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.

(1899-1974) Biography, discography, links, reviews, mailing list information.

Includes a biography, a photo gallery, lengthy discography with audio clips, four classic Down Beat magazine articles, and a message board.

Official site maintained by CMG Music. Includes biography, photos and quotes by and about Ellington.

Biography, portrait photographs, pictures of his tombstone, cemetery details, and interactive homage.

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).

CDs, sound file: 'Caravan,' videos, DVD, and books.

Biography, discography, record reviews, and internal links to related artists and members of his orchestra.

Picture and biography.

Promotional material for Honolulu event sponsored by the Hawaii Academy of Performing Arts. Includes various essays on his music and responses to it.

Compositions and arrangements by him and by Ellingtonians plus lists and commentaries, essays, literature, and links. By Hans-Joachim Schmidt.

Features a digital portrait gallery and links to other related sites.

Biography, works, selected discography, articles, links.

Wikipedia article with photographs, biographical and musicological details, OGG audio samples, and internal references to related topics and people, including other jazz "royalty."

Appreciative essay by Fred Barrett, contrasting his style with that of Fletcher Henderson and Don Redman and tracing his movement into orchestral composition.

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.

Biographical data and essay, recommended CDs, books and sheet music, bibliography, and link to biography from Dr. Estrella's Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of Composers.

Composition list and discographical data for Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, including other musicians' recordings of these works.

Interactive catalog offers sound samples, quiz questions, quotes, original art and products featuring Duke Ellington.

Overview of Ellington's career and review of the collection "The Duke."

German musicologist Jørgen Mathiasen offers research paper on Duke Ellington's known works, with lengthy bibliography and alphabetical list of 1,770 titles.

Biography, discography, essays, articles, links, and a personal memory of the author's daughter and the composer's music.

Official site. Includes biographical information plus appreciation, his interpreters, sound clips, information about the society, links.

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.