Another Ellington Birthday Celebration
Today is the Maestro’s 121st birthday and the members of the Duke Ellington Society of Sweden join members of other Ellington societies and Ellington fans in general in paying tribute…
Ellington DR Broadcasts (40)
The fifth ”goodie” in April is program 40 in the Duke Ellington series of broadcast by the Danish Radio in the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. The broadcast is available in…
Ellington DR Broadcasts (39)
The fourth ”goodie” in April is program 39 in the Duke Ellington series of broadcast by the Danish Radio in the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. The broadcast is available in…
Ellington DR Broadcasts (38)
The third ”goodie” in April is program 38 in the Duke Ellington series of broadcast by the Danish Radio in the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. The broadcast is available in…
Dance Dates in Sweden 1963
Amiralen in Malmö There are two surviving recordings of dance dates with the Duke Ellington Orchestra in Sweden in 1963 – one from Dans In at Gröna Lund in Stockholm…
Concerts in Sweden 1963
Gröna Lund in June 1963 Duke directing the band in one of the outdoors sessions After the February visit to Sweden, Cat Anderson left the band temporarily, to turn up…
Smått och gott / Bits and Pieces
New DESS Bulletin The second 2020 issue of the DESS Bulletin was sent to the DESS members last week. It is an impressive piece of work by Bulletin’s editor Bo…