Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, 2 juli, 1956
IN ENGLISH Duke Ellington framträdde vid åtminstone tre olika tillfällen i Ann Arbor, Michigan. Första gången var den 15 november 1951, då han uppträdde tillsammans med Sarah Vaughan och Nat…
Broadcasts with Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington 1951
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Meadowbrook
Meadowbrook, Cedar Grove, New Jersey, June 6, 1951
The second surviving MBS broadcast (June 6, 1951) from Frank Dailey’s Meadowbrook is one of the goodies in the “Goodies of the Month” section of the website. After the theme…
The Emergence of the Wailing Interval
Duke Ellington wrote and recorded Diminuendo In Blue and Crescendo In Blue in 1937. The recording made on 20 Sept. that year was a swinging and bluesy performance, covering both…
Meadowbrook Ballroom, Cedar Grove, New Jersey, June 5, 1951
Love You Madly As previously mentioned (April 22), there are 8 different broadcasts surviving from Ellington’s stay at the Meadowbrook in 1951. We will make them all available during the…
Duke Ellington “Live” 80 years ago
Congress Hotel 9 May 1936Congress Hotel 26 May 1936 It is a well-known fact that Duke Ellington and his orchestra very early had the opportunity to take part in broadcasts…
Duke at Meadowbrook 1951
Midriff PÅ SVENSKA Duke and the orchestra played for dancing at Meadowbrook, New Jersey in early June 1951 and we know of the existence of eight different broadcasts from…