec.1952), p. 11 (N: correction of review of Ellington's "Warm Valley" / "Dusk")
  • NN: Music Scene In Focus. Ellington Jubilee Tribute, in: Down Beat, 19/25 (17.Dec.1952), p. 11 (short F/photos: Duke Ellington, Dave Brubeck, Buddy DeFranco, Perry Watkins, Tamara Hayes, Juanita Hall, Art Ford)
  • NN: The Eras, in: Down Beat, 19/24 (3.Dec.1952), p. 16 (short F/I)
  • Ralph J. Gleason: Swingin' the Golden Gate. Put $ In Jazz Concerts? It Seldom Makes Cents, in: Down Beat, 19/26 (31.Dec.1952), p. 7 (F: Duke Ellington, Gene Krupa, Dave Brubeck, Kid Ory, Turk Murphy, Woody Herman, Dnah Washington, JATP, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Kay, Les Paul, Louis Armstrong, George Shearing, Flip Phillips, James Moody, Stan Getz, Red Norvo, others)

1953:

  • Barry Ulanov: Duke 25 Years Later, in: Metronome Yearbook 1953 (1953), p. 54-57
  • C. Wilford: A Festival for Duke (at Pasadena's Civic Auditorium), in: Melody Maker, 29/1022 (1953), p. 3 (C)
  • E. Jackson: Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra, in: Melody Maker, 29/1045 (1953), p. 12 (R)
  • G. Legrand: Puissances du Duke, in: Jazz Hot, 19/82 (1953), p. 8-11
  • Gérard Legrand: Duke Ellington, ou Le temps n'a pas de prise, in: Gérard Legrand: Puissances du Jazz, Paris 1953 [book], p. 119-151 (F)
  • Joachim Ernst Berendt: Das Jazzbuch. Entwicklung und Bedeutung der Jazzmusik, Frankfurt/Main 1953 [book: Fischer Bücherei], p. 46-54 (F)
  • NN: "Duke Ellington Festival", in: Der Drummer, 2/1953, p. 6 (N: festival in Pasadena/CA) [digi.copy]
  • NN: Duke Disappoints, in: Melody Maker, 29/1052 (1953), p. 5
  • NN: Duke ist da, in: Stern, 6/10 (1953), p. 4 (photo essay)
  • NN: Duke's Switch to Capitol, in: Melody Maker, 29/1024 (1953), p. 6-7
  • Ralph J. Gleason & Murray Kempton: Two Views of Duke Ellington, in: Eddie Condon & Richard Gehman (Hgg.): Eddie Condon's Treasury of Jazz, New York 1956 [book], p. 245-249 (F; Reprint, from: San Francisco Chronicle, 1953; New York Post, 1954)
  • Bill Coss: Duke Ellington & Co, Carnegie Hall/NY, in: Metronome, 69/1 (Jan.1953), p. 19, 32 (C)
  • Heinz Friedrich: JR-Blindtest Nr. 8. Frank "Big Boy" Goudie, in: Jazz Revue, 4/1 (Jan.1953), p. 5 (BT: Bunk Johnson: You Always Hurt the One You Love"; Red McKenzie: "One Hour"; Tommy Ladnier: "Royal Garden Blues"; Bessie Smith: "Cemetery Blues"; Charlie Parker: "Stupendous"; Sidney Bechet: "Blues in the Air"; Louis Armstrong: "Fireworks"; Duke Ellington: Tiger Rag")
  • Leonard Feather: Feather's Nest, in: Down Beat, 20/1 (14.Jan.1953), p. 18 (F: Duke Ellington, Stan Kenton, Woody Herman)
  • NN: Chi Celebrates Duke's Jubilee, in: Down Beat, 20/1 (14.Jan.1953), p. 1 (short F)
  • NN: Duke Ellington – "Perdido" / "Take the 'A' Train" (Columbia), in: Down Beat, 20/2 (28.Jan.1953), p. 14 (R)
  • NN: Duke Ellington - "Perdido", "Take the 'A' Train" (Columbia), in: Down Beat, ca. Jan.1953 (R); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 50 (R)
  • Nat Hentoff: Strictly Ad Lib, in: Down Beat, 20/4 (25.Feb.1953), p. 3 (news column: Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Ethel Waters, Roy Eldridge, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Johnny Hodges, Joni James, Frankie Laine, Ray Bolger)
  • NN: Duke Ellington - "Rock Skippin' at the Blue Note", "The Vulture Song" (Columbia), in: Down Beat, ca. Mar.1953 (R); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 53 (R)
  • NN: Music Scene In Focus. Chicago Honored Duke Ellington, in: Down Beat, 20/3 (11.Feb.1953), p. 7 (N/photo: Duke Ellington, Willie Mabon)
  • Don Freeman: 'Only One Bellson,' Sighs Wistful Duke, in: Down Beat, ca. Mar.1953 (F/I); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 54 (F/I)
  • NN: Bellson Quits Duke Ellinton, in: Down Beat, 20/5 (11.Mar.1953), p. 1 (short F: Bellson to go to England with Pearl Bailey; Cat Anderson joins; Tony Scott to replace Paul Gonsalves or Hilton Jefferson; Charles Mingus to replace Wendell Marshall during Marshall's wedding vacation)
  • NN: Duke Ellington – "Rock Skippin' at the Blue Note" / "The Vulture Song" (Columbia), in: Down Beat, 20/6 (25.Mar.1953), p. 14 (R)
  • NN: Duke Ellington Finds Bellson Replacement, in: Down Beat, 20/6 (25.Mar.1953), p. 6 (N: Dave Black)
  • NN: Ex-Ellington Stars Will Rejoin Duke In Coast Concerts, in: Down Beat, 20/6 (25.Mar.1953), p. 1 (N: Gene Norman, Herb Jeffries, Barney Bigard, Herman McCoy Swing Choir)
  • NN: Ex-Ellington Stars Will Rejoin Duke in Coast Concerts, in: Down Beat, ca. Mar.1953 (N); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 54 (N)
  • NN: Strictly Ad Lib. New York, in: Down Beat, 20/5 (11.Mar.1953), p. 3 (news column: Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong, Eddie Sauter, Fletcher Henderson, Stan Getz, Duke Ellington, Machito, Charlie Parker, Bll Harris, Chubby Jackson, Willie Bryant, Ray Carroll, Helen Dimone, John Arcesi, Buddy Johnson, Joni James, Marlowe Morris, Paul Quinichette)
  • NN: Urbanity, in: Down Beat, 20/5 (11.Mar.1953), p. 2 (N: hip m.c. announcement)
  • Al Levine: Strictly Ad Lib. Denver, in: Down Beat, 20/7 (8.Apr.1953), p. 21 (news column: Guy Lombardo, Ilona Massey, Les Brown, Duke Ellington, Guys and Dolls, Dusty Brooks, Joe Alexander, Juanita Brown, George Gershwin, Lorin Maazel)
  • Bill Coss: Duke Ellington at the Bandbox, in: Metronome, 69/4 (Apr.1953), p. 18, 31 (C)
  • Leonard Feather: The Blindfold Test. 'I'm A Victim Of Rand-McNally!', in: Down Beat, 20/7 (8.Apr.1953), p. 17 BT: Duke Ellington: "Please Be Kind"; Charlie Parker: "Un Poquito De Tu Amor"; Buddy Morrow: "I Can't Get Started"; Dave Brubeck: "Somebody Loves Me"; Sammy Kaye: "Gomen-Nasai"; Tommy Dorsey; "Deep in the Blue"; Helen O'Connell: "With All My Tears for You"; Gordon MacRae: "Congratulations to Someone"; Tex Beneke: "Diga Diga Doo"; Benny Carter: "Key Largo")
  • NN: Duke Ellington - "Ellington Uptown" (Columbia), in: Down Beat, ca. Apr.1953 (R); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 56 (R)
  • NN: Duke Ellington – "Ellington Uptown" (Columbia), in: Down Beat, 20/7 (8.Apr.1953), p. 14 (R)
  • NN: Duke Switches Record Labels, in: Down Beat, ca. Apr.1953 (short F); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 56 (short F)
  • NN: Mulligan in Duke Show, in: Down Beat, 20/7 (8.Apr.1953), p. 3 (N)
  • NN: Oscar Peterson – "Peterson Plays Irving Berlin" / Peterson Plays Duke Ellington" / "Peterson Plays Cole Porter" / "Peterson Plays George Gershwin" (Mercury), in: Down Beat, 20/7 (8.Apr.1953), p. 14 (R)
  • NN: Strictly Ad Lib. Hollywood, in: Down Beat, 20/8 (22.Apr.1953), p. 5 (news column: Dnald Novis, John Arcesi, Lucienne Boyer, Johnny Lucas, Matty Matlock, Charlie La Vere, Johnny Henderson, Mike Hobi, Frankie Carle, Harold Stern, Pearl Bailey, Louie Bellson, Duke Ellington, Margaret Whiting, Lou Busch)
  • NN: Strictly Ad Lib. New York, in: Down Beat, 20/7 (8.Apr.1953), p. 3 (news column: Johnny Amoroso, Arnold Shaw, Ray Bloch, Charlie Fuqua, Deek Watson, Ink Spots, Antoine Leon, Roy Maxwell, Ernie Rudy, Sammy Kaye, Wild Bill Davison, Eph Resnick, Joe Barry, Dean Dewberry, Jim Thorpe, Eddie Phyfe, Billy Valentine, Johnny Moore, Lil Green, Bud Powell, Seve Shoeles, Don Meehan, Duke Ellington, Pearl Bailey, Tyree Glenn, Taft Jordan, Don Redman, Lionel Hampton, Charlie Parker, Milt Buckner, Sonny Stitt, Terry Gibbs, Don Elliott, Buddy ich, Douglas Duke, Marian McPartland)
  • NN: Want To Buy A Band?, in: Down Beat, 20/8 (22.Apr.1953), p. 28 (short F: band directory, short description)
  • Ralph J. Gleason: 'It's Tough to Compete With Yourself'. Duke, in: Down Beat, ca. Apr.1953 (F/I); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 57 (F/I)
  • Henry F. Whiston: Strictly Ad Lib. Montreal, in: Down Beat, 20/10 (20.May 1953), p. 19 (news column: Johnnie Ray, Yma Sumac, Xavier Cugat, Hildegarde, Billy Daniels, Lena Horne, Burl Ives, Vic Cardis, Jo Ann Jordan, Blake Sewell, Bix Belair, Buddy Clayton, Shirley Sheldon, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Nat King Cole, Modernaires, Lionel Hampton, Rob Adams, Harry Harber, Gordie Flemming)
