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BOX 8-9 |
Promotional Material, 1930s-1970s
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This series consists of materials related to Ellington's performances and
other professional engagements from the 1930s through the 1970s. Most events
documented in this series took place between 1958 and 1972. Items include
the press kit titled Duke Ellington and His Famous
Orchestra, press releases, and record and sheet music catalogs.
In addition, the series contains booklets from his band's international
tours across Europe, Japan, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Russia, as well as tours
within the United States. |
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Arranged alphabetically by material type. |
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BOX/FOLDER 8/1-3, 15/2 |
Engagement, 1930-1970
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BOX/FOLDER 14/13 |
Press kit, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra,
undated
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BOX/FOLDER 14/14 |
Press releases, 1944-1967, and
undated
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BOX/FOLDER 8/4-5 |
Record and sheet music
catalogs, undated
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Tour Booklets |
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BOX/FOLDER 9/6 |
Europe, 1958,1964
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BOX/FOLDER 9/8-13 |
Great Britain, 1933, 1958, 1964-1971,
and undated
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BOX/FOLDER 9/1-4 |
Japan, 1966-1972 and
undated
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BOX/FOLDER 9/14 |
Mexico, 1968
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BOX/FOLDER 9/14 |
Nicaragua, 1971
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BOX/FOLDER 9/5 |
Russia, 1971
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BOX/FOLDER 9/15-17 |
United States, 1946-1948, 1965-1970, and
undated
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BOX 10-13, 17 |
Articles, 1933-1985
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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. |
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Arranged alphabetically by author's last name. |
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BOX/FOLDER 11/2 |
Barter, Christie. "The Piano
Player: An Informal Duke Ellington Discography," Cue, 1964
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BOX/FOLDER 13/5 |
Bellerby, Vic. "Drop Me Off
at Oldham," Jazz Express, 1985
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BOX/FOLDER 10/11 |
Berendt, Joachim E. "Herzog
im Jazzland: Duke Ellington," Die
Schallplatte, 1954
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BOX/FOLDER 12/12 |
Berendt, Joachim E. "In
Memoriam: Duke Ellington," by Jazz Forum,
1974
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BOX/FOLDER 17/5 |
Campbell, Mary. "Untitled,"
Associated Press,
undated
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BOX/FOLDER 12/7 |
Carriere, Claude and Jean
Delmas."La Fabulous Histoire de Duke Ellington," Jazz Hot, 1973
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BOX/FOLDER 10/13 |
Clar, Mimi. "The Style of
Duke Ellington," The Jazz Review,, 1959
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BOX/FOLDER 13/4 |
Cooke, Alistair. "The Grand
Duke of Jazz," Esquire, 1983
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BOX/FOLDER 17/7 |
Dance, Stanley. "The
Eloquence of Ellington," undated
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BOX/FOLDER 12/1 |
Dance, Stanley. "New
Conquests for Duke," Down Beat, 1970
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BOX/FOLDER 11/13 |
Dance, Stanley. "The
Peerless Ellington," ASCAP Today, 1968
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BOX/FOLDER 12/4 |
Duckett, Alfred. "Duke
Ellington: Greatest Living Popular Musician," Sepia, 1972
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BOX/FOLDER 17/8 |
Ellington, Duke. "The Future
of Jazz," undated
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BOX/FOLDER 10/4 |
Ellington, Duke. "Jazz as I
Have Seen It," Swing, 1940
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BOX/FOLDER 12/5 |
Ellington, Duke. "Listening
to Jazz," Boy's Life, 1972
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BOX/FOLDER 17/9 |
Ellington, Duke. "Music is
My Mistress," Ebony,
undated
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BOX/FOLDER 12/3 |
Ellington, Duke. "My Path of
Prayer," Guideposts, 1971
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BOX/FOLDER 12/8 |
Ellington, Duke. "What Did
Duke Ellington Know and When Did He Know It?" Esquire, 1973
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BOX/FOLDER 10/15 |
Ellington, Duke. "Where Is
Jazz Going?" Musical Journal, 1962
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BOX/FOLDER 17/6 |
Feather, Leonard. "Big Ben,"
Downbeat, 1958 November 27
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BOX/FOLDER 13/1 |
Feather, Leonard. "A CK
Special: Duke Ellington," Contemporary
Keyboard, 1978
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Ellington tribute issue |
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BOX/FOLDER 10/14 |
Feather, Leonard. "Duke
Ellington: A Jazz Genius at 60," International
Musician, 1961
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BOX/FOLDER 11/1 |
Fournier, Yvan. "Duke
Ellington at Geneva," Rhythm and Blues
Panorama, 1964
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BOX/FOLDER 10/7 |
Fox, Charles. "Duke
Ellington at Bournemouth," Jazz Music,
1948
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BOX/FOLDER 10/16 |
French, Jeremy. "Ellington,
1963," The Jazz Scene, 1963
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BOX/FOLDER 11/14 |
Garland, Phyl. "Duke
Ellington: He Took the 'A' Train to the White House," Ebony, 1969
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BOX/FOLDER 11/9 |
Hentoff, Nat. "This Cat
Needs No Pulitzer," New York Times
Magazine, 1965
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BOX/FOLDER 12/11 |
Jewell. Derek. "Farewell to
the Duke and the Age of Ellington," The Sunday
Times Magazine, 1974
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BOX/FOLDER 12/2 |
Locke, Don. "Random
Reflections," Jazz Monthly, 1970
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BOX/FOLDER 13/2 |
Lubin, Jacques. "The
Recorded Music of Duke Ellington and His Sidemen," Le Point du Jazz, 1982
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BOX/FOLDER 11/11-12 |
McCarthy, Albert. "Duke
Ellington," Il Jazz, 1968
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BOX/FOLDER 13/6-13 |
Miscellaneous, 1959, 1967-1968,
1981
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Issues of Jet, ASCAP
Today, Il Jazz, Downbeat, and
