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KINGS OF JAZZ - Duke Ellington
(PERPETUA EDITIONS)

1961

By G.E. LAMBERT

DUKE ELLINGTON - KING OF JAZZ
(GARRARD PUB CO / Americans All)

1972

By Elisabeth Rider MONTGOMERY

DUKE ELLINGTON IN PERSON
An Intimate Memoir
(DA CAPO)

1978 (first edition : 1970)

By Mercer ELLINGTON with Stanley DANCE

MUSIC IS MY MISTRESS
(DA CAPO)

1976 (written in 1973)

By Duke ELLINGTON

DUKE
A portrait of Duke Ellington
(W W NORTON & COMPANY)

1980 (first edition : 1977)

By Derek JEWELL

THE WORLD OF DUKE ELLINGTON
(DA CAPO PRESS)

1981

By Stanley DANCE

SWEET MAN - The real DUKE ELLINGTON
(PUTNAM)

1981

By Don GEORGE

DUKE ELLINGTON REMEMBERED
(GOLD STEIN PRESS)

1981

By Whitney BALLIETT

DUKE ELLINGTON
(OXFORD UNIVRERSITY PRESS)

1987

By James Lincoln COLLIER

DUKE ELLINGTON - BANDLEADER AND COMPOSER
Black Americans of Achievement
(CHELSEA HOUSE PUBLISHERS)

1988

By Ron FRANKL

BEYOND CATEGORY
THE LIFE AND GENIUS OF DUKE ELLINGTON
(SIMON & SCHUSTER)

1993

By John Edward Hasse

DUKE ELLINGTON ON COMPACT DISC
(MARLOR PRODUCTIONS)

1993

By Jerry Valburn

BEYOND CATEGORY
THE LIFE AND GENIUS OF DUKE ELLINGTON
(DA CAPO PRESS)

1995

Same as previous book

THE DUKE ELLINGTON READER
(OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS)

1995 - reprint

By Mark TUCKER

REMINISCING IN TEMPO
A PORTAIT OF DUKE ELLINGTON
(NORTH EASTERN)

1999

By Stuart NICHOLSON

DUKE ELLINGTON - A SPIRITUAL BIOGRAPHY
(CROSSROAD PUBLISHING COMPANY)

1999

By Janna Tull STEED

DUKE ELLINGTON'S MUSIC FOR THE THEATRE
(McFARLAND & CO)

2000

By John FRANCESCHINA

THE WORLD OF DUKE ELLINGTON
(DA CAPO PRESS)

2000 (first edition : 1981)

By Stanley DANCE

DUKE - The Musical Life of Duke Ellington
(OLMSTEAD PR)

2001

By Bill GUTMAN

DUKE ELLINGTON - Jazz Master
(BLACKBIRCH PRESS - Giants of Art and Culture)

2001

By Gene BROWN

DUKE'S DIARY - PART ONE
The life of DUKE ELLINGTON 1927 - 1950
(SCARECROW PRESS)

2002

By Ken VAIL

DUKE'S DIARY - PART TWO
The life of DUKE ELLINGTON 1950 - 1974
(SCARECROW PRESS)

2002

By Ken VAIL

DUKE ELLINGTON - I LIVE IN MUSIC
(ENSLOW PUBLICATIONS - African American Biography Library)

2007

By Carin T. FORD

DUKE ELLINGTON'S AMERICA
(UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO)

2010

By Harvey G. COHEN

DUKE - A LIFE OF DUKE ELLINGTON
(GOTHAM)

2013

By Terry TEACHOUT

DUKE - The Musical Life of Duke Ellington
(OPEN ROAD MEDIA)

2014 - reprint (original edition 2001)

By Bill GUTMAN

DUKE ELLINGTON - AN AMERICAN COMPOSER AND ICON
(RIZZOLI)

2016

By Mercedes ELLINGTON & Steven BROWER

DUKE ELLINGTON
Legendary Composer and Bandleader
(ENSLOW PUBLISHING - Celebrating Black Artists)

2019

By Charlotte ETINDE-CROMPTON and Samuel Willard CROMPTON

BLACK VOICE AND RACE - DUKE ELLINGTON
(NORTH STAR EDITIONS)

2022

By Chyina POWELL

DUKE ELLINGTON
The notes the world was not ready to hear
(ARMIN LEAR PRESS)

2022

By Karen S. BARBERA with Randall Keith HORTON

Ellingtonia
ELLINGTONIA
The Recorded Music of DUKE ELLINGTON
A Collector's Manual

1976 Edition

Compiled by W. E. TIMNER

ELLINGTONIA
The Recorded Music of Duke Ellington and His Sidemen
(SCARECROW PRESS)

1988 - third edition

Compiled by W. E. TIMNER

ELLINGTONIA
The Recorded Music of Duke Ellington and His Sidemen
(SCARECROW PRESS)

fourth edition

Compiled by W. E. TIMNER

ELLINGTONIA
The Recorded Music of Duke Ellington and His Sidemen
(SCARECROW PRESS)

2007 - fifth edition

Compiled by W. E. TIMNER

For youngers
DUKE ELLINGTON
(DISNEY) USA

2007 (first edition : 1999)

By Andrea Davis PINKNEY
Illustrated by Brian PINKNEY

DUKE ELLINGTON - His Life in Jazz
(CHICAGO REVIEW PRESS)

2009

By Stephanie STEIN CREASE

With 21 activities

DUKE ELLINGTON'S NUTCRACKER SUITE
(Book + CD CHARLESBRIDGE)

2011

By Anna HARWEL CALENZA
Illustrated by Don TATE

CD : Overture / Toot toot Tootie toot / Peanut brittle brigade / Sugar rum cherry / Entr'acte / The Volga vouty / Chinoiserie / Danse of the floreadores / Arabesque cookie.

WHO WAS DUKE ELLINGTON ?
(WHOHQ - Penguin Workshop) USA

2020

By M.D. PAYNE
Illustrated by Gregory COPELAND