1960s
In the 1960s, Ellington made recordings with a number of top stars, including Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, John Coltrane, Ella Fitzgerald and Coleman Hawkins. He also wrote and recorded a number of suites, such as his religious "Sacred Concerts", the "Perfume Suite" and the "Latin American Suite."
1960
- The Nutcracker Suite (Columbia) released on CD as part of Three Suites
- Piano in the Background (Columbia)
- Swinging Suites by Edward E. and Edward G. (aka Peer Gynt Suite/Suite Thursday) released on CD as part of Three Suites
- Unknown Session (Columbia, released 1979)
- Hot Summer Dance (Red Baron)
- Live at Monterey 1960 (Status)
1961
- Piano in the Foreground (Columbia)
- The Great Reunion with Louis Armstrong (Roulette)
- Together Again with Louis Armstrong (Roulette)
- The above two were later re-released together in 2001 by Blue Note Records as The Great Summit.
- Paris Blues (United Artists)
- First Time! The Count Meets the Duke - with Count Basie (Columbia)
- The Girl's Suite & The Perfume Suite (Columbia)
1962
- All American in Jazz (Columbia)
- Featuring Paul Gonsalves (Fantasy)
- Studio Sessions 1957 & 1962 (LMR) released as The Private Collection Volume Seven in 1987
- Midnight in Paris (Columbia)
- Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins (Impulse!)
- Money Jungle (United Artists)
- Duke Ellington & John Coltrane (Impulse!, released 1963)
- Will the Big Bands Ever Come Back? (Reprise)
- Studio Sessions, New York, 1962 (LMR) - released as The Private Collection Volume Three in 1987
- Recollections of the Big Band Era (Atlantic, released 1974)
- The Feeling of Jazz (Black Lion)
- Duke 56/62 (in three volumes) (CBS)
1963
- Afro-Bossa (Reprise)
- The Great Paris Concert (Atlantic, released 1973)
- The Symphonic Ellington (Reprise)
- Duke Ellington's Jazz Violin Session (Atlantic, released 1976)
- Serenade to Sweden - with Alice Babs (Reprise)
- Studio Sessions New York 1963 (LMR) released as The Private Collection Volume Four in 1987
- My People (Red Baron)
1964
- Ellington '65 (Reprise)
- Duke Ellington Plays Mary Poppins (Reprise)
- Jazz Group 1964 (Jazz Anthology)
- Live at Carnegie Hall 1964 (Jazz Up)
- Harlem (Pablo)
- All-Star Road Band (CBS)
- At Basin Street East (Music & Arts)
- London: The Great Concerts (MusicMasters)
- New York Concert (Musicmasters)
1965
- Ellington '66 (Reprise)
- Concert in the Virgin Islands (Reprise)
- Ella at Duke's Place (Verve)
- The Duke at Tanglewood
- Jumpin' Pumkins
- '65 Revisited (Affinity)
- Two Great Concerts (1949 and 1965) (Accord)
- A Concert of Sacred Music From Grace Cathedral (Status)
1966
- The Stockholm Concert, 1966 (Pablo, with Ella Fitzgerald, live)
- The Popular Duke Ellington (RCA)
- In the Uncommon Market (recorded 1963-66 - released 1986) (Pablo)
- Soul Call (Verve, live)
- Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur (Verve, with Ella Fitzgerald, live)
- The Far East Suite (RCA)
1967
- Johnny Come Lately
- North of the Border in Canada
- Live at the Rainbow Grill
- Beyond Category: The Musical Genius of Duke Ellington (1927–1967) (Smithsonian)
- Live in Italy (Jazz Up)
- 1967 European Tour (Lone Hill)
- Studio Sessions, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967, San Francisco, Chicago, New York (LMR) released as The Private Collection Volume Eight in 1987
- Berlin '65/Paris '67 (Pablo)
- The Jaywalker (recorded 1966-7 - released 2004) (Storyville)
- The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World (Pablo, live)
- ...And His Mother Called Him Bill (RCA)
- Francis A. & Edward K. (Reprise, with Frank Sinatra)
1968
- Yale Concert (issued 1973) (Fantasy)
- Second Sacred Concert (Prestige)
- Studio Sessions New York, 1968 (LMR) released as The Private Collection Volume Nine in 1987
1969
- 70th Birthday Concert (Solid State)
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