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Duke Ellington on the Web
The canonical list of Ellington links is David Smith's Edward Kennedy Ellington Pages. The list below is not currently maintained, other than occasionally weeding out dead links.
Red Hot Jazz Archive Ellington Page. Biography and RealAudio files.
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Dusty Reagan's Ellington page. Essay and audio files.
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Mike Day's Ellington home page (similar to Dusty Reagan's, different audio files)
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essay from a series by Dr. Billy Taylor, with audio files
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Smithsonian Jazz Recordings -- a catalog of recordings available from the Smithsonian, with a brief (17 seconds) clip of "Take the 'A' Train".
- Impulse! (GRP Recording) Catalog of Ellington CDs on Impulse! and MCA, with some audio files. Three titles link to full liner notes.
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Danish Midi Heaven -- a page of midi files of Ellington tunes
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an essay by Duke in support of ASCAP
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essay on the 'Blanton-Webster Band' CD set and listener's guide
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The Unique Duke -- from Jazz Central Station's History of Jazz
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Britannica Ellington Sampler -- a free sample of Britannica online, allowing access to the opening sentences of articles on Ellington and related topics
- Britannica article on Ellington -- the complete text, currently available as part of a Black History series.
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Billy Taylor essay, without audio links
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fairly good short biographical sketch with photo
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The Jazz Webb's People in Jazz --
brief discography, reviews, some dead links
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Classics Records jazz catalog -- includes links to info pages on four Ellington releases, with complete liner notes
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'On Duke Ellington' John Dankworth and Cleo Laine's notes on their friendship with Duke
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track listing for a 'best of' CD with essay
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photo by Jim Marshall
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Smithsonian display of a page of the manuscript of Black, Brown & Beige
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two images of Duke by children
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Brian Byrd's portrait of Duke at the Halo Imaging gallery
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review of Ellington/Armstrong recordings, from the Armstrong home page
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a rather dry report on the Smithsonian's Ellington exhibition, 'Beyond Category'
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The Duke -- Dave Brubeck's notes on his tribute piece
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Three images of Duke -- T-shirt designs
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Words to Twirl By -- one very good Ellington quote
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