  • NN: Duke Ellington – "Satin Doll" / "Without A Song" (Capitol), in: Down Beat, 20/10 (20.May 1953), p. 14 (R)
  • NN: Duke Ellington - "Satin Doll", "Without A Song" (Capitol), in: Down Beat, ca. May 1953 (R); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 58 (R)
  • NN: Duke Switches Record Labels, in: Down Beat, 20/9 (6.May 1953), p. 1 (short F/I: from Columbia to Capitol)
  • Ralph J. Gleason: Strictly Ad Lib. San Francisco, in: Down Beat, 20/10 (20.May 1953), p. 3, 19 (news column: Bill Perkins, Bill Rrujillo, Vernon Alley, Turk Murphy, George Probert, Bob Scobey, Jack Sheedy, Johnny Wittwer, Fats Domino, Roy Milton, Don Barksdale, Jim Tharpe, Pearl Bailey, Louie Bellson, Duke Ellington, Chubbie Jackson & Bill Harris, Muggsy Spanier, Jess Stacy, Mae Williams, Peggy Mann)
  • Al Levine: Strictly Ad Lib. Denver, in: Down Beat, 20/12 (17.Jun.1953), p. 19 (news column: Paul Neighbors, Dick Peirce, Duke Ellington, Bill Farrell, First Piano Quartette, Liberace, Jan Peerce, Roberta Peters, Yma Sumac, Gene Krupa & Louis Armstrong, Pete Smythe, Rocky Starr, Pixie Davis, Viviane Greene, Joe Alexander)
  • Alun Morgan: Retrospection. Voclist's Session, in: Jazz Journal, 6/6 (Jun.1953), p. 5 (F/R: Vogue LP)
  • Don Freeman: 'Only One Bellson,' Sighs Wistful Duke, in: Down Beat, 20/12 (17.Jun.1953), p. 20 (F/I)
  • Henry Whiston: Strictly Ad Lib. Montreal, in: Down Beat, 20/11 (3.Jun.1953), p. 28 (news column: The Ravens, Lionel Hampton, Jo Ann Jordan, Frank Costi, Henry Scott, Ilona Massey, Paul Bley, Art Robert, Neil Chotem, Yvonne, Duke Ellington, Art Morrow, Arnett Cobb, Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, Wini Brown, Slam Stewart, Harold Smith)
  • Leonard Feather: The Blindfold Test. Bernstein Discovers Nothing New, in: Down Beat, 20/11 (3.Jun.1953), p. 25 (BT: Gil Melle: "October"; Dixieland at Jazz Ltd.: "Loveless Love"; Dizzy Gillespie: "Afro-Paris"; Stan Kenton: "Young Blood"; Teddy Charles: "Composition for Four Pieces"; Louis Armstrong: "Ain't Misbehavin'"; Duke Ellington: "Satin Doll"; Woody Herman: "Stomping at the Savoy")
  • NN: Beste Band des Duke seit dem Jahre 1942, in: Jazz Podium, 2/6 (Jun.1953), p. 6
  • NN: Music Scene In Focus. Hand-To-Ear Boogie, in: Down Beat, 20/11 (3.Jun.1953), p. 7 (N/photo: with Billy Strayhorn, at record session for Capitol)
  • NN: Strictly Ad Lib. Chicago, in: Down Beat, 20/12 (17.Jun.1953), p. 3 (news column: Red Norvo, Jimmy Raney, Red Mitchell, Marian McPartland, Charlie Ventura, George Shearing, Duke Ellington, Herb Jeffries, Eddie Roberts, Eddie South, Jeri Southern, Dorothy Shay, Yvette Martel, Wayne Muir, Marv Simon, Clyde McCoy, Chuck Foster, Jules Herman, Ross Carlyle, Lucille Reed, Dick Marx & Johnny Frigo, Benny Goodman & Louis Armstrong, Helen Ward)
  • Ralph J. Gleason: Strictly Ad Lib. San Francisco, in: Down Beat, 20/11 (3.Jun.1953), p. 3 (news column: Sonny Truitt, Chubby Jackson & Bill Harris, Haig Eshaw, Darnell Howard, Muggsy Spanier, Phil Gomez, Marty Marsala, Bob London, Carl Hoff, Gerald Wilson, Elmon Wright, Chuck Travis, Johnny Morobuto, Johnny Coppola, Herb Barman, Dick Collins, Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong, Dinah Washington, Duke Ellington, Pearl Bailey)
  • Leonard Feather: Ellington and Basie Tangle in Oldtime Cuttin' Contest, in: Down Beat, ca. Jul.1953 (C); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 60 (C)
  • NN: Duke, Count In Battle Royal, in: Down Beat, 20/14 (15.Jul.1953), p. 6 (N: Duke Ellington, Count Basie)
  • NN: Duke, Count in Battle Royal, in: Down Beat, ca. Jul.1953 (N); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 59 (N)
  • NN: Duke, Kenton Mull Tour, in: Down Beat, ca. Jul.1953 (N); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 60 (N)
  • NN: Strictly Ad Lib. Chicago, in: Down Beat, 20/13 (1.Jul.1953), p. 3 (news column: Helen Humes, Sonny Stitt, Reta Moss, Duke Ellington, Big Bill Broonzy, Jimmy Palmer, Teddy Gray, Johnny Maddox, Four Aces, Billy Eckstine, Vic Damone, Floyd O'Brien, Doc Cenardo, Paul Barbarin, Art Hodes, Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, Cab Calloway, Johnny Hodges, Jimmy Moody)
  • NN: Strictly Ad Lib. Chicago, in: Down Beat, 20/14 (15.Jul.1953), p. 3 (news column: Johnny Palmer, Dan Belloc, Clarence Perez, Dick Holyman, Stu Pierce, Paul Neighbors, Ike Cole, Helen Humes, Reta Moss, Dorothy Shay, Jeri Southern, Ray Hutchinson, Dick LaPalm, Danny Alvin, Jimmy Featherstone, Ted Lewis, Rusty Draper, Blackurn Twins, Marion Colby, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Saxie Dowell, Spike Jones, Jimmy Boyd)
  • NN: Strictly Ad Lib. Chicago, in: Down Beat, 20/15 (29.Jul.1953), p. 3 (news column: Sauter-Finegan, Louis Armstrong, Eddy Howard, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Coleman Hawkins, Jimmy Ille, Daddie-O Dayle, Rusty Draper, Paul Neighbors, Chuck Foster, Russ Carlyl, Jimmy Granato, Bill Rheinhardt, Harry James, Henry King, Buddy Moreono, Tommy Reed)
  • Ralph J. Gleason: 'It's Tough To Compete With Yourself': Duke, in: Down Beat, 20/14 (15.Jul.1953), p. 15 (F/I)
  • Si Shulman: Strictly Ad Lib. Cincinnati, in: Down Beat, 20/15 (29.Jul.1953), p. 20 (news column: Johnny Long, Clyde Trask, Dick Noel, Ralph Marterie, Billy May, Woody Herman, Duke Ellington, Julius LaRosa, Ray Anthony)
  • Leonard Feather: Ellington And Basie Tangle In Oldtime Cuttin' Contest, in: Down Beat, 20/16 (12.Aug.1953), p. 2 (F/I)
  • NN: "Duke Ellington" (Allegro 3082), in: Down Beat, 20/16 (12.Aug.1953), p. 12 (R)
  • NN: Confusing, in: Down Beat, 20/17 (26.Aug.1953), p. 1 (N: in radio blindfold test, failes to recognize his own recording)
  • NN: Duke, Kenton Mull Tour, in: Down Beat, 20/16 (12.Aug.1953), p. 1 (N)
  • NN: Fairs Using Music Acts, in: Down Beat, 20/17 (26.Aug.1953), p. 4 (N: Louis Armstrong, Bill Ward, Kirby Stone, Charlie Ventura, Bob Crosby, Guy Lombardo, Golden Gate Quartet, Duke Ellington, Judy Canova)
  • NN: Strictly Ad Lib. Chicago, in: Down Beat, 20/16 (12.Aug.1953), p. 3 (news column: Johnny Lewis, Ginny Patton, Sylvia Syms, Rusty Draper, Hal McIntyre, Xavier Cugat, Mickey Rooney, Fran Warren, Les Paul, Mary Ford, Johnny Desmond, Peggy Taylor, Joe Cayler, Louis Basil, Bill Snyder, Gene Ammons, Eileen Wilson, Dave Dexter, Duke Ellington, Henry Brandon)
  • Duke Ellington: Critics are wonderful... They're just one satin doll after another, in: Down Beat, 20/19 (23.Sep.1953), p. 18 (large advertisement by Ellington)
  • George T. Simon: Duke Ellington, in: Metronome, 69/9 (Sep.1953), p. 19
  • Henry F. Whiston: Strictly Ad Lib. Montreal, in: Down Beat, 20/19 (23.Sep.1953), p. 10 (news column: Ann Summers, Frank Costi, Ray McKinley, Duke Ellington, Guy Lombardo, Dolly Dawn, Sara McLawler, Polly Bergen, Gloria Wood, Pete Candoli, Bob Hopkins, Al McGowan, Jill Terry, Chuck Slater, Blake Sewell, Willy Girard, Charlie Kittson, Yvonne, Calvin Jackson)
  • NN: Corn For Duke?, in: Down Beat, 20/18 (9.Sep.1953), p. 8 (N); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 63 (N)
  • NN: Kenton Calls Off Joint Tour With Ellington Band. Withdrawal Baffles Duke, Joe Glaser, in: Down Beat, ca. Sep.1953 (F); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 63 (F)
  • NN: Strictly Ad Lib. New York, in: Down Beat, 20/19 (23.Sep.1953), p. 3 (news column: Pearl Bailey, Oscar Peterson, Eddie Albert, Sammy Kaye, Joe Glaser, Dinah Kaye, Arnold Stang, Alec Wilder, Alan Lerner, Arthur Schwartz, Steve Allen, Faye Adams, Phil Moore, Billy Shaw, Dolores Hawkins, Ed Sullivan, Neal Hefti, Benny Goodman, Bing Crosby, Arturo Toscanini, Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, James P. Johnson, Tadd Dameron, Cab Calloway, Snooky Lanson)
  • NN: Victor To Release '52 Duke Bash, in: Down Beat, 20/18 (9.Sep.1953), p. 15 (N); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 63 (N)
