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Inside Carnegie Hall Al Hibbler sings It Don’t Mean A Thing This is the fourth and last part from DESS with music from the Carnegie Hall concert in NYC on…

Carnegie Hall by night Dance No 3 (Liberian Suite) The third part from the Carnegie Hall concert on December 26, 1947 introduces the Liberian Suite, an extended work, commemorating the…

Carnegie Hall today New York City Blues Here comes the second part of the concert att Carnegie Hall on December 26, 1947. The show continues with On A Turquoise Cloud…

Carnegie Hall   In the Goodies Room, you will find the first 40 minutes from Duke Ellington’s 1947 Carnegie Hall concert. This is the first part of the first concert…

The Towne Casino was a local jazz bar situated in Cleveland. During its short years of existence (1951-53) it featured many great musicians such as Duke Ellington, JJ Johnson, Sarah…

We have at hand a tape with a recording of Duke Ellington’s second public performance of his complete Shakