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Äàæå îôèöèàëüíàÿ ãàçåòà “Ïðàâäà” áûëà î÷åíü ùåäðîé íà ïîõâàëû Ýëëèíãòîíó è åãî ìóçûêàíòàì: àâòîð ñòàòüè áûë ïîðàæåí “èõ áåñöåííûì ÷óâñòâîì ëåãêîñòè. Îíè âûõîäèëè íà ñöåíó áåç êàêèõ-ëèáî îñîáûõ öåðåìîíèé, ïðîñòî îäèí çà äðóãèì, êàê äðóçüÿ îáû÷íî ñîáèðàþòñÿ íà äæåì-ñåøí”. Ïîçæå Ýëëèíãòîí âñïîìèíàë î ãàñòðîëÿõ â ÑÑÑÐ: “Çíàåòå ëè âû, ÷òî íåêîòîðûå èç íàøèõ êîíöåðòîâ ïðîäîëæàëèñü òàì ïî ÷åòûðå ÷àñà? Äà, è íèêòî íå æàëîâàëñÿ – íè ïóáëèêà, íè ðàáîòíèêè ñöåíû, íè äàæå îðêåñòðàíòû. Ðóññêèå ïðèõîäèëè ñëóøàòü íàøó ìóçûêó, à íå ïî êàêîé-ëèáî äðóãîé ïðè÷èíå. Ïî äåñÿòü-äâåíàäöàòü ðàç îíè âûçûâàëè íàñ íà áèñ”. Äî ïîñëåäíèõ ìåñÿöåâ æèçíè Äþê Ýëëèíãòîí ìíîãî åçäèë è êîíöåðòèðîâàë.  1973 ãîäó âðà÷è äèàãíîñòèðîâàëè ó íåãî ðàê ëåãêèõ, à ãîäîì ïîçæå âåëèêèé ìóçûêàíò óìåð. Èçáðàííàÿ äèñêîãðàôèÿ 1940 – The Okeh Ellington 1944 – Black, Brown & Beige 1952 – This Is Duke Ellington And His Orchestra 1953 – Duke Ellington Plays The Blues 1953 – Piano Reflections 1954 – The Duke Plays Ellington 1955 – Ellington ‘55 1955 – Blue Light 1956 – Blue Rose Rosemary 1956 – Ellington At Newport ‘56 1957 – In A Mellotone 1958 – Newport 1958 1958 – Blues In Orbit 1959 – Anatomy Of A Murder 1959 – Duke Ellington “Festival Session” 1959 – Jazz Party 1959 – Lotus Blossom 1959 – Johnny Hodges & Duke Ellington “Side By Side” 1959 – Johnny Hodges & Duke Ellington “Back To Back” 1959 – The Nutcracker Suite 1961 – The Best Of Duke Ellington 1961 – First Time! 1961 – Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington 1961 – Duke Ellington “Piano in the foreground” 1962 – Money Jungle (ñ ×àðëüçîì Ìèíãóñîì è Ìàêñîì Ðîó÷åì) 1962 – Duke Ellington And John Coltrane 1962 – Duke Ellington featuring Paul Gonsalves 1963 – Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins 1963 – Duke Ellington “Arfo Bossa & Concert In The Virgin Islands” 1964 – The Great London Concerts 1964 – One O’Clock Jump 1966 – Ella At Duke’s Place 1966 – The Ellington Greatest Hits 1966 – Soul Call 1966 – Stokholm Concert 1967 – Far East Suite 1968 – Duke Ellington “Latin American Suite” 1968 – And Mother Called Him Bill 1968 – Second Sacred Concert 1972 – Duke Ellington “Live At The Whitney” 1972 – The Ellington Suites Ãëåíí Ìèëëåð (1904–1944)Ãëåíí Ìèëëåð (Alton Glenn Miller) – àìåðèêàíñêèé òðîìáîíèñò, àðàíæèðîâùèê, ðóêîâîäèòåëü îäíîãî èç ëó÷øèõ ñâèíãîâûõ îðêåñòðîâ êîíöà 1930-õ – íà÷àëà 1940-õ ãîäîâ – Îðêåñòðà Ãëåííà Ìèëëåðà.  ÑÑÑÐ ýòîò îðêåñòð ñòàë èçâåñòåí ïðåæäå âñåãî áëàãîäàðÿ ôèëüìó “Ñåðåíàäà Ñîëíå÷íîé äîëèíû” è ïåñíå èç íåãî – “Ïîåçä íà ×àòòàíóãó” (“Chattanooga Choo Choo”). Äðóãèå èçâåñòíûå êîìïîçèöèè â èñïîëíåíèè îðêåñòðà Ãëåííà Ìèëëåðà – “In the Mood”, “Tuxedo Junction”, “Moonlight Serenade”, “Little Brown Jug”, “Pennsylvania 6-5000”. — 126 —
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