Ellington 2021 – David Berger
Day #2 of Ellington 2021 took place on May 3rd. The program is available here. David Berger opened the day with his presentation Flaming Youth: Ellington’s 1920 Compositions. For more…
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Day #2 of Ellington 2021 took place on May 3rd. The program is available here. David Berger opened the day with his presentation Flaming Youth: Ellington’s 1920 Compositions. For more…
Bent Persson – Swedish trumper, arranger and transciber – did the last presentation of the first day of Ellington 2021. He talked about Kustbandet – 60 Years with…
She is a British jazz clarinet player and researcher and a jazz clarinet teacher at Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Hamburg since 2019. Her 2019 thesis was on Ellington’s…
LeÏla Olivesi – pianist, composer, band leader and lecturer at meetings of Le Maison du Duke – followed John E Hasse on the first day of Ellington 2021. Her…
The first session of Ellington 2021 took place on April 29 in honor of the Duke’s birthday. The program for Day #1 is available here. Some 70 people from Canada,…
With the passing away of Theodore (Ted) R. Hudson on April 27 at the age of 99, the Ellington community lost an important member and a good friend to many…