A couple of years back I came across a series of interviews of Dan Morgenstern – one of the grandmasters of jazzwriting and much more. I am not sure where I found them, possibly on YouTube.
I know about him he mostly as the editor of od Down Beat Magazine between 1967 to 1973 and Director Rutger-Newark’s Institute of Jazz Studies from 1976 but that is just the tip of the iceberg of what he has given to the jazz community.
Anyhow, I like to share the first part of the series with the readers of Ellington Galaxy. In the interview, he talks primarily about his early encounter with Ellington’s music after the Second World War when he lived in Copenhagen, about particular events in Ellington’s life and about Paul Gonsalves.
As always, comments on the article are welcome.
Author: Ulf Lundin