Month: August 2016

DESS-medlemmen Ivan Sundberg var en av de många som sökte sig till Nalen för släppet av Göran Walléns bok om Arne Domnérus. Här är hans rapport. “Det var en av…

I den amerikanska nationalkaraktären, så som den återspeglas i konsten, existerar en beundran för de som protesterar mot etablissemanget och de som rör sig utanför lagens råmärken. Berättelser av denna…

With the passing away of Toots Thielemans on August 22, it seems appropriate to start our series “Interpreting Ellington” with Thieleman’s interpretations of Sophisticated Lady given together with Jaco Pastorius.…

The heritage of radio broadcasts from the late 1930s and early 1940s by Ellington and other black bands is quite small. So whatever there is, it is very valuable and…

PÅ SVENSKA Kustbandet has been around for more than 50 years. They started in 1962 as a seven piece New Orleans jazz group but soon moved on to become a…

PÅ SVENSKA Tomorrow, it is 60 years since Duke Ellington appeared on the cover of the Time Magazine and was featured in a five-page article. He himself said that it…

In our series “Duke Lives On”, we present today the Harmony in Harlem band. It is a British orchestra with DESUK member and arranger Michael Kilpatrick as its musical director.…

From time to time, the website will feature examples how Ellington’s music lives on in younger generations and is interpreted by other musicians. Today we present the jazz orchestra of…

Jazz Review was perhaps the most ambitious jazz magazine ever. It was founded in 1958 by Nat Hentoff and Martin Williams among others and they were the editors of the…

In the DEMS Bulletin 1982-3, there is a reprint of an article in which Irving Mills explains why he split with Ellington. The headline says it all but it is…