2000 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance: "Bennett Sings Ellington: Hot and Cool" (Performing Artist: Tony Bennet)
2000 Grammy Award for Best Historical Album: "The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition: The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1927-1973)"
1979 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band: "Duke Ellington at Fargo 1940" (Performing Artist: Duke Ellington)
1976 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band: "The Ellington Suites" (Performing Artist: Duke Ellington)
1972 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band: "Toga Brava Suite" (Performing Artist: Duke Ellington)
1971 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band (Performing Artist: Duke Ellington) : NEW ORLEANS SUITE
1968 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Large Group or Soloist with Large Group: "... And His Mother Called Him Bill" (Performing Artist: Duke Ellington)
1967 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Large Group or Soloist with Large Group (Performing Artist: Duke Ellington) : FAR EAST SUITE, THE
1966 Grammy Award for Best Original Jazz Composition (Performing Artist: Duke Ellington) : IN THE BEGINNING GOD
1965 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Large Group or Soloist with Large Group (Performing Artist: Duke Ellington) : ELLINGTON 66
1962 Oscar Nomination for Best Music Scoring of a Musical Picture from PARIS BLUES
1960 Grammy Award for Best Sound Track Album, Background Score from Motion Picture or Television from ANATOMY OF A MURDER
1959 Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Dance Band (Performing Artist: Duke Ellington) from ANATOMY OF A MURDER
1959 Grammy Award for Best Musical Composition First Recorded and Released in 1959 (More Than 5 Minutes Duration) (Performing Artist: Duke Ellington) : ANATOMY OF A MURDER SUITE