On The Air from Birdland, November 1952, part 3
From a tape of uncertain origin, we offer another mixture of tunes played by Duke Ellington and his men in November 1952. Ko-Ko played at Birdland in November 1952 In…
Jerry Valburn talks about rare recording at Ellington ’87
Jerry Valburn was part of the Ellington Study Group conferences from the very beginning and talked often about rare recordings with Ellington music and he did so at Ellington ’87 …
DESS Bulletin 2024-1
The first issue of the DESS Bulletin for 2004 was sent to DESS members a couple of days ago. A good part of it is about Duke Ellington’s upcoming 125th…
New Issue of Blue Light
Thank you to Gareth Evans for putting together another 50 pages issue of Blue Light with a lot to read. It is the Winter 2023/2024 issue or (Volume 30:3). It…
Ellington Reflections on Shorty Baker and Jimmy Jones
Since I last wrote about Ellington Reflections on the website, Steven has managed to publish two new posts. One about Shorty Baker and one about Jimmy Jones. Even if I…
On The Air from Birdland, 25Nov52, part 2
The entrance to Birdland in the early days Betty Roché sings Take The A Train Betty Roché‘s career started around 1940 and in 1943 she performed with Duke Ellington’s orchestra…
Alice Babs at Ellington ’87
In 1987, Alice Babs accepted to be a speaker at the 5th Ellington Study Group Conference in Toronto. It was the first of many Ellington conferences for her. It is…
Mark Tucker at Ellington ’87 in Toronto
This was Mark Tucker’s third appearance at an Ellington Study Group Conference. His first presentation was at the Chicago conference in 1984 where he talked about The Jungle Music of…