  • Alex Barris: Strictly Ad Lib. Toronto, in: Down Beat, 20/20 (7.Oct.1953), p. 20 (news column: Howard Cable, Victor Borge, Phil Napoleon, Duke Ellington, Four Lads, Yvette Dare, Johnny Conrad Dancers, Four Aces, Bobby Gimby)
  • Leonard Feather: Kenton Calls Off Joint Tour With Ellington Band. Withdrawal Baffles Duke, Joe Glaser, in: Down Beat, 20/20 (7.Oct.1953), p. 1 (F/I)
  • NN: "Duke Ellington" (Capitol H 440), in: Down Beat, 20/20 (7.Oct.1953), p. 12 (R)
  • NN: Duke Ellington - "Premiered By Ellington" (Capitol), in: Down Beat, ca. Oct.1953 (R); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 64 (R)
  • Gérard Legrand: Puissances du Duke, in: Jazz Hot, #82 (Nov.1953), p. 8-11 (F)
  • Leonard Feather: The Blindfold Test. Dixie Makes Sammy Run – Away, in: Down Beat, 20/22 (4.Nov.1953), p. 17 (BT: Ray Anthony: "Jersey Bounce"; Oscar Peterson: "Spring Is Here"; Max Roach: "Stax"; Duke Ellington: "Ballin' The Blues" / "Salute to Garner"; Lars Gullin: "Holiday For Piano"; JATP: "Cotton Tail"; Max Kaminsky: "Jazz Me Blues"; Woody Herman: "Blue Lou")
  • NN: Kenton Explains Renege: 'Tour Bad For Duke, Me', in: Down Beat, 20/22 (4.Nov.1953), p. 1 (F/I with Stan Kenton)
  • NN: Strictly Ad Lib. New York, in: Down Beat, 20/23 (18.Nov.1953), p. 3 (news column: Ethel Waters, Eartha Kitt, Alfred Drake, Renzo Cesana, Louis Jordan, Sugar Ray Robinson, Randy Turpin, Helen Traubel, Maurice Chevalier, Frank Sinatra, Will Mastin, Sammy Davis Jr., Sophie Tucker, Ralph Marterie, George Antheil, Jim Moran, Johnnie Ray, Leon Merian, Russ Morgan, Cozy Cole, Marty Napoleon, Louis Armstrong, Elmer Schoebel, Conrad Janis, Dick Wellstood, Sidney Bechet, Cliff Jackson, Duke Ellington, Coleman Hawkins, Stan Kenton, Bill Holman, Johnny Smith, Teddy Charles, Ed Shaughnessy, George Duvivier, Toots Thielemans, Charlie Ventura, Count Basie, Jackie Gleason, Bobby Hackett, Toots Mondello, Bobby Wayne, Lawrence Tibbett)
  • Alun Morgan: The Duke Up to Date, in: Jazz Journal, 6/12 (Dec.1953), p. 21-22 (F)
  • Bob Martin: Strictly Ad Lib. Boston, in: Down Beat, 20/24 (2.Dec.1953), p. 20, 22 (news column: June Valli, Jerry Vale, Larry Storch, Pat O'Day, Jan Strickland, Larry Marvin, Don Dennis, Art Tatum, Nellie Lutcher, Jones Bros., Elton Britt, Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, June Christy, Erroll Garner, Slim Gaillard, Candido, Stan Kenton, George Wein, John McClellan, Charlie Parker, Terry Gibbs, Beryl Booker, Lee Wiley, Duke Ellington, James Moody, Charlie Ventura, Roy Kral, Jackie Cain, Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughan, Sabby Lewis, Ace Harris, Jo Thompson, Fat Man Robinson, Ray Eberle, Boots Mussulli, Ralph Phillips, Billy Haley, Kitty Kallen, Zem Zemeral, Charlie Ventura)
  • Bob Martin: Strictly Ad Lib. Boston, in: Down Beat, 20/26 (30.Dec.1953), p. 3, 7 (news column: George Wein, Sidney Bechet, Teddi King, Beryl Booker, Ken Malden, Bill Lawrence, Julius LaRosa, Dick Haymes, Rita Hayworth, Cindy Lord, Al Martino, Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughan, Teddy Charles, Bob Brookmeyer, Earl Hines, Lester Young, Ella Fitzgerald, Johnnie Ray, Joni James)
  • Heinz Friedrich: Duke Ellington, in: Jazz Revue, 4/12 (Dec.1953), p. 168-169 (F)
  • NN: First Rate Musicianship Now The Jazz Norm, Says Duke, in: Down Beat, 20/24 (2.Dec.1953), p. 16 (F/I)
  • NN: Strictly Ad Lib. Chicago, in: Down Beat, 20/26 (30.Dec.1953), p. 3 (news column: Josh White, Rita Dimitri, Chet Roble, Big Bill Broonzy, Fleming Brown, Duke Ellington, Amos Milburn, Chubby Newsome, Gay Claridge, Don Glasser, Dick Jurgens, Russ Carlyle, Pee Wee Erwin, Jackie Paris, April Stephens, Hazel Scott, Johnny Lane, Artie Shaw, Horace Heidt, Billy Daniels, Helen Traubel, Ralph Marterie)

1954:

  • E. Jackson: Duke Ellington - "Rockin' in Rhythm", in: Melody Maker, 30/1103 (1954), p. 11 (R)
  • E. Jackson: Duke Ellington - "Skin Deep", in: Melody Maker, 30/1073 (1954), p. 11 (R)
  • Joachim Ernst Berendt: Herzog im Jazzland. Duke Ellington, in: Die Schallplatte, 1/1954, p. 6-7
  • NN: Duke Writing Musical History of Negro (Black, Brown & Beige), in: Melody Maker, 30/1087 (1954), p. 6
  • Ralph J. Gleason: Duke Ellington au Down Beat Club de San Francisco, in: Jazz Hot, 20/90 (1954), p. 11 (C)
  • Raymond Horricks: Duke Ellington Plays "Harlem - Controversial - Monologue", in: Jazz Journal, 7/1 (Jan.1954), p. 1-2 (F)
  • NN: Duke Ellington – "Ellington Uptown", in: Jazz Podium 3/2 (Feb.1954), p. 18 (R) [digi.copy]
  • Rolf Dötsch: Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra – "Cotton Club Stomp" / "Black Beauty" (His Masters Voice"), in: Jazz Podium 3/2 (Feb.1954), p. 16 (R) [digi.copy]
  • Stanley Dance: Lightly and Politely. Marvellous Things Happen, in: Jazz Journal, 7/2 (Feb.1954), p. 5 (F)
  • Edgar Jackson: Duke Ellington - "Skin Deep" (Philips), in: Melody Maker, #1073 (10.Apr.1954), p. 11 (R) [digi.copy]
  • NN: Duke Ellington - "Ultra Deluxe"; "Blue Moon" (Capitol), in: Down Beat, ca. Apr.1954 (R); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 69 (R)
  • NN: Duke writing new folk opera, in: Melody Maker, #1075 (24.Apr.1954), p. 6 (N: based upon music from 'Black, Brown & Beige', "Perfume Suite', 'Liberian Suite' and others) [digi.copy]
  • Sinclair Traill: "The Great Ellington Soloists, Volume I", in: Melody Maker, #1074 (17.Apr.1954), p. 8 (R)
  • Sinclair Traill: Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra - "Smorgasbord and Schnapps" / "Solid Old Man" (Parlophone); "Flamingo" / "Jump for Joy" (HMV), in: Melody Maker, #1075 (24.Apr.1954), p. 8 (R) [digi.copy]
  • Ralph J. Gleason: Caught in the Act. Duke Ellington Ork, Downbeat, San Francisco, in: Down Beat, 21/10 (19.May 1954), p. 4 (C)
  • Stanley Dance: Lightly and Politely. Great Ellington Soloists, in: Jazz Journal, 7/5 (May 1954), p. 5, 7 (R)
  • Duke Ellington: Duke Says Swing Is Stagnant!, in: Down Beat, 61/2 (Feb.1994), p. 18-20 ("I"; Reprint, from: Down Beat, 7.Jul.1954)
  • NN: Duke Ellington Writing Musical History of Negro, in: Down Beat, 21/15 (28.Jul.1954), p. 1 (F/I); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 70 (F/I)
  • Ralph J. Gleason: Duke Ellington au Down-Beat Club de San-Francisco, in: Jazz Hot, #90 (Jul/Aug.1954), p. 11 (C)
  • Rolf Dötsch: "Premiered by Duke Ellington" (Capitol), in: Jazz Podium, 3/7 (Jul.1954), p. 19-20 (R) [digi.copy]
  • Franz Heinrich: Der größte Bluff der Jazzgeschichte. Fletcher Henderson ist nicht tot! Sensationelle Enthüllungen beweisen: Duke Ellington ist nicht Duke Ellington! - Doppelleben eines Jazzmusikers! 30 Jahre unter zwei Namen gelebt - Duke Ellington... ein Pseudonym Fletcher Hendersons!, in: vierViertel, 8/8 [Jazz Revue, 5/8] (Aug.1954), p. i, xii (F/Pardodie auf Zeitungs-Enten)
  • Stanley Dance: Lightly and Politely. Ellington, in: Jazz Journal, 7/8 (Aug.1954), p. 7 (F/R)
  • NN: Auslandsnachrichten, in: Jazz Podium, 3/9 (Sep.1954), p. 4 (N: writes musical history of the American Negro) [digi.copy]
  • NN: Duke Draws Record 1,100 to Downbeat, in: Down Beat, ca. Sep.1954 (N); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 72 (N)
  • NN: Duke Ellington - "Skin Deep"; "Sultry Serenade"; "Sophisticated Lady"; "Perdido"; "Caravan"; "Harlem Suite"; "The Hawk Talks"; "Ellington Medley"; "Jam With Sam" (Victor), in: Down Beat, ca. Sep.1954 (R); in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 73 (R)
  • Nat Hentoff: Duke-Getz-Mulligan-Brubeck Package Heard at Carnegie, in: Down Beat, ca. Oct.1954 (C); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 74 (R)
  • NN: Ellington, Oakley on 'WOJ' Dates, in: Melody Maker, 30/1101 (23.Oct.1954), p. 9 (N)
  • NN: Duke Ellington - "Ellington Plays Ellington" (Columbia), in: Down Beat, ca. Nov.1954 (R); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 76 (R)

1955:

  • B. Wallington: Le Duke (costumes, chaussures, cravates), in: Jazz Magazine, 1/3 (1955), p. 21
