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Stockholm 4 Nov. 1969, 2nd concert Norris Turney soloing on flute in Fife At the end of  1969, Norris Turney, was a recent addition to the Duke Ellington organization. Together…

Stockholm 4 Nov. 1969, 1st concert Lawrence Brown plays Serenade To Sweden When Duke Ellington & his Orchestra arrived in Sweden on Nov. 4, 1969 it was nearly three years…

Stockholm 24 January 1967, 2nd concert Rufus Jones, Duke’s new drummer in 1967 The details of the 2nd concert in Stockholm on Jan. 24, 1967, did not come to the…

Stockholm 24 January 1967, 1st concert Duke in 1967 Duke Ellington’s European tour in 1967 started in Paris on January 13 and ended in the same city on March 10.…

Concerts in Stockholm 1966 (2) Action att Cirkus in Stockholm 1966 Ella sings Duke’s “favorite” tune In contrast to the first concert from Stockholm’s Concert Hall on February 7, 1966,…

Concerts in Stockholm 1966 In our endeavor to publish Duke Ellington’s concerts in Sweden in chronological order, you will have noticed that the only surviving concert from 1965 was extensively…

Gothenburg March 11, 1964 Konserthuset in Gothenburg Harry Carney in Agra On the above date, there were two concerts at Konserthuset in Gothenburg. In our previous comments on the concerts…

Duke Ellington in 1964 If there is an abundance of surviving recordings from Duke Ellington’s tours in Sweden 1963, the resulting recordings from the 1964 tour is rather meagre with…

Amiralen in Malmö There are two surviving recordings of dance dates with the Duke Ellington Orchestra in Sweden in 1963  –  one from Dans In  at Gröna Lund in Stockholm…

Gröna Lund in June 1963 Duke directing the band in one of the outdoors sessions After the February visit to Sweden, Cat Anderson left the band temporarily, to turn up…