Nutcracker Sweeties at Ellington ’97
The afternoon on Sunday 25th May ended with a talk between the choreographer David Bintley, the ballet music conductor Paul Murphy and Pete Long about Bintley’s and Murphy’s Nutcracker Sweeties …
Dissecting Midriff at Ellington ’97
This is from Sunday afternoon May 25th at Ellington ’97. The title in the program is Happy Anatomy? but the subtitle says more – Midriff dissected. For almost 45 minutes Pete…
Date with the Duke with Mel Tormé
The radio series Date with the Duke, featuring Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, was broadcast during the mid-1940s. The program originally aired on the ABC Radio Network as Your Saturday…
DESS Bulletin 2025:2
A new issue of the DESS Bulletin (2025:2) reached its readers this week. The cover artist is this time is the trombone player Julian Priester. Ken Steiner has written the…
Panel discussion at Ellington ’97
The morning of the next to last day of the conference ended with a panel discussion entitled The Brittish Connection with Bill Berry, Norris Turney, Jimmy Woode as panelists and…