Happy Birthday Duke – 120 years
Today the website celebrates Duke Ellington’s birth 120 years ago. The number of visitors to this and other Ellington websites and blogs attest that his music is still alive and…
10th Ellington Conference
Al Sears
Duke Ellington Study Group conferences
Ellington Study Group Conference 1992
Francis Williams
Freddy Jenkins
In English
Louis Metcalfe
Phil Schaap
Russell Procope
Sam Woodyard
Phil Schaap on 6 Ellington Sidemen
Phil Schaap was a frequent contributor to the Ellington conferences. We have already published his presentations at the Stockholm ’94 conference and here is the one he gave in Copenhagen…
Carnegie Hall 1947, 1st concert, part 4
Inside Carnegie Hall Al Hibbler sings It Don’t Mean A Thing This is the fourth and last part from DESS with music from the Carnegie Hall concert in NYC on…
Carnegie Hall 1947, 1st concert, part 3
Carnegie Hall by night Dance No 3 (Liberian Suite) The third part from the Carnegie Hall concert on December 26, 1947 introduces the Liberian Suite, an extended work, commemorating the…
Carnegie Hall 1947, 1st concert, part 2
Carnegie Hall today New York City Blues Here comes the second part of the concert att Carnegie Hall on December 26, 1947. The show continues with On A Turquoise Cloud…
Carnegie Hall 1947, 1st concert
Carnegie Hall In the Goodies Room, you will find the first 40 minutes from Duke Ellington’s 1947 Carnegie Hall concert. This is the first part of the first concert…
The DESS Bulletin – New Issue
The indefatigable editor of the DESS Bulletin, Bo Haufman, has produced a new issue. It is the 2019-2 one and it is on its way to the DESS members. The…