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Biographical and critical works include Barry Ulanov, Duke Ellington (1946, reprinted 1975); Derek Jewell, Duke (1977, reissued 1986); Mercer Ellington with Stanley Dance, Duke Ellington in Person (1978, reissued 1988), by his son; James Lincoln Collier, Duke Ellington (1987); Mark Tucker, Ellington: The Early Years (1991, reissued 1995); and John Edward Hasse, Beyond Category: The Life and Genius of Duke Ellington (1993, reissued 1995). Both Stanley Dance, The World of Duke Ellington (1970, reissued 1981), and Mark Tucker (ed.), The Duke Ellington Reader (1993, reissued 1995), contain interviews with the bandleader and his musicians, and the latter work also includes essays, memoirs, and some of Ellington’s own writings. Ken Rattenbury, Duke Ellington, Jazz Composer (1990, reissued 1995), studies his methods of composition.
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: PBS - American Masters - Learn About Duke Ellington. | Oct 30, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | May 20, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Apr 25, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: NPR - Duke Ellington: The Composer, Pt. 1. | Jan 20, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: International Society of Jazz Arrangers and Composers - Duke Ellington. | Sep 20, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - Jazz Legends - Jazz Legends: Duke Ellington. | Jun 27, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Smithsonian - National Museum of African American History and Culture - Jazz Appreciation Month: Duke Ellington. | Mar 21, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Nature - npj Heritage Science - Ink marks, bronze crossbows and their implications for the Qin Terracotta Army. | Mar 21, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 10, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Kennedy Centre - Duke Ellington. | Oct 30, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The University of Chicago Press - An excerpt from Duke Ellington's America by Harvey G. Cohen. | Aug 21, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Feb 29, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: PBS - American Masters - Learn About Duke Ellington. | Dec 08, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Columbia University - Duke Ellington: Biography. | Jun 30, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Duke Ellington. | Jan 16, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of Duke Ellington. | Sep 02, 2022 | ||
| Media added. | Jun 19, 2020 | ||
| Media added. | Nov 19, 2019 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Apr 26, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Making Music Fun! - Biography of Duke Ellington. | Jan 02, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: BlackPast.org - Biography of Edward �Duke� Ellington. | Oct 24, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame - Biography of Duke Ellington. | Oct 24, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: African American Registry - Biography of Duke Ellington. | Sep 29, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: United States History - Biography of Duke Ellington. | Sep 29, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: All About Jazz - Duke Ellington. | Feb 09, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Naxos - Biography of Duke Ellington. | Feb 09, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: AllMusic - Biography of Duke Ellington. | Feb 09, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Songwriters Hall of Fame - Biography of Duke Ellington. | Feb 09, 2014 | ||
| Media added. | Sep 01, 2009 | ||
| Media added. | Sep 16, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Spectrum Biographies - Biography of Duke Ellington. | Feb 20, 2008 | ||
| Media added. | Jul 02, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 16, 2001 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | May 04, 1999 |