Month: September 2017

The fourth “goodie” for September is program 18 in the Duke Ellington series broadcasted by the Danish Radio in the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. As usual, it is available in…

The third “goodie” for September is program 17 in the Duke Ellington series broadcasted by the Danish Radio in the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. As usual, it is available in…

IN ENGLISH Det är lätt att säga om man gillar en artikel, att lämna en kommentar (eller kommentera en kommentar) till en artikel eller få ett epostmeddelande när en ny…

Dick Buckley was a well-known radio presenter in Chicago, who for many years hosted “Jazz With Dick Buckley”. One day in May 1981, he started his program by saying:  …

Last year, the 24th Duke Ellington Study Group conference took place and this time in New York City. And in May this year, DESUK organized a one day mini-conference using…

Are Ellington and Strayhorn studying the UMMG Score? Upper Manhattan Medical Group In April and May 1954 Ellington and his orchestra were touring in western USA. This has been documented…

The third issue of the Bulletin is now on its way  to the DESS members. As usual, it is full of interesting articles within a broad range of Ellington subjects.…

The summer issue of Blue Light arrived in my mailbox in early July. It is marked by the sad passing away of DESUK chairman Geoff Smith in March last year…

Duke in front of the band in Bergen Early this summer, NRK – Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation – published a video file with an Ellington concert from Bergen on November 3, 1969…

PÅ SVENSKA Today is September 1 and as promised the DESS website is back after its summer break. As before, we will continue to do our best to provide members…