  • Duke Ellington: Foreword, in: Leonard Feather: The Encyclopedia of Jazz, New York 1955 [book: Horizon Press], p. 10-14 ("I")
  • Nat Shapiro & Nat Hentoff (eds.): Hear Me Talkin' to Ya. The Story of Jazz by the Men Who Made It, New York 1955 [book: Rinehart & Company]; London 1955 [book: Peter Davies]; London 1958 [book: Peter Davies]; Harmondsworth 1962 [book: Penguin]; New York 1966 [book: Dover]; German translation as "Jazz erzählt. hear me talkin' to ya", München 1959 [book: Nymphenburger Verlagshandlung]; German translation as "Jazz erzählt. Von New Orleans bis West Coast", München 1962 [book: dtv]; German translation as "Jazz erzählt. 50 Jahre Jazzgeschichte aus erster Hand", Frankfurt/Main 1984 [book: JAS Publikationen], passim (short I)
  • NN: Breaks. Duke Ellington, in: Der Drummer, 10/1955, p. 6 (N: plans European tour) [digi.copy]
  • Ousmane Socé: An African View of Ellington, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 289-290 (F; Reprint, from: Ousmane Socé: Mirages de Paris, Paris 1955)
  • Vic Bellerby: Reflections on Duke Ellington. Part 1: Duke Ellington and Mechanical Transport, in: Jazz Monthly, 1/10 (1955), p. 28-30; part 3: Bizarre Brass and the Occult, in: Jazz Monthly, 1/12 (1956), p. 9-11, 31; part 4: The Delicate Impressionist, in: Jazz Monthly, 2/2 (1956), p. 28-30
  • Leonard Feather: Ellington Fifty-Five. It's Just Not Duke - Says Len. But Why Limit Me?, Asks Duke, in: Melody Maker, 1.Jan.1955, p. 2-3
  • Stanley Dance: Lightly and Politely. Twenty-Three Years at the Top, in: Jazz Journal, 8/1 (Jan.1955), p. 5 (F/R)
  • Billie Wallington: Le Duke. 125 costumes, 50 paires de chaussures, 1.000 cravates, in: Jazz Magazine, #3 (Feb.1955), p. 21 (F)
  • Ken Hulsizer: The Early Ellington Orchestra, in: Jazz Journal, 8/2 (Feb.1955), p. 2-4 (F)
  • Stanley Dance: Lightly and Politely. Ellington Footnote, in: Jazz Journal, 8/2 (Feb.1955), p. 12-13 (R: HMV EP 738060)
  • Boris Vian: Duke Ellington, in: Arts, 16.Mar.1955 (R); Reprint, in: Boris Vian: Autres écrits sur le jazz. Tome 2, Paris 1982 [book: Christian Bourgois Éditeur], p. 149 (R)
  • Gerry Mulligan: ...writes on the greatness of Duke Ellington, in: Melody Maker, 19.Mar.1955, p. 5
  • NN: Ellington Discographie erschienen (Aasland), in: Jazz Podium, 4/3 (Mar.1955), p. 3 (B)
  • Leonard Feather: The Night Creature at Carnegie, in: Melody Maker, 2.Apr.1955, p. 3 (C)
  • Bill Coss: In Person. Duke Ellington, Carnegie Hall, in: Metronome, 71/5 (May 1955), p. 41-42 (C)
  • Daniel Filipacchi: Hamp ... voici l'orchestre de mes rêves, in: Jazz Magazine, #6 (May 1955), p. 13-15 (BT: Gerry Mulligan: "Swing House"; Red Norvo: "Godchild"; Billy Eckstine: "Saint Louis Blues"; Count Basie: "Cherry Point"; Milt Jackson: "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea"; Stan Kenton: "Young Blood"; Duke Ellington: "The Hawk Talks")
  • Stanley Dance: Lightly and Politely. Duke Discographical, in: Jazz Journal, 8/5 (May 1955), p. 4-5 (short F)
  • NN: News, in: Jazz Podium, 4/6 (Jun.1955), p. 4 (N: plans jazz opera with William Saroyan) [digi.copy]
  • Stanley Dance: Lightly and Politely. Duke, in: Jazz Journal, 8/6 (Jun.1955), p. 27-28 (F/R)
  • NN: Ellington & l'orchestre N.B.C. au Carnegie Hall, in: Jazz Magazine, #8 (Jul/Aug.1955), p. 25 (photo)
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Miles Davis, in: Down Beat, 21.Sep.1955, p. 33-34 (BT: Clifford Brown: "Falling in Love With Love"; Roy Eldridge & Dizzy Gillespie: "Algo Bueno"; Buck Clayton & Ruby Braff: "Love Is Just Around the Corner"; Don Elliott & Rusty Deedrick: "Gargantuan Chant"; Metronome All Stars: "Look Out"; Charlie Barnet: "Terry Tune"; Bobby Byrne & Kai Winding: "Hot and Cool Blues"; Louis Armstrong: "Ain't Misbehavin"; Duke Ellington: "Stormy Weather"); Reprint, in: Bill Kirchner (ed.): A Miles Davis Reader, Washington/DC 1997 [book: Smithonian Institution Press], p. 124-127 (BT)
  • NN: News, in: Jazz Podium, 4/9 (Sep.1955), p. 4 (N: personnel at Aquashow) [digi.copy]
  • D. Preston: Giants of Jazz (1). Duke Ellington, in: Melody Maker, 1.Oct.1955, p. 3, 5
  • Leonard Feather: Duke Unloads the Deadwood, in: Melody Maker, 22.Oct.1955, p. 6
  • Leonard Feather: Hollywood/New York. Duke Ellington - Jazz Opera: Man with Four Sides, in: Melody Maker, 8.Oct.1955, p. 6
  • Walter C. Allen: Discomania. 25: Duke Ellington, in: Jazz Journal, 8/10 (Oct.1955), p. 10 (F/D)
  • Leonard Feather: Duke Ellington découvre un nouveau talent, in: Jazz Magazine, #11 (Nov.1955), p. 10 (N: Francis Thorne) [digi.copy]
  • Leonard Feather: Le journal New-Yorkais. Duke Ellington à l'Apollo, in: Jazz Magazine, #11 (Nov.1955), p. 12 (C)
  • Vic Bellerby: The Duke Stands By, in: Jazz Monthly, 1/9 (Nov.1955), p. 26-27 (F)

1956:Duke Ellington - Time-Cover

  • Alun Morgan & Raymond Horricks: The Orchestra. Duke Ellington, in: Alun Morgan & Raymond Horricks: Modern Jazz. A Survey of Developments since 1939, Westport/CT 1977 [book; Reprint, O: London 1956], p. 178-190 (F)
  • André Hodeir: A Masterpiece. Concerto for Cootie, in: André Hodeir: Jazz. Its Evolution and Essence, London 1956: Secker & Warburg]; New York 1956 [book: Grove Press]; New York 1961 [book: Grove Press/Black Cat], p. 77-98 (A/T); Reprint, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 276-288 (A/T); Reprint, in: Robert Walser (ed.): Keeping Time. Readings in Jazz History, New York 1999 [book: Oxford University Press], p. 199-212 (A/T)
  • André Hodeir: Un chef-d'oeuvre. "Concerto for Cootie", in: André Hodeir: Hommes et Problèmes du Jazz, Paris 1954 [book: Au Portulan, chez Flammarion], p. 100-123 (A/T)
  • George Avakian: Ellington at Newport, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 290-292 (liner notes; Reprint, from: Columbia CL 934 [1956]); Reprint, in: Tom Piazza: Setting the Tempo. Fifty Years of Great Jazz Liner Notes, New York 1996 [book], p. 80-85 (F: liner notes)
  • Leonard Feather: La dernière heure a marqué le triomphe d'un revenant. Duke Ellington, in: Jazz Magazine, 2/20 (1956), p. 14-15
  • Nat Hentoff: The Duke (Hall of Fame/Down Beat Poll), in: Down Beat, 23/26 (1956), p. 12, 25
  • NN: Breaks. Duke Ellington, in: Der Drummer, 12/1956, p. 5 (N: Ramstein concert planned) [digi.copy]
  • Vic Bellerby: Duke Ellington and the Harlem Suite, in: Jazz Monthly, 2/5 (1956), p. 8-10, 31
  • Nat Hentoff: Duke Ellington, Café Society, New York, in: Down Beat, ca. Jan.1956 (C); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 86 (C)
  • NN: Duke Ellington. Viendra-t-il en Europe?, in: Jazz Magazine, #13 (Jan.1956), p. 6 (N)
  • NN: Duke Seeks Mahalia for 'Beige' Tour, in: Down Beat, ca. Jan.1956 (N); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 87 (N)
  • Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Brownie Digs Only Modern Sounds, in: Down Beat, 39/13 (20.Jul.1972), p. 29 (BT; Reprint aus: Down Beat, 22.Feb.1956: Tony Fruscella: "Old Hat"; Harry James: "James Session"; Duke Ellington: "Orson"; Tony Aless: "Valley Stream"; Kenny Dorham: "Minor's Holiday"; Stan Kenton: "I've Got You Under My Skin"; Count Basie: "Fiesta in Blue"; Lyle Murphy: "Poly-Doodle")
  • NN: Duke Doesn't Waste Time, in: Down Beat, ca. Mar.1956 (N: new albums recorded); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 88 (N: new albums recorded)
  • NN: Music Fraternity Honors Ellington, in: Down Beat, ca. Mar.1956 (N); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 88 (N)
  • NN: Duke Ellington - "Ellington Showcase" (Capitol), in: Down Beat, ca. Apr.1956 (R); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 89 (R)
  • Bill Willard: Duke Ellington, Hazel Scott; Flamingo, Las Vegas, in: Down Beat, ca. May 1956 (C); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 91 (C)
  • Félix Manskleid: Le Duke Rides Again! Le nouvel orchestre d'Ellington au Café Society, in: Jazz Hot, #110 (May 1956), p. 17 (C)
