In Bombay 10 Oct 1963, part 1
Our previous article on Ellington’s long tour of Middle East, Central East and Far East ended with his arrival in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. He, the orchestra and his…
By Ulf Lundin
Our previous article on Ellington’s long tour of Middle East, Central East and Far East ended with his arrival in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. He, the orchestra and his…
Dave Gelly had chosen to talk about Ivie Anderson at Ellington ’97. He was a writer on jazz for The Observer’s Grammophone and other publications, was also a broadcaster on…
In the afternoon of the plenary part of the conference, Bill Berry and Bob Hunt talked about The Ellington Brass Tradition. Willie Cook should also had been part of…
This is the first presentation of the conference. It was put put together by a team from the Smithsonian Institution’s Ellington Collection led by Annie Kuebler. The team included also…
The 15th Ellington Study Group Conference took place in Leeds from 22nd to 26th May 1997. It was the first conference in Europe since the one in Stockholm in 1994.…
After Denmark and Sweden, Ellington, his orchestra and the rest of the entourage travelled to Germany for concerts in Frankfurt (8 June), Hamburg (10-11 June), Dortmund (12 June), Dusseldorf (13…
In the beginning of June 1950, ten years after his famous 1939 tour, Duke Ellington and his orchestra was back in Sweden. It was thanks to the long two and…