Ottawa Ellington ’90 Concert 1 part 4
The final part of the concert brought Alice Babs back on stage. She starts with a couple of selections from Elington’s Sacred Concerts in arrangements by Andrew Homzy. First Alice…
Ottawa Ellington ’90 – Concert 1 part 3
After the break, Andrew Homzy Jazz Orchestra was back at the stage – this time for strong swinging session. “For the second set, Homzy’s orchestra dug up some unusual material:…
Ottawa Ellington ’90 – Concert 1 part 2
In part 2 of the concert, Alice Babs joins the orchestra. She sings four songs and starts approprietly with I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart, which is …
Ottawa Ellington ’90 – Concert 1 part 1
The first day ended with a concert by Andrew Homzy Jazz Orchestra with Alice Babs featured in two parts of the concert. The first part was two extended works by…
Ellington ’90 in Ottawa
The 8th Ellington Study Group conference took place in Ottawa on May 17-20, 1990. It was the second one organized in Canada. The first one there was in Toronto in…
Smått och gott i december 2019
Grace Cathedral 16 april 1970 Nyligen gjorde Ellington- och filmspecialisten Brian Koller ännu ett av sina fynd. Han fann på eBay ett rullband med en inspelning av en konsert i…
Concerts in Sweden 1963
Stockholm, February 6, 1st concert, part 2 The Duke in 1963 The above picture of Duke Ellington is from a TV interview, by Sven Lindahl carried out on January 1,…
Concerts in Sweden 1963
Stockholm, February 6, 1st concert, part 1 The Duke in 1963 The Duke Ellington band in 1963 was one of the outstanding ones. The first European tour that year started…
Blue Light 2019-3
Höstnumret av Blue Light har just nått medlemmarna av Duke Ellington Society UK (DESUK) Blue Lights nye redaktör Patrick Olsen har valt “to give something back” som tema för det…
Ellington DR Broadcasts (35)
The first ”goodie” in December is program 35 in the Duke Ellington series of broadcast by the Danish Radio in the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. The broadcast is available in…