Duke Ellington Helsinki 5 Feb. 1963
Duke Ellington arrived at Malmö Airport from Paris on 3 March to start the Nordic leg of his 1963 Spring tour of Europe. In the same evening, he gave a…
Person to Person
Edward R. Murrow had an incredible journalistic career being war correspondent in Europe during the Second World War, vice president of the network and head of CBS News when he…
Duke and Billy’s New Colors
The Ellington 2023 conference ended with a late musical event with the Saury – Rousselet – Couderc Quintet at the Sunset jazz club in the centre of Paris. It was…
Hodges in Stockholm and Copenhagen 1961
In January, the Danish record label Steeple Chase issued a CD with the concert by The Duke Ellington All Stars, directed by Johnny Hodges in Copenhagen 17 March 1961. Norman…
From Facebook 19 August 2023
There is always something to find about Ellington thanks to the hard work of people mentioned below and others. Here are some of today’s harvest. Steven Bowie Tom Samuels Jean-Marie…
From Facebook 17 Aug 2023
Just some snapshots from today’s visit to Facebook. But there are of course much more! Duke Ellington Group Duke Ellington Society Group Cootie Williams Group In his Ellington Live, Ian…
Duke at Château de Goutelas – The Documentary
Duke’s visit to Château de Goutelas in February 1966 must have been one of the most important events in his life. He experienced things that did not talk so much…
Clark Terry at North Sea Jazz Festival 1979
Clark Terry – Ellington’s fabulous trumpter for most of the 1950’s – is certainly an important star in the Ellington Galaxy. Here are three songs that Terry performed with his…
Ellington in Order Vol 3
It became available today on social media (Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, Qobuz and Tidal). Most are RCA-Vicor recordings available in the Duke Ellington Centennial Edition Box plus some Columbia, Brunswick…
Rendez-Vous avec Jean Sablon and Duke Ellington Dec. 23 1960
Duke Ellington spent roughly a month in Paris from early December 1960 to early January 1961 together with Billy Strayhorn to work on Paris Blues. They had started to do…