Golden Feather

 

Steve Allen, Gene Krupa, Leonard Feather, Sammy Davis Jr., and Duke Ellington", Leonard Feather Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.ijc.uidaho.edu/feather_leonard/items/ijc_leonard_feather_201.html

Down the rabbit hole of the Internet the other day, via UK Jazz News and Ethan Iverson's Substack, Transitional Technology, I chanced upon The Leonard Feather Collection, housed at the University of Idaho.

There is much of interest to be found for Ellington aficionados. The search page for Ellington may be found here.

Of particular interest is an interview with Duke that Feather conducted, including discussion of the Encyclopaedia of Jazz and Ellington's participation in one of the famous "blindfold" tests. This may be accessed here.

Below is a collection of Ellington-related photographs from the Feather collection...

 Duke Ellington", Leonard Feather Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.ijc.uidaho.edu/feather_leonard/items/ijc_leonard_feather_511.html

Duke Ellington with an unidentified vocalist woman", Leonard Feather Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.ijc.uidaho.edu/feather_leonard/items/ijc_leonard_feather_512.html

Duke Ellington, Leonard Feather, Nat "King" Cole, and Johnny Hodges", Leonard Feather Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.ijc.uidaho.edu/feather_leonard/items/ijc_leonard_feather_212.html

Leonard Feather at the piano, Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, and others", Leonard Feather Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.ijc.uidaho.edu/feather_leonard/items/ijc_leonard_feather_196.html

Steve Allen, Gene Krupa, Leonard Feather, Sammy Davis Jr., and Duke Ellington", Leonard Feather Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.ijc.uidaho.edu/feather_leonard/items/ijc_leonard_feather_201.html

Unknown couple sitting at table", Leonard Feather Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.ijc.uidaho.edu/feather_leonard/items/ijc_leonard_feather_304.html