  • NN: Duke Ellington - "Historically Speaking - The Duke" (Bethlehem), in: Down Beat, ca. May 1956 (R); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 91 (R)
  • NN: News, in: Jazz Podium, 5/5 (May 1956), p. 4 (N: records for Bethlehem records) [digi.copy]
  • NN: Swee'pea... Is Still Amazed at Freedom Allowed in Writing for Ellington Orchestra, in: Down Beat: 60 Years of Jazz, Milwaukee 1995 (Hal Leonard Corp.) [book], p. 90-91 (F/I; Reprint, from: Down Beat, 30.May 1956)
  • Ed Mulford: Duke Ellington, Doylestown, Pa., in: Metronome, 72/6 (Jun.1956), p. 12 (C); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 90 (C)
  • NN: En écoutant des disques avec Sammy Price, in: Jazz Hot, #111 (Jun.1956), p. 19-20 (BT: Jelly Roll Morton: "Mamie's Blues"; Big Bill broonzy: "Looking Up at Down"; Lionel Hampton: "Shoe Shiner's Drag"; Blind John Davis: "Everybody Got the Blues"; Erroll Garner: "Caravan"; Count Basie: "The Blues Done Come Back"; Leroy Carr: "Six Cold Feet in the Ground"; Teddy Wilson: "Darn That Dream"; Pete Johnson: "Dive Bomber"; Duke Jordan: "Minor Encamp"; Bg Maceo Merryweather: "Chicago Breakdown"; Duke Ellington: "John Hardy's Wife"; Bud Powell: "Glas Enclosure"; Wynonie Harris: "Here Comes the Night"; Cecil Gant: "Sloppy Joe")
  • NN: Duke à l'Olympia, in: Jazz Magazine, #19 (Jul/Aug.1956), p. 7 (N)
  • Rolf Dötsch: Duke Ellington's Washingtonians - "The Duke 1926" (London), in: Jazz Podium, 5/7 (Jul.1956), p. 17 (R) [digi.copy]
  • Leonard Feather: The Duke at Newport, in: Jerry's Rhythm Rag, #3 (Summer 1993), p. 9-10 (C; Reprint, from: Down Beat, 8.Aug.1956)
  • NN: Mood Indigo & Beyond. Jazzman Duke Ellington, in: Time, 20.Aug.1956, p. 42-47, cover (F/I)
  • Daniel Filipacchi: "Duke Ellington", in: Jazz Magazine, #20 (Sep.1956), p. 25 (R) [digi.copy]
  • Leonard Feather: Bulletin de santé du jazz à Newport. La dernière heure a marqué le triomphe d'un revenant: Duke Ellington, in: Jazz Magazine, #20 (Sep.1956), p. 12-15 (C) [digi.copy]
  • Dick Wattam: Canada. Stratford Festival, in: Metronome, 72/10 (Oct.1956), p. 19, 44-45 (C: Wilbur DeParis, Duke Ellington, Calvin Jackson, Phil Nimmons, others) [digi.copy]
  • E. Shepard: Das Wunder Ellington, in: Jazz Podium, 14/10 (Oct.1965), p. 247-249
  • Jack Maher: Music USA. The Eastern Circuit, in: Metronome, 72/10 (Oct.1956), p. 6, 19 (C: Duke Ellington, Willie 'The Lion' Smith, Buck Clayton, Chico Hamilton, Barbara Lea) [digi.copy]
  • Vic Bellerby: Ellington '56 / Historically Speaking / The Duke, in: Melody Maker, 13.Oct.1956, p. 6 (R)
  • "Jack": In Person. Duke Ellington a Huge Disappointment, in: Metronome, 72/12 (Dec.1956), p. 8, 10 (C)
  • Bill Coss: "Duke Ellington and the Buck Clayton All-Stars at Newport" (Columbia), in: Jazz Today, 1/5 (Dec.1956), p. 35 (R)

1957:Duke Ellington: Newport cover

  • B. James: The Impressionism of Duke Ellington, in: Jazz Monthly, 3/8 (1957), p. 5-7
  • Duke Ellington: The Race for Space, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 293-296 ("I"; Reprint of an unpublished manuscript [ca. 1957])
  • Eric Townley: Reflections on Hearing "A Drum Is a Woman", in: Jazz Monthly, 3/7 (1957), p. 30-31
  • Leonard Feather: Duke Ellington rencontre William Shakespeare, in: Jazz Magazine, 3/28 (1957), p. 12-13
  • Leonard Feather: Duke Ellington, in: Nat Shapiro & Nat Hentoff: The Jazz Makers. Essays on the Greats of Jazz, New York 1979 [book; Reprint, O: 1957], p. 187-201 (F)
  • Studs Terkel: Duke Ellington. Sounds of Life, in: Studs Terkel: Giants of Jazz, New York 1957 [book: Thomas Y. Crowell], p. 81-100 (F); reprint: London 1966 [book: Jazz Book Club], p. 81-100 (F); reprint: New York 1975 [Thomas Y. Crowell], p. 73-90 (F); German translation as "Giganten des Jazz", Frankfurt am Main 2005 [book: Zweitausendeins], p. 85-104 (F)
  • Bill Coss: Duke Ellington - "At Newport" (Columbia), in: Jazz Today, 2/1 (Jan.1957), p. 37, 39 (R)
  • Jack: In Person. Duke Ellington in Washington, in: Metronome, 74/1 (Jan.1957), p. 31, 36 (C)
  • Franck Ténot: Jo sur la sellette: Cinq étoiles pour Duke Ellington", in: Jazz Magazine, #24 (Feb.1957), p. 25 (BT: Neal Hefti: "Uncle Jim"; Illinois Jacquet: "Jatap Conga"; Al Cohn: "Doggin' Around"; Duke Ellington: "One O'Clock Jump"; Count Basie: "I'll Remember April" / "Be My Guest" / "Ain't Misbehavin"; Sir Charles Thompson: "Sir Charles at Home")
  • André Hodeir: Impressions de New York, in: Jazz Hot, #119 (Mar.1957), p. 13 (F) [digi.copy]; part 2, in: Jazz Hot, #120 (Apr.1957), p. 24 (F); part 3, in: Jazz Hot, #121 (May 1957), p. 7-9 (F: Teddy harles, Sonny Stitt, Art Blakey, Rolf Kühn, Lee Konitz, Johnny Smith, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, George Russell, John Mehegan, others) [digi.copy]
  • Bill Coss: From My Point of View, in: Jazz Today, 2/3 (Apr.1957), p. 50 (C)
  • Leonard Feather: The Blindfold Test. Mezz Mezzrow, in: Jazz Today, 2/3 (Apr.1957), p. 26 (BT; Reprint from 1946: Woody Herman: "Fan It"; Charlie Barnet: "Blue Juice"; Eddie Condon: "Improvisation from March of Time"; Duke Ellington: "KoKo"; Nat King Cole: "This Way Out"; Art Tatum: "Lonesome Graveyard"; Bunk Johnson: "Bunk's Blues"; Benny Goodman: "Boy Meets Goy"; Red Norvo: "Congo Blues"; Sidney Bechet: "Blue Horizon")
  • NN: Duke Ellington Here in the Autumn - Dankworth for States, in: Melody Maker, 13.Apr.1957, p. 1, 20
  • NN: Duke Ellington. Again the Composer, in: Jazz Today, 2/3 (Apr.1957), p. 17 (F)
  • NN: Musicmakers. Duke Ellington, in: Jazz Today, 2/3 (Apr.1957), p. 6 (N: Ellington ill)
  • P. Brand: On the Beat. Ellington's "Such Sweet Thunder" at New York's Town Hall), in: Melody Maker, 20.Apr.1957, p. 9 (C)
  • Stanley Dance: Ellington at Newport, in: Melody Maker, 13.Apr.1957, p. 17 (R)
  • J. Schmidt: Sie wollen doch nicht etwa zu Ellington...!?, in: Jazz Podium, 6/5 (May 1957), p. 10
  • Leonard Feather: The Duke Orchestrates the Bard, in: Melody Maker, 18.May 1957, p. 9
  • NN: Comment on 'A Drum is a Woman', in: [unknown source], ca. May 1957; reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 106 (R)
  • NN: Duke's 'A Drum Is a Woman' To Be Seen on U.S. Steel Hour, in: [unknown source], ca. May 1957 (short F); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 105 (short F)
  • Barry Ulanov: Two Thumps on a Drum. Thumbs Down, in: Down Beat, 24/13 (27.Jun.1957), p. 18 (F)
  • Bill Coss: Mineo and Duke, in: Jazz Today, 2/5 (Jun.1957), p. 30 (TV review "A Drum Is a Woman")
  • Jack Maher: In Person. Music for Moderns, in: Jazz Today, 2/5 (Jun.1957), p. 33 (C)
  • Jack: Duke Ellington the Composer, in: Metronome, 74/6 (Jun.1957), p. 13-14
  • Leonard Feather: Duke Ellington rencontre William Shakespeare, in: Jazz Magazine, #28 (Jun.1957), p. 12-13 (F)
  • Leonard Feather: Two Thumbs on "A Drum". Thumbs Up, in: Down Beat, 24/13 (27.Jun.1957), p. 18 (F)
  • Nat Hentoff: Ellington et Shakespeare, in: Jazz Hot, #122 (Jun.1957), p. 20 (N)
  • Nat Hentoff: Ellington ne viendra pas, in: Jazz Hot, #122 (Jun.1957), p. 20 (N)
  • NN: Musicmakers. The Duke, in: Jazz Today, 2/5 (Jun.1957), p. 6 (N)
  • Don Gold: Ravinia Festival, in: Down Beat, ca. Jul.1957 (C); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 110 (C)
  • NN: Harold Baker revient chez Duke Ellington, in: Jazz Magazine, #29 (Jul/Aug.1957), p. 11 (short F)
  • Stanley Dance: A Drum Is a Woman, in: Melody Maker, 7.Sep.1957, p. 17 (R)
  • NN: Duke rajeunit sa B.B.B., in: Jazz Magazine, #31 (Oct.1957), p. 11 (N)
  • NN: Duke Ellington's TV Appearance Arouses New Wave of Interest, in: [unknown source], ca. Nov.1957 (F); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 115 (F)
  • NN: Ellington Blue Note Ace, in: [unknown source], Dec.1957 (N); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 116 (N)

1958:

  • Charles Delaunay & Claude Bolling: Ellington déplace toujours la grande foule, in: Jazz Hot, 24/138 (1958), p. 18-20
  • Demètre Ioakimidis: Les drummers d'Ellington, in: Jazz Hot, #130 (1958), p. 14ff.