Jazz without articles on Ellington specifically |
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BOX/FOLDER 10/3 |
Morrow, Edward. "Duke
Ellington on Gershwin's 'Porgy,'" New
Theatre, 1935
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BOX/FOLDER 10/2 |
Overstreet, H. A. "Touching
Tomorrow's Frontiers with Duke Ellington," Metronome, 1933
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BOX/FOLDER 11/7 |
Preston, Denis. "Ellington
Revisited," Crescendo, 1965
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BOX/FOLDER 13/3 |
Riley, Clayton. "The Duke:
Sophisticated, Sure, but What Else?" The
Dial, 1983
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BOX/FOLDER 12/9 |
Rose, Don. "Duke Ellington:
The Man and His Music," Chicago Daily News,
1974
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BOX/FOLDER 11/1 |
Tonneau, Serge. "Duke
Ellington in France," Rhythm and Blues
Panorama, 1964
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BOX/FOLDER 10/8 |
Ulanov, Barry. "The Duke at
50," Metronome, 1949
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BOX/FOLDER 11/10 |
Valburn, Jerry. "The
Recordings of Duke Ellington…," Record
Research, 1966
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BOX/FOLDER 10/9 |
Various. "Duke Ellington et
Orchestre," Jazz Hot, 1950
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BOX/FOLDER 10/10 |
Various. "Ellington Silver
Jubilee," Down Beat, 1952
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Ellington tribute issue |
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BOX/FOLDER 10/5 |
Various. "Jazz: Ellingtonia
Issue," Jazz Magazine, 1943
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BOX/FOLDER 12/15 |
Various. "Saluting the
Duke," Record Research, 1974
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BOX/FOLDER 10/6 |
Waxman, David. "An Ellington
Classic: 'Jack the Bear…," Jazz Notes,
1946
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BOX/FOLDER 12/6 |
Willard, Patricia. "Love and
Learn: The Ellingtonians at UW," Down Beat,
1972
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BOX/FOLDER 12/13 |
Williard, Patricia. "Love
You Madly," Down Beat, 1974
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BOX/FOLDER 11/8 |
Williams, Martin. "The
Genesis of Duke," Jazz Journal, 1965
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Ellington tribute issue |
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BOX/FOLDER 12/14 |
Woodward, Russell. "Really
the End of an Era," Storyville 54, 1974
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BOX/FOLDER 11/4 |
Unidentified. "Dance to the
Duke," Hot Club de France, 1965
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Record review |
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BOX/FOLDER 11/5 |
Unidentified. "Le Duc jeue
Ellington," Jazz Magazine, 1965
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BOX/FOLDER 11/6 |
Unidentified. "The Duke,"
CBC Times, 1965
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BOX/FOLDER 12/10 |
Unidentified. "Duke
Ellington's Legacy: Music and Love," Jet,
1974
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BOX/FOLDER 10/1 |
Unidentified. "Introducing
Duke Ellington," Fortune, 1933
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BOX/FOLDER 10/12 |
Unidentified. "Mood Indigo
and Beyond," Time, 1956
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BOX/FOLDER 11/3 |
Unidentified. Swing Journal, 1964
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Language: Collection material in Japanese
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BOX 14-17 |
Clippings, 1930-1989
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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. |
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Arranged chronologically or alphabetically by source title. |
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BOX/FOLDER 14/1 |
1930-1945 |
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BOX/FOLDER 15/3 |
1940 February-1952
November |
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BOX/FOLDER 14/2 |
1946 February-1959
April |
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BOX/FOLDER 14/3 |
1959 May-1967
February |
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BOX/FOLDER 16/1-7 |
1963 October-1986
April |
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BOX/FOLDER 14/4 |
1967 June-1970
June |
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BOX/FOLDER 14/5 |
1970 July-1989
April |
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BOX/FOLDER 15/4 |
1974 November-1980
February |
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BOX/FOLDER 17/4 |
Downbeat, 1936-1961 and undated
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BOX/FOLDER 14/16 |
Guideposts, 1971
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BOX/FOLDER 14/17 |
Jet, 1969,
1971, and undated
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BOX/FOLDER 14/18 |
Metronome, 1940-1943, 1952, 1959, and undated
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BOX/FOLDER 14/19 |
New
York Daily News, 1948, 1957, 1960-1985, and
undated
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BOX/FOLDER 17/1 |
New
York Times, 1948, 1957, 1960-1985, and undated
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BOX/FOLDER 17/12 |
Swing, 1940,
undated
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BOX/FOLDER 17/2 |
Time, 1943,
1952, 1963-1967, and undated
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BOX/FOLDER 17/3 |
Washington Post, 1969 and undated
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BOX/FOLDER 14/6-12, 14/15, 15/5-8 |
Undated |
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BOX 9, 16 |
Miscellany, 1969-1987
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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. |
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Arranged alphabetically by material type. |
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BOX/FOLDER 9/18 |
Brochure, Goodwill
Industries of Wisconsin, 1969
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BOX/FOLDER 9/18 |
Duke Ellington, 1987
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By John Scollard |
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Silkscreen print |
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BOX/FOLDER 9/18 |
"Ever Onward and Upward"
(Billy Strayhorn), 1973
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By Duke Ellington |
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Color print |
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BOX/FOLDER 16/8 |
Greeting cards,
undated
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Designed by Duke Ellington |
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BOX/FOLDER 9/18 |
Menu from Birdland in New
York City, undated
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