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BOX 10-13, 17 Articles, 1933-1985
This series consists of journal and magazine articles about Ellington's life, compositional style, performing engagements, and contributions to jazz. Articles date between 1933 and 1985, with the majority from 1961 and 1974, and were published in prominent sources such as ASCAP Today, Chicago Times Magazine, Down Beat, Ebony, and New York Times Magazine. While primarily in English, several articles are in French, German, and Japanese. Included are six articles that Duke Ellington wrote about his view of jazz and its future as a genre. Other notable authors represented include Joachin Berendt, Stanley Dance, Leonard Feather, Derek Jewell, Edward Morrow, Barry Ulanov, and Jerry Valburn. In addition, this series contains five tribute issues dedicated to Ellington: Jazz Magazine from 1943, Jazz Hot in 1950, Down Beat from 1952, Record Research from 1974, and Contemporary Keyboard in 1978.
Arranged alphabetically by author's last name.
BOX/FOLDER 11/2 Barter, Christie. "The Piano Player: An Informal Duke Ellington Discography," Cue, 1964
BOX/FOLDER 13/5 Bellerby, Vic. "Drop Me Off at Oldham," Jazz Express, 1985
BOX/FOLDER 10/11 Berendt, Joachim E. "Herzog im Jazzland: Duke Ellington," Die Schallplatte, 1954
BOX/FOLDER 12/12 Berendt, Joachim E. "In Memoriam: Duke Ellington," by Jazz Forum, 1974
BOX/FOLDER 17/5 Campbell, Mary. "Untitled," Associated Press, undated
BOX/FOLDER 12/7 Carriere, Claude and Jean Delmas."La Fabulous Histoire de Duke Ellington," Jazz Hot, 1973
BOX/FOLDER 10/13 Clar, Mimi. "The Style of Duke Ellington," The Jazz Review,, 1959
BOX/FOLDER 13/4 Cooke, Alistair. "The Grand Duke of Jazz," Esquire, 1983
BOX/FOLDER 17/7 Dance, Stanley. "The Eloquence of Ellington," undated
BOX/FOLDER 12/1 Dance, Stanley. "New Conquests for Duke," Down Beat, 1970
BOX/FOLDER 11/13 Dance, Stanley. "The Peerless Ellington," ASCAP Today, 1968
BOX/FOLDER 12/4 Duckett, Alfred. "Duke Ellington: Greatest Living Popular Musician," Sepia, 1972
BOX/FOLDER 17/8 Ellington, Duke. "The Future of Jazz," undated
BOX/FOLDER 10/4 Ellington, Duke. "Jazz as I Have Seen It," Swing, 1940
BOX/FOLDER 12/5 Ellington, Duke. "Listening to Jazz," Boy's Life, 1972
BOX/FOLDER 17/9 Ellington, Duke. "Music is My Mistress," Ebony, undated
BOX/FOLDER 12/3 Ellington, Duke. "My Path of Prayer," Guideposts, 1971
BOX/FOLDER 12/8 Ellington, Duke. "What Did Duke Ellington Know and When Did He Know It?" Esquire, 1973
BOX/FOLDER 10/15 Ellington, Duke. "Where Is Jazz Going?" Musical Journal, 1962
BOX/FOLDER 17/6 Feather, Leonard. "Big Ben," Downbeat, 1958 November 27
BOX/FOLDER 13/1 Feather, Leonard. "A CK Special: Duke Ellington," Contemporary Keyboard, 1978
Ellington tribute issue
BOX/FOLDER 10/14 Feather, Leonard. "Duke Ellington: A Jazz Genius at 60," International Musician, 1961
BOX/FOLDER 11/1 Fournier, Yvan. "Duke Ellington at Geneva," Rhythm and Blues Panorama, 1964
BOX/FOLDER 10/7 Fox, Charles. "Duke Ellington at Bournemouth," Jazz Music, 1948
BOX/FOLDER 10/16 French, Jeremy. "Ellington, 1963," The Jazz Scene, 1963
BOX/FOLDER 11/14 Garland, Phyl. "Duke Ellington: He Took the 'A' Train to the White House," Ebony, 1969
BOX/FOLDER 11/9 Hentoff, Nat. "This Cat Needs No Pulitzer," New York Times Magazine, 1965
BOX/FOLDER 12/11 Jewell. Derek. "Farewell to the Duke and the Age of Ellington," The Sunday Times Magazine, 1974
BOX/FOLDER 12/2 Locke, Don. "Random Reflections," Jazz Monthly, 1970
BOX/FOLDER 13/2 Lubin, Jacques. "The Recorded Music of Duke Ellington and His Sidemen," Le Point du Jazz, 1982
BOX/FOLDER 11/11-12 McCarthy, Albert. "Duke Ellington," Il Jazz, 1968
BOX/FOLDER 13/6-13 Miscellaneous, 1959, 1967-1968, 1981
Issues of Jet, ASCAP Today, Il Jazz, Downbeat, and Jazz without articles on Ellington specifically
BOX/FOLDER 10/3 Morrow, Edward. "Duke Ellington on Gershwin's 'Porgy,'" New Theatre, 1935
BOX/FOLDER 10/2 Overstreet, H. A. "Touching Tomorrow's Frontiers with Duke Ellington," Metronome, 1933
