Concerts in Sweden
Malmö, Nov. 9, 1969 1st Concert Malmö Stadsteater, the venue for this concert Two concerts from Sweden in 1969 remains to be accounted for on the DESS web site, namely…
Concerts in Sweden
Malmö Nov. 9, 1969 2nd concert The Duke in 1969 The recorded material from the 2nd concert at this date is shorter, but sound-wise better compared with the 1st. Here,…
Teaching Ellingtonia
In the early 1990’s Kenny Burrell participated in some Ellington conferences. The first one was Ellington ’90 in Ottawa, where he was was an important part of the music program.…
DESScafé Nov. 16, 2020
Nov. 16, DESScafé welcomed again the DESS members to another afternoon of Ellington music and a cup of coffee. This time the theme was From My Ellington Archive and Leif…
Kurt Dietrich on Juan Tizol
At Ellington ’93 in New York, Kurt Dietrich did another presentation on Ellington’s trombone players. On this occasion, he talked about Juan Tizol, Ellington’s valve trombone player 1929-1944 and 1951-1953…
Crystal Ballroom, Fargo ND 80 Years Ago
Today is the 80th anniversary of Ellington’s dance date in Crystal Ballroom, Fargo, North Dakota. Duke Ellington and his orchestra spent most of September, the whole of October and a…
Lite Ellington att lyssna till
Covid-19 pandemin har gjort att jazzklubbar och föreningar som DESS inte kan arbeta som vanligt med fysiska möten utan måste använda sig av Internet för virtuella konserter, möten och presentationer.…