  • Joachim Ernst Berendt: Duke Ellington, in: NN: Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra, Offenbach 1958 [program booklet: Horst Lippmann], p. 9-12 (F in German, French, English)
  • Leonard Feather: Duke, in: Jazz Magazine, 4/42 (1958), p. 12-23
  • Leonard Feather: The Jazzman as Critic. The Best of the Blindfold Test, 1951-1958. Reactions to Duke Ellington, in: Leonard Feather: The New Yearbook of Jazz, New York 1958 [book: Horizon Press], p. 66-68 (F/I with Sonny Rollins, Morton Gould, Woody Herman, Miles Davis, Leonard Bernstein, Jo Jones, Pete Rugolo, Bill Russo)
  • NN: Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra, Offenbach 1958 [program booklet: Horst Lippmann]
  • Whitney Balliett: Epitaph. "Such Sweet Thunder", in: Whitney Balliett: Collected Works. A Journal of Jazz 1954-2000, New York 2000 [book: St.Martin's Press], p. 43-44 (R; reprint from 1958)
  • I. Fuelle: Ellington-Inspiration aus Westafrika, in: Jazz Podium, 7/1 (Jan.1958), p. 14
  • "sr": Duke Ellington, in: Berlin-Jazz, Feb/Mar.1958, p. 6-7 (F) [digi.copy]
  • NN: Ellington Ork for Britain?, in: Melody Maker, 15.Feb.1958, p. 1
  • Siegfried Schmidt: Podium Jam Session. Die Angst bei Ellington und Jonas (siehe Filmkritik "Ellington und die Angst des Jonas"), in: Jazz Podium, 7/2 (Feb.1958), p. 41 (letter) [digi.copy]
  • Demètre Ioakimidis: Les drummers d'Ellington, in: Jazz Hot, #130 (Mar.1958), p. 14-15, 39-40 (F)
  • NN: Mahalia chante avec Ellington, in: Jazz Magazine, #36 (Apr.1958), p. 12 (N)
  • NN: Duke Ellington To Participate as Guest, in: [unknown source], ca. Mar.1958 (short F); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 119 (short F)
  • NN: Duke im Oktober?, in: Schlagzeug, 3/11 (Jul.1958), p. 21 (N) [digi.copy]
  • Eric T. Vogel: Newport Rückblick, in: Jazz Podium, 7/9 (Sep.1958), p. 181 (C: International Youth Band, Marshall Brown, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Maynard Ferguson, Herb Pomeroy, others) [digi.copy]
  • NN: Frankly - This Is the Greatest!, Writes Duke Ellington, in: Melody Maker, 27.Sep.1958, p. 1, 16
  • NN: news..., in: Jazz Podium, 7/9 (Sep.1958), p. 180 (N: premiers "Princess Blue") [digi.copy]
  • Philip Larkin: Such Sweet Thunder. "Duke Ellington. Jis Life and Music", edited by Peter Gammond, in: Richard Palmer & John White (eds.): Reference Back. Philip Larkin's Uncollected Jazz Writings 1940-84, Hull 1999 [book: University of Hull Press], p. 34-35 (B; reprint, from: Guardian, 30.Sep.1958)
  • Teddy Leyh: Shakespeare, Ellington und Jazz. Gedanken zu zwei neuen Werken Duke Ellingtons, in: Jazz Podium, 7/9 (Sep.1958), p. 184-185 (F: "Such Sweet Thunder", "A Drum is a Woman") [digi.copy
  • Humphrey Lyttelton: About Ellington, in: Melody Maker, 25.Oct.1958, p. 10
  • Humphrey Lyttelton: If They Criticize Duke I May Get Violent, in: Melody Maker, 11.Oct.1958, p. 10
  • Leonard Feather: Ellington - Meet the Band!, in: Melody Maker, 4.Oct.1958, p. 2-3
  • M. Burman: Harry Carney Talks - All I Want Is to Stay with Duke, in: Melody Maker, 11.Oct.1958, p. 2
  • Max Jones: A Knockout, Of Course, But..., in: Melody Maker, 11.Oct.1958, p. 3 (C); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 127 (C)
  • Max Jones: This World of Jazz. The Duke - 25 Years After, in: Melody Maker, 4.Oct.1958, p. 11
  • NN: Biografie. Edward Kennedy Ellington, genannt "The Duke", in: Jazzpress, 1/3 (27.Oct.1958), p. 4-5 (F)
  • NN: Der Duke zum letzten Mal, in: Jazzpress, 1/2 (20.Oct.1958), p. 2 (N)
  • NN: Duke Ellington in Europa, in: Jazz Podium, 7/10 (Oct.1958), p. 203
  • NN: Ellington mit Starbesetzung, in: Jazzpress, 1/3 (27.Oct.1958), p. 1 (N)
  • NN: Ellington to Meet the Queen, in: Melody Maker, 18.Oct.1958, p. 1
  • Vic Bellerby: I Was Disappointed (Ellington Tour), in: Melody Maker, 11.Oct.1958, p. 2
  • Humphrey Lyttelton: Concerts Were Full of Surprises, in: Melody Maker, 1.Nov.1958, p. 11
  • Leonard Feather: Duke. Edward Kennedy Ellington, in: Jazz Magazine, #42 (Nov.1958), p. 12-23 (F/I)
  • Max Jones: Impact Could Have Been Stronger, in: Melody Maker, 1.Nov.1958, p. 11
  • NN: Der Fürst des Jazz - und eine fürstliche Presse, in: Jazzpress, 1/5 (10.Nov.1958), p. 4 (C: reviews from the British press)
  • NN: Duke à Chaillot, in: Jazz Magazine, #42 (Nov.1958), p. 8 (N)
  • NN: Sur la sellette. Jean Leccia n'aime pas Duke mais adore "The Duke", in: Jazz Magazine, #42 (Nov.1958), p. 11 (BT: Duke Ellington: "Reminiscing in Tempo", "Cotton Tail"; Jimmie Lunceford: "Jazznocracy"; Benny Goodman: "Roll 'em"; Sy Oliver: "Rhythm Is Our Business"; Django Reinhardt: "Limehouse Blues"; Stan Kenton: "Young Blood"; Count Basie: "Shiny Stockings"; Miles Davis: "The Duke")
  • NN: Von Duke zu Duke, in: Jazzpress, 1/4 (3.Nov.1958), p. 3 (short F)
  • Vic Bellerby: Jazz Fans "Bewildered", in: Melody Maker, 1.Nov.1958, p. 11
  • Charles Delaunay: Ellington déplace toujours la grande foule, in: Jazz Hot, #138 (Dec.1958), p. 18-19 (C)
  • Claude Bolling: Une analyse des concerts Ellington, in: Jazz Hot, #138 (Dec.1958), p. 18-20 (F)
  • L. Page: Ellington ist eine Reise wert, in: Jazz Podium, 7/12 (Dec.1958), p. 262
  • Max Jones: Feast for Ella Fans - Duke Ellington Songbooks, in: Melody Maker, 6.Dec.1958, p. vii (R)
  • NN: Ellington à Paris. Quatre concerts en crescendo, in: Jazz Magazine, #43 (Dec.1958), p. 13 (N)

1959:

  • Alan Clare, Ken Moule & Johnny Dankworth: Three Musicians Look at Ellington, in: Peter Gammond (ed.): Duke Ellington. His Life and Music, London 1959 [book], p. 61-64 (F)
  • Alun Morgan: Duke Ellington on Records. The Nineteen-Fifties, in: Peter Gammond (ed.): Duke Ellington. His Life and Music, London 1959 [book], p. 104-117 (F)
  • Burnett James: Ellington's Place as a Composer, in: Peter Gammond (ed.): Duke Ellington. His Life and Music, London 1959 [book], p. 141-155 (F)
  • Charles Fox: Duke Ellington in the Nineteen-thirties, in: Martin Williams (ed.): The Art of Jazz. Ragtime to Bebop, New York 1980 [book; Reprint, O: New York 1959], p. 123-138 (F)
  • Charles Fox: Duke Ellington on Records. The Nineteen-Thirties, in: Peter Gammond (ed.): Duke Ellington. His Life and Music, London 1959 [book], p. 80-93 (F)
  • Daniel Halperin: Everything Has to Prove Something, in: Peter Gammond (ed.): Duke Ellington. His Life and Music, London 1959 [book], p. 173-191 (F)
  • Duke Ellington: A Royal View of Jazz, in: Jazz. A Quarterly of American Music, #2 (spring 1959), p. 83-87 ("I")
  • Duke Ellington: Foreword, in: Sinclair Traill & The Hon Gerald Lascelles (eds.): Just Jazz 3, London 1959 [book: Landsborough Publications], p. 5-6 ("I")
  • G.E. Lambert: Kings of Jazz - Duke Ellington, New York 1959 (2/1970) [book]
  • Gerald Lascelles: Duke Ellington as Pianist, in: Peter Gammond (ed.): Duke Ellington. His Life and Music, London 1959 [book], p. 118-121 (F)
  • Gunther Schuller: The Ellington Style. Its Origins and Early Development, in: Nat Hentoff & Albert J. McCarthy (eds.): Jazz. New Perspectives on the History of Jazz by Twelve of the World's Foremost Jazz Critics and Scholars, New York 1959 [book: Rinehart & Company]; reprint: New York 1961 [book: Grove Press]; reprint: London 1962 [book: The Jazz Book Club & Cassell]; reprint: New York 1975 [book: Da Capo], p. 221-274 (F/A/T)
  • Hugues Panassié: Die Geschichte des echten Jazz, Gütersloh [no year] [book: Signum; translation of "Histoire du vraí Jazz, Paris 1959], p. 80-93 (F: chapter "Duke Ellington")
  • J. Tronchot: Ellington. La bonne exécution tient lieu de création, in: Jazz Hot, 25/148 (1959), p. 31
  • Jeff Aldam: The Ellington Sidemen, in: Peter Gammond (ed.): Duke Ellington. His Life and Music, London 1959 [book], p. 192-214 (F)
  • John S. Wilson: The Duke Rolls On, in: Down Beat Music '59 (1959), p. 94-96
  • Mimi Clar: Duke Ellington - The Cosmic Scene, in: Jazz Review, 2/1 (1959), p. 35 (R)
  • NN: Music News. A Medal for Duke, in: Down Beat, 26/21 (1959), p. 9
  • NN: Music News. Duke to Write Movie Score (Anatomy of a Murder), in: Down Beat, 26/8 (1959), p. 13
  • NN: Music News. Honors for Duke, in: Down Beat, 26/16 (1959), p. 10
