Ella and Duke at Westbury Music Fair 1966
Westbury Music Fair was the original name of an entertainment venue located in the hamlet of Jericho outside of Westbury, New York. It was constructed as a theatre in the…
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Westbury Music Fair was the original name of an entertainment venue located in the hamlet of Jericho outside of Westbury, New York. It was constructed as a theatre in the…
Stockholm Swing All Stars will provide the evening concert at the “DESS’ Ellington 125” miniconference in Stockholm on April 29, 2024 The band was formed in 2002 and the idea…
The second day of Ellington ’87 ended with a concert by the Ellington ’87 All Stars. This first part honors Johnny Hodges. Played in the concert were Jeep’s Blues, Blues…
In Januari 1958, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra spent some time in the Gulf states from Florida to Texas. In Mississippi they performed at concerts at Keesler Air Force Base…
Ron Collier ended the afternoon of the second day of the conference with a presentation about his collaboration with Duke Ellington. It was titled Collage, North and South of the…
We continue our series on presentations at the Ellington conference in Toronto in 1987. We are now in the afternoon of the fourth day of the conference and we will…
It was published about week ago and it s apparently the first in what should be a long series. It covers the period from 1938 to early 1940’s and the…
This CD was recorded by Jazz At Linc0ln Center Orchestra at a Lincoln Center concert in August 19191. JLCO was conducted by David Berger, who also had transcibed the music.…
In 1974, Danish Radio-TV celebrated his 75th birthday with a televised concert with Danish Radio Big Band and Clark Terry. We published a 30 minutes clip of it on…
From a tape of uncertain origin, we offer another mixture of tunes played by Duke Ellington and his men in November 1952. Ko-Ko played at Birdland in November 1952 In…