Stockholm 1994 (2)
After the opening of the conference, the first morning had a very strong Swedish accent. It started with a panel talking about “Ellington in Sweden 1939”. Participants in the panel…
Stockholm 1994 (1) revised
After almost two years of preparations, the official opening of the Ellington ’94 conference in Stockholm took place on May 20, 1994. It was the 12th one in the series…
Louie Bellson Interview
The Hawk Talks, Louie Bellson’s probably most famous composition played by his own All Star Orchestra in 1992 Very recently DESS members received DESS Bullentin nr 4, 2017, in which…
DESS Bulletin 2017-4
The new issue of the Bulletin has been published and is on its way to DESS members. As usual, a lot of good and interesting reading. The feature articles this…
Smått och gott / Bits and Pieces
Twitter DESS finns nu också på Twitter Det är ännu så länge ett experiment men vi hoppas att de DESS-medlemmar som också finns på Twitter kommer att följa oss. Vårt…
Ellington-serie på Sveriges Radio 1994 (2)
Så är det dags för andra programmet i Lars Westins och Jan Bruérs radioserie om Ellington och hans musik. Den här gången är temat Harlem och programrubriken är följaktligen “Echoes…
Casa Mañana, Feb 20, 1941
In last week’s article on Billy Strayhorn’s “Chelsea Bridge”, Walter van de Leur was quoted as saying in his book ” Something to Live For, The Music of Billy Strayhorn”,…
Chelsea Bridge
Chelsea Bridge was one of the songs Billy Strayhorn wrote in 1940 when he and Mercer Ellington were called upon by Ellington to write new material for the band following…
Fargo Nov. 7, 1940
Today is the 77th anniversary of the night when Ellington and his orchestra played for dancing at the Crystal Ballrom in Fargo, North Dakota. Crystal Ballroom was the main dance…
DR Ellington Broadcasts (19)
The first ”goodie” for November is program 19 in the Duke Ellington series broadcasted by the Danish Radio in the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. The broadcast is available in the…