  • Peter Gammond: A Drum Is a Woman, in: Peter Gammond (ed.): Duke Ellington. His Life and Music, London 1959 [book], p. 132-137 (F)
  • Peter Gammond: Duke Ellington on Records. The Nineteen-Twenties, in: Peter Gammond (ed.): Duke Ellington. His Life and Music, London 1959 [book], p. 67-80 (F)
  • Quincy Jones: Duke Ellington at Newport 1958, in: Jazz Review, 2/4 (May 1959), p. 30 (R); Reprint, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 311-313 (R)
  • Raymond Horricks: Duke Ellington on Records. The Nineteen-Forties, in: Peter Gammond (ed.): Duke Ellington. His Life and Music, London 1959 [book], p. 93-103 (F)
  • Raymond Horricks: The Orchestral Suites, in: Peter Gammond (ed.): Duke Ellington. His Life and Music, London 1959 [book], p. 122-131 (F)
  • Raymond Mouly: Ella et Duke et Duke et Mahalia, in: Jazz Magazine, 5/44 (1959), p. 16-17
  • Robert D. Crowley: Black, Brown and Beige after 16 Years. An Album Review, in: Jazz. A Quarterly of American Music, #2 (spring 1959), p. 98-104 (F/R); Reprint, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 179-185 (F/R)
  • Stanley Dance: Duke Ellington. Impressions - Firsthand and Secondhand, in: Peter Gammond (ed.): Duke Ellington. His Life and Music, London 1959 [book], p. 15-21 (F)
  • Vic Bellerby: Duke Ellington, in: Martin Williams (ed.): The Art of Jazz. Ragtime to Bebop, New York 1980 [book; Reprint, O: New York 1959], p. 139-159 (F)
  • Vic Bellerby: Duke Ellington. Analysis of a Genius, in: Peter Gammond (ed.): Duke Ellington. His Life and Music, London 1959 [book], p. 156-169 (F)
  • Vic Bellerby: Such Sweet Thunder, in: Peter Gammond (ed.): Duke Ellington. His Life and Music, London 1959 [book], p. 138-140 (F)
  • NN: Ellington sur scène. 14 phénomènes et un grand chef, in: Jazz Magazine, #44 (Jan.1959), p. 12 (short F)
  • Raymond Mouly: Ella et Duke et Duke et Mahalia, in: Jazz Magazine, #44 (Jan.1959), p. 16-17 (F)
  • S. Race: Great Records of Our Time. Ellington's Best, in: Melody Maker, 10.Jan.1959, p. 5
  • Willy Schwenken: Holland. Ice Cream schlug Duke, in: Schlagzeug, #17 (Jan.1959), p. 13 (news column: Peter Schilperoort, Rivertown Dixieland Jazzband, Henk Post, Chris Barber, Duke Ellington) [digi.copy]
  • Alfred Baresel: Wenn der Duke lächelt, in: Jazzpress, 2/8 (2.Mar.1959), p. 6 (F)
  • Charles Melville: Interview with Duke Ekllington, in: DEMS Bulletin, 23/1 (Apr/Jun.2001), p. 25-26 (I; reprint, from Jazz Journal, Mar.1959)
  • Johnny Dankworth & Humphrey Lyttelton: Interview with Duke Ellington, in: DEMS Bulletin, 23/1 (Apr/Jun.2001), p. 27 (I; reprint, from Jazz Journal, Mar.1959)
  • Leif Anderson: Reflexer. 94.Cotton Club Stomp, in: Orkester Journalen, 27/3 (Mar.1959), p. 20 (short F)
  • George Avakian: 27 Chorusse - Diminuendo und Crescendo in Blue, in: Jazzpress, 2/14 (13.Apr.1959), p. 6 (F; Reprint, from: liner notes)
  • H. Lucraft: "Paris Blues" - By Duke Ellington, in: Melody Maker, 18.Apr.1959, p. 2
  • Max Jones: Ellington Stands the Test of Time, in: Melody Maker, 4.Apr.1959, p. 9 (R: At the Cotton Club)
  • Mimi Clar: The Style of Duke Ellington, in: Jazz Review, 2/3 (Apr.1959), p. 6-10 (A/T); Reprint, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 303-311 (A/T); Reprint, as: Le style de Duke Ellington, in: Les Cahiers du Jazz, #9 (1963), p. 38-48 (A/T)
  • NN: Duke Ellington filmt, in: Jazzpress, 2/15 (27.Apr.1959), p. 1 (N: "Anatomy of a Murder")
  • Leonard Feather: Ellington Band Takes a Break, in: Melody Maker, 16.May 1959, p. 2
  • NN: Ellington-Suite für die Königin, in: Jazzpress, 2/17 (11.May 1959), p. 2 (N)
  • NN: Duke Ellington Left Jerseyites in Groovy Mood, in: [unknown source], ca. Jul.1959 (C); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 145 (C)
  • E. Mulford: Duke's Film Score (Anatomy of a Murder), in: Metronome, 76/8 (Aug.1959), p. 33-34
  • George Hoefer & Gene Lees: Newport. The Biggest Ever! The High Points: Duke Ellington's astounding swing / Lambert-Hendricks-Ross with Count Basie / Hawkins and Eldridge / The Maynard Ferguson band / Thelonious Monk's stomping quartet / The American debut of the Johnny Dankworth band, in: Down Beat, 26/16 (6.Aug.1959), p. 12-17 (C)
  • George Hoefer & Gene Lees: Newport. The Biggest Ever! The High Points: Duke Ellington's astounding swing / Lambert-Hendricks-Ross with Count Basie / Hawkins and Eldridge / The Maynard Ferguson band / Thelonious Monk's stomping quartet / The American debut of the Johnny Dankworth band, in: Down Beat, 26/16 (6.Aug.1959), p. 12-17 (C)
  • Leonard Feather: The Blindfold Test. Jack Teagarden, in: Down Beat, 26/17 (20.Aug.1959), p. 69-70 (BT:Red Nichols & His Five Pennies: "Nobody's Sweetheart" / "Davenport Blues"; Kay Starr: "A Hundred Years from Today"; Chubby Jackson: "Don't Be That Way"; Sonny Rollins: "Rockabye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody"; Bobby Troup: "Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby" (Victor); Dorsey Brothers: "St. Louis Blues"; Glen Gray's Casa Loma Orchestra: "Chinatown My Chinatown"; Duke Ellington: "Royal Garden Blues"; Jimmie Lunceford: "Margie"; Dizzy Gillespie: "Groovin' High"; Benny Goodman: "King Porter Stomp"; Bill Harris: "I Surrender Dear"; J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding Octet: "Four Plus Four")
  • Leonard Feather: The Blindfold Test. Jonah Jones, in: Down Beat, 26/16 (6.Aug.1959), p. 31 (BT: Thad Jones: "Nice 'n Nasty"; Duke Ellington: "U.M.M.G."; Bud Shank: "Little Girl Blue"; Harry James: "Willow Weep for Me"; Chet Baker: "It Never Entered My Mind"; Miff Mole: "There'll Come a Time"; Stuff Smith: "Jada"; Shorty Rogers: "Walk, Don't Run")
  • NN: breaks, in: Schlagzeug, 4/8 (Aug.1959), p. 25 (N: at Berliner Festwochen) [digi.copy]
  • NN: Music News. Duke's Other Breakthrough, in: Down Beat, 26/17 (20.Aug.1959), p. 18-19 (F)
  • NN: Music News. Honors for Duke, in: Down Beat, 26/16 (6.Aug.1959), p. 10 (F)
  • Donald R. Stone: Festival Reports. No. 1 – Detroit, in: Down Beat, 26/19 (17.Sep.1959), p. 13 (C: Max Roach Quartet, Dakota Staton, Dave Brubeck Quartet, Maynard Ferguson Band, Thelonious Monk Quartet, Dukes of Dixieland; Evans Bradshaw Trio, Chico Hamilton Quintet, Chris Connor, Andre Previn Trio, George Wein's Newport All Stars, Duke Ellington Orchestra, Al Minns, Leon James, Jack Teagarden, Ahmad Jamal, Four Freshmen, Oscar Peterson Trio, Stan Kenton Orchestra)
  • George Forsythe: Report on the Festival at Boston, in: Down Beat, 26/20 (1.Oct.1959), p. 17 (C: Pee Wee Russell, Vic Dickenson, Buck Clayton, Ray Charles, Dakota Staton, Dave Brubeck Quartet, Roy Eldridge & Coleman Hawkins, Sarah Vaughan, Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, Chris Connor, Dinah Washington, Modern Jazz Quartet, Duke Ellington, George Wein)
  • George Hoefer: Festival Reports. No. 2 – Randall's Island, in: Down Beat, 26/19 (17.Sep.1959), p. 14 (C: Johnny Richards Big Band, Dizzy Gillespie Big Band, Modern Jazz Quartet, Miles Davis Sextet, Dave Brubeck Quartet, Bill Henderson, Jimmy DePreist Quintet, Bib Zieff Ensemble, John Bunch Group, Max Roach Quintet, Horace Silver Group, Sarah Vaughan, Duke Ellington Orchestra, Dinah Washington, Chris Connor, Art Blakey Quintet, Ramsey Lewis Trio, Chico Hamilton Quintet, Al Cohn & Zoot Sims Quintet, Stan Kenton Orchestra, Dakota Station)
  • H. Kahn: Duke in Paris (with four new men), in: Melody Maker, 26.Sep.1959, p. 12
  • John Tynan: Take Five, in: Down Beat, 26/19 (17.Sep.1959), p. 44 (Film-R: "Anatomy of a Murder"; "The Beat Generation")
  • Max Jones: Echoes From the Forties. Duke at his Peak, in: Melody Maker, 26.Sep.1959, p. 15 (R: At His Very Best)
  • NN: "Back to Back. Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges Play the Blues" (Verve), in: Down Beat, ca. Sep.1959 (R); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 150 (R)
  • NN: A Medal for Duke, in: [unknown source], ca. Sep.1959 (short F); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 148 (short F)
  • NN: Berliner Festwochen 1959. Sonntag, 4. Oktober: Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, in: Berliner Jazz-Programm, Sep/Oct.1959, p. 5 (F: concert preview) [digi.copy]
  • NN: Duke Ellington - "Ellington Jazz Party" (Columbia), in: Down Beat, 26/18 (3.Sep.1959), p. 23-24 (R)
  • NN: everett mit ellington, in: Schlagzeug, 4/9 (Sep.1959), p. 5 (N: vocalist James Everett wins a performance with the Ellington Orchestra) [digi.copy]
  • NN: festival für den duke, in: Schlagzeug, 4/9 (Sep.1959), p. 5 (N: Ellington Festival in Taminent-in-the-Poconos) [digi.copy]
  • NN: Newport notizen, in: Schlagzeug, 4/9 (Sep.1959), p. 16-17 (C: George Shearing, Count Basie, Lambert, hendricks, Ross; Gene Krupa Quartet; Ahmad Jamal Trio; Mastersounds; Horace Silver Quintet; Kenny Burrell; Johnny Griffin; Roy Eldridge; Coleman Hawkins, maynard Ferguson; Slide Hampton; Johnny Dankworth; Dakota Staton; Thelonious Monk; Phil Napoleon; Oscar peterson; Modern Jazz Quartet; Jimmy Smith Trio; Charles Mingus; Art Blakey Jazz Messengers; Newoport Youth band; Erroll Garner Trio; Duke Ellington; Jimmy Rushing; Mahalia Jackson; Dave Brubeck; Stan Kenton; Jack Teagarden; Don Goldie; Buster Bailey, Henry Red Allen, others) [digi.copy]
  • NN: Newport. Fest der Big Bands - Duke Ellington war Höhepunkt, in: Jazz Podium, 8/9 (Sep.1959), p. 204
  • NN: strictly ad lib, in: Down Beat, 26/19 (17.Sep.1959), p. 46 (N: at Kutsher's Country Club, Monticello, NY)
  • NN: strictly ad lib, in: Down Beat, 26/19 (17.Sep.1959), p. 45 (N: European tours planned for Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Modern Jazz Quartet, Buck Clayton & Buddy Tate, Dave Brubeck, Dizzy Gillespie, Clara Ward Singers, Sonny Terry, Jesse Fuller, Muddy Waters)
  • Bob Evans: Chords and Discords. The Score on Ellington, in: Down Beat, 26/21 (15.Oct.1959), p. 6-7 (letter)
  • NN: "Back to Back – Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges Play the Blues" (Verve), in: Down Beat, 26/22 (29.Oct.1959), p. 29 (R)
  • NN: music news. East. A Medal for Duke, in: Down Beat, 26/21 (15.Oct.1959), p. 9 (short F/I)
  • NN: music news. Midwest. Jazz at I.U., in: Down Beat, 26/22 (29.Oct.1959), p. 13-14 (short F; Ahmad Jamal, Kingston trio, Peter Palmer, Duke Ellington)
  • NN: strictly ad lib. Montreal, in: Down Beat, 26/21 (15.Oct.1959), p. 45 (news column: Frank Motley, Alfred Wade, Peggy Lloyd, Harry Holmok, Paul Bley, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller)
  • NN: strictly ad lib. New York, in: Down Beat, 26/21 (15.Oct.1959), p. 8, 44 (news column: Stuff Smith, Charlie Shavers, Ray Bryant, Connie Immerman, Cab Calloway, Eddie Barefield, Joe Termini, Gil Evans, Al Jazzbo Collins, Rudi Blesh, Kenny Burrell, Charlie Mariano, Stan Kenton, Tony Scott, Nina Simone, J.J. Johnson, Horace Silver, Redd Foxx, Modern Jazz Quartet, Gunther Schuller, John Lewis, Oscar Brand, Leon Bibb, John Jacob Niles, Brother John Sellers, Bob Maltz, Billie Holiday, Dorothy Dandridge, Nick Brignola, Shelly Manne, Dick Berk, Bob James, Dick Kniss, Marshall Brown, Newport Youth Band, Jay Chasin, Frank Russo, Ronnie Redford, Guy Lombardo, Jimmy Palmer, Count Basie, Joe Williams, Jerry Lewis, Roy Eldridge, Lionel Hampton, Red Skelton, Billy Eckstine, George Treadwell, Cootie Williams, Carmen McRae, André Previn, Gerry Mulligan, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, John Hammond, Nestor R. Ortiz Oderigo, Charlie Byrd, Punch Miller, Lee Collins)
  • NN: strictly ad lib. New York, in: Down Beat, 26/22 (29.Oct.1959), p. 10, 46 (news column: Muggsy Spanier, Red Richards, Ralph Hutchinson, Joe Barry, George Wettling, Truck Parham, Edward Albee, Gene Krupa, Sascha Distel, Franklin Geltman, Count Basie, Joe Williams, Dakota Staton, Miles Davis, George Shearing, Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, Don Adams, Symphony Sid, Willie Shore, Leonard Bernstein, Dave Brubeck, Johnny Messner Jr., Kai Winding, Bill Henderson, Horace Silver, Chico Hamilton, Jack Kerouac, Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, Trummy Young, Sir Charles Thompson, Rudy Rutherford, Percy Franc, Dave Ferrar, Georgie Auld, Sam The Man Taylor, Alan Freed, Morris Levy, Dinah Washington, James Moody, Benny Moten, Kenneth Patchen, Harry Belafonte, Millard Thomas, Jack Robbins, Teddy Wilson, George W. Meyer, Tony Pastor, Buck Ram, Buck Clayton, Frankie Lester, Billy May, Erroll Garner, Johnny Burke, Johnny Mathis, Chris Connor, Ahmed Abdul-Malik, Eddie Cole, Lowell Miller, Duke Ellington, Kid Ory, Henry Mancini, Harry Barris, Sarah Vaughan, Billy Eckstine, C,V, Atkins, Grasella Oliphant)
  • Dieter Zimmerle: Die Profile des Jazz. Faszinierende Stimme: Die Ellington-Band, in: Jazz Podium, 8/11 (Nov.1959), p. 252ff.
  • Jean Tronchot: Ellington. La bonne exécution tient lieu de cvréation, in: Jazz Hot, #148 (Nov.1959), p. 31 (F)
  • Max Harrison: Ellington's Music for Anatomy of a Murder, in: Mark Tucker (ed.): The Duke Ellington Reader, New York 1993 [book], p. 313-315 (R; Reprint, from: The Jazz Review, 2/10 [Nov.1959])
  • NN: Ellington ausgezeichnet (Spignarn.Medaille), in: Jazz Podium, 8/11 (Nov.1959), p. 251
  • NN: Strictly Ad Lib. New York, in: Down Beat, 26/23 (12.Nov.1959), p. 10, 50 (news column: Ed Sarkesian, Maynard Ferguson, Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond, Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, Chris Connor, Chico Hamilton, Leonard Feather, Cozy Cole, Ed Sherman, B. Mitchell Reed, Teo Macero, Rev. Alvin Kershaw, Jutta Hipp (worked in dress shop), Orrin Keepnews, Wes Montgomery, John Anderson, Wendell Cully, Gigi Gryce, Addie Teagarden, Ralph Berton, Duke Ellington, Josh White, Gerry Mulligan, John Wilson, Jimmy Owens, Donald Byred, Henry Adler, Doc Evans, Rich Matteson, Bob Scobey, Bill Smiley, Sonny Greer, Tyree Glenn, Shorty Baker, Quincy Jones, Sarah Vaughn, Erroll Garner, Skitch Henderson, Ray Bryant & Ella Fitzgerald, Cannonball Adderley & Eddie Lockjaw Davis & Curtis Piegler & Hickey Kelly & Billy Brown & Lee Tucker & Ron McCurdy, Stan Kenton, Steve Allen, Cab Calloway, Keg Johnson & Cyril Haynes & Eddie Barefield, Dave Dexter, Norman Granz, Yves Montand, Specs Powell, Don Elliott, Rudy Muck, Marcy Lutes, Kai Winding)
  • NN: Strictly Ad Lib. New York, in: Down Beat, 26/24 (26.Nov.1959), p. 10, 66 (news column: "Jazz on a Summer's Day"; John Cassavetes, "Shadows"; Garson Kanin, "The Rat Race"; John Lewis, Marshall Stearns, Jean Barnett, Leonard Feather, Stanley Dance, Shorty Baker, Vic Dickenson, Jimmy Forrest, Jimmy Green, Francisco Skeets, Oliver Jackson, Kid Ory, Henry Red Allen, Bob McCracken, Alton Redd, Cedric Hayward, Squire Gersh; Marlon Brando, Paul Newman, "Paris Blues"; Sam Ulano, Charlie Persip, John Wilson, Charlie Spivak, Jonah Jones, Dizzy Sal, Tony Scott, Barney Kessel, Babs Gonzales, Orrin Keepnews, Cannonball Adderley, Louis Hayes, Sam Jones, Bobby Timmons, Nat Adderley, Harry James, Modern Jazz Quartet & Beaux-Arts String Quartet, Gunther Schuller, Miles Davis, Frank Carey, Jack Tracy, Fred Waring, Dixie Waring, Donald Byrd, Rudy Viola, Willard Alexander, Clara Ward Singers, Bob Thiele, Brock Peters, Coleman Hawkins, Randy Weston, Art Farmer, Roy Haynes, Paul Chambers, Big Miller, Chrys Larke, Pepper Adams, Al Cassamente, Bobby Donaldson, Ed Swanston, Red Garland, Jimmy Rauser, Specs Wright, Rudy Van Gelder, Marie Adams, George Simon, Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong, Rosemary Clooney, Hi-Los, Mahalia Jackson, Jimmy Raney, Sam Charters, Moe Asch, Don Costa, Bill Potts, Tommy Dorsey, Alvin Stoller, Sir Charles Thompson, Vincent Lopez, Mose Allison, Billy Butterfield, Joya Sherrill, Duke Ellington)
  • NN: Large Ellington Shuffle, in: [unknown source], ca. Dec.1959 (C); reprint, in: Ken Vail: Duke's Diary. Part Two: The Life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974, Lanham/MD 2002 [book: Scarecrow Press], p. 153 (C)
  • NN: Strictly Ad Lib. Los Angeles, in: Down Beat, 26/26 (24.Dec.1959), p. 52-53 (news column: Johnny Mandel, Edmond O'Brien, Laraine Day, Julie London, Herbert Cornfield, Maurice Dexter, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Otto Preminger, Terry Gibbs, Mary Ann McCall, Jimmie Maddin, Benny Arnonov, Buddy Clark, Frank Capp, Elmo Hope, Harold Land, Frank Butler, Red Mitchell, Joyce Night)
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