BOX/FOLDER 11/7 Preston, Denis. "Ellington Revisited," Crescendo, 1965
BOX/FOLDER 13/3 Riley, Clayton. "The Duke: Sophisticated, Sure, but What Else?" The Dial, 1983
BOX/FOLDER 12/9 Rose, Don. "Duke Ellington: The Man and His Music," Chicago Daily News, 1974
BOX/FOLDER 11/1 Tonneau, Serge. "Duke Ellington in France," Rhythm and Blues Panorama, 1964
BOX/FOLDER 10/8 Ulanov, Barry. "The Duke at 50," Metronome, 1949
BOX/FOLDER 11/10 Valburn, Jerry. "The Recordings of Duke Ellington…," Record Research, 1966
BOX/FOLDER 10/9 Various. "Duke Ellington et Orchestre," Jazz Hot, 1950
BOX/FOLDER 10/10 Various. "Ellington Silver Jubilee," Down Beat, 1952
Ellington tribute issue
BOX/FOLDER 10/5 Various. "Jazz: Ellingtonia Issue," Jazz Magazine, 1943
BOX/FOLDER 12/15 Various. "Saluting the Duke," Record Research, 1974
BOX/FOLDER 10/6 Waxman, David. "An Ellington Classic: 'Jack the Bear…," Jazz Notes, 1946
BOX/FOLDER 12/6 Willard, Patricia. "Love and Learn: The Ellingtonians at UW," Down Beat, 1972
BOX/FOLDER 12/13 Williard, Patricia. "Love You Madly," Down Beat, 1974
BOX/FOLDER 11/8 Williams, Martin. "The Genesis of Duke," Jazz Journal, 1965
Ellington tribute issue
BOX/FOLDER 12/14 Woodward, Russell. "Really the End of an Era," Storyville 54, 1974
BOX/FOLDER 11/4 Unidentified. "Dance to the Duke," Hot Club de France, 1965
Record review
BOX/FOLDER 11/5 Unidentified. "Le Duc jeue Ellington," Jazz Magazine, 1965
BOX/FOLDER 11/6 Unidentified. "The Duke," CBC Times, 1965
BOX/FOLDER 12/10 Unidentified. "Duke Ellington's Legacy: Music and Love," Jet, 1974
BOX/FOLDER 10/1 Unidentified. "Introducing Duke Ellington," Fortune, 1933
BOX/FOLDER 10/12 Unidentified. "Mood Indigo and Beyond," Time, 1956
BOX/FOLDER 11/3 Unidentified. Swing Journal, 1964
Language: Collection material in Japanese
BOX 14-17 Clippings, 1930-1989
This series contains newspaper and magazine clippings that document significant moments in Duke Ellington's professional career, such as performance engagements and record releases, as well as events at which he was honored after his death. The materials date between 1930 and 1989, with the majority from the 1960s and 1970s. Downbeat, Guideposts, Jet, Metronome, New York Daily News, New York Times, Swing, Time, and The Washington Post are among the sources for the clippings.
Arranged chronologically or alphabetically by source title.
BOX/FOLDER 14/1 1930-1945
BOX/FOLDER 15/3 1940 February-1952 November
BOX/FOLDER 14/2 1946 February-1959 April
BOX/FOLDER 14/3 1959 May-1967 February
BOX/FOLDER 16/1-7 1963 October-1986 April
BOX/FOLDER 14/4 1967 June-1970 June
BOX/FOLDER 14/5 1970 July-1989 April
BOX/FOLDER 15/4 1974 November-1980 February
BOX/FOLDER 17/4 Downbeat, 1936-1961 and undated
BOX/FOLDER 14/16 Guideposts, 1971
BOX/FOLDER 14/17 Jet, 1969, 1971, and undated
BOX/FOLDER 14/18 Metronome, 1940-1943, 1952, 1959, and undated
BOX/FOLDER 14/19 New York Daily News, 1948, 1957, 1960-1985, and undated
BOX/FOLDER 17/1 New York Times, 1948, 1957, 1960-1985, and undated
BOX/FOLDER 17/12 Swing, 1940, undated
BOX/FOLDER 17/2 Time, 1943, 1952, 1963-1967, and undated
BOX/FOLDER 17/3 Washington Post, 1969 and undated
BOX/FOLDER 14/6-12, 14/15, 15/5-8 Undated
BOX 9, 16 Miscellany, 1969-1987
This series consists of five items dating between 1969 and 1987. Significant items include a silkscreen print of Duke Ellington by John Scollard that dates from 1969, and a color print of Billy Strayhorn that Duke Ellington completed in 1973.
Arranged alphabetically by material type.
BOX/FOLDER 9/18 Brochure, Goodwill Industries of Wisconsin, 1969
BOX/FOLDER 9/18 Duke Ellington, 1987
By John Scollard
Silkscreen print
BOX/FOLDER 9/18 "Ever Onward and Upward" (Billy Strayhorn), 1973
By Duke Ellington
Color print
BOX/FOLDER 16/8 Greeting cards, undated
Designed by Duke Ellington
BOX/FOLDER 9/18 Menu from Birdland in New York City, undated

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