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Kalmar Sporthall Feb. 9 1963 The Kalmar Castle Duke Ellington’s Nordic tour in February 1963 ended with two concerts in Kalmar in the southeast of Sweden on February 9, The…

Telecast from Cirkus, Stockholm, Feb. 7 , “INDIGO” As was previously pointed out, this telecast was presented on the website on Nov. 24, 2016, but it has not been available…

Stockholm, February 6, 1963, 2nd concert, part 2 Action in 1963 Parts of the 2nd concert were broadcast by SR some time after the event and originally a recording from…

Stockholm, February 6, 1963, 2nd concert, part 1 Duke Ellington in February 1963 If the previously published concert from Stockholm on the above date (the 1st concert) had remained undiscovered…

interpreted by famous jazz singers Mel Tormé is one of them, but there are many others! We would like to start this session by listening to  Mel Tormé (1925-1999). As…

Stockholm, February 6, 1st concert, part 2 The Duke in 1963 The above picture of Duke Ellington is from a TV interview, by Sven Lindahl carried out on January 1,…

Stockholms Konserthus omkring 1960 I ett tänkt scenario där vi publicerar alla nu kända Ellingtonkonserter i Sverige (eller för oss tillgängliga delar därav) har vi nu kommit fram till den…

Stockholms Konserthus Under Ellingtons europaturné 1959 hölls konserter på följande platser i Sverige: 23/9 – Malmö, MFF-Stadion 24/9 – Borås, Boråshallen 25/9 – Örebro, Idrottshuset 26/9 – Stockholm, Konserthuset 27/9…

Göteborgs konserthus First few tunes of the “long” medley The 2nd part of the concert starts with two versions of Boo-Dah, with Duke telling a small story about the composer…

Göteborgs konserthus In June 2017, the website published an article about Ellington’s tour of Europe in October- November 1958 and particularly about his two appearances in Sweden – the one…