Klaus Stratemann At Ellington ’97
The conference in Leeds became Klaus Stratemann’s last Ellington Study Group Conference. By then he had attended almost all of them and it was very very emotional in Leeds…
Jerry Valburn At Ellington ’97
Jerry Valburn was the first speaker on the second day of the 1997 Ellington Study Group Conference in Leeds and he gave the audiens a very good and pedagogical presentation.…
DESS Bulletin 2024-4
The last DESS Bulletin for this year has already reached the DESS members, who subscribe t0 the pdf version, while printed version has just been sent out out. I wrote…
Blue Light Autumn 2024
The postman delivered the Autumn 2024 issue (Volume 31.2) in the middle of the summer. 50 pages full of interesting articles as always. Thank you, Gareth! I am happy to…
In Bombay 10 Oct 1963, part 2
Part 2 begins with Louie Bellson’s Skin Deep, which is a show-case for Sam Woodyard during the tour. Then the orchestra theme follows with Duke himself seated at the piano.…