- Edward K. "Duke" Ellington - http://www.schirmer.com/composers/ellington_bio.html
Biography, works, selected discography, articles, links.
- Rude Interlude: Duke Ellington - http://www.arches.uga.edu/~rholmes/duke.htm
Biography, discography, essays, articles, links, and a personal memory of the author's daughter and the composer's music.
- Ellington - http://www.temple.edu/music/composers/ellington.html
Appreciative essay by Fred Barrett, contrasting his style with that of Fletcher Henderson and Don Redman and tracing his movement into orchestral composition.
- Artists: Duke Ellington - http://town.hall.org/radio/Kennedy/Taylor/bt_duke.html
(1899-1974) Biography, discography, links, reviews, mailing list information.
- Ellington, Duke (1899 - 1974), United States - http://stevenestrella.com/composers/composerfiles/ellington1974.html
Biographical data and essay, recommended CDs, books and sheet music, bibliography, and link to biography from Dr. Estrella's Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of Composers.
- Duke Ellington Festival 2002 - http://hapa2.com/Duke/
Promotional material for Honolulu event sponsored by the Hawaii Academy of Performing Arts. Includes various essays on his music and responses to it.
- TDES: The Duke Ellington Society - http://museum.media.org/duke/
Official site. Includes biographical information plus appreciation, his interpreters, sound clips, information about the society, links.
- A Duke Ellington Panorama - http://www.depanorama.net/
Project of the Washington, D.C. Ellington Society. List of compositions, sessions, information on joining other societies and Love You Madly, an e-mail discussion group, glossary, time line, centennial remembrances, news, and links.
- DownBeat.com: Duke Ellington - http://www.downbeat.com/artists/window.asp?aid=173&aname=Duke+Ellington
Includes a biography, a photo gallery, lengthy discography with audio clips, four classic Down Beat magazine articles, and a message board.
- Duke Ellington - http://www.dukeellington.com/
Official site maintained by CMG Music. Includes biography, photos and quotes by and about Ellington.
- Duke Ellingtons Century - http://www.geocities.com/rozmarie1/dukes.html
Features a digital portrait gallery and links to other related sites.
- Jerry Jazz Musician - http://www.jerryjazzmusician.com/portraits-single.cfm?CatalogName=ellingtonduke
Interactive catalog offers sound samples, quiz questions, quotes, original art and products featuring Duke Ellington.
- Ellington, Duke - http://www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa/cla/learning/grove.html?record=2877
Biography tracing his movement from small bands through the "jungle" big band style and on to extended compositions, including orchestral pieces, and noting other types of works. From the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.
- Duke Ellington - http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=318&pt=Duke%20Ellington
Biography, portrait photographs, pictures of his tombstone, cemetery details, and interactive homage.
- Duke Ellington - http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0254153/
Biography, filmography noting movies and TV programs based on or using his works, and musician, actor, and guest appearance credits from the Internet Movie Database (IMDb).
- Duke Ellington at PeanutsJazz - http://www.peanutsjazz.com/artists/Duke-Ellington.html
Biography, discography, record reviews, and internal links to related artists and members of his orchestra.
- PopMatters: Duke Ellington - http://popmatters.com/music/reviews/e/ellingtonduke-duke.shtml
Overview of Ellington's career and review of the collection "The Duke."
- Wildness and Order in Duke Ellington - http://www.alanshapiromusic.net/wildness_and_order_in_ellington.htm
A contrast of the wildness of many of his works with their underlying order using "Happy Go Lucky Local" as his example. By Alan Shapiro.
- Duke Ellington - http://web.telia.com/~u52306251/ellington.html
CDs, sound file: 'Caravan,' videos, DVD, and books.
- Duke Ellington. A Survey of His Music. - http://themenschmidt.de/duke.htm
Compositions and arrangements by him and by Ellingtonians plus lists and commentaries, essays, literature, and links. By Hans-Joachim Schmidt.
- Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Ellington
Wikipedia article with photographs, biographical and musicological details, OGG audio samples, and internal references to related topics and people, including other jazz "royalty."
- Round About Jazz - http://roundaboutjazz.de
German musicologist Jørgen Mathiasen offers research paper on Duke Ellington's known works, with lengthy bibliography and alphabetical list of 1,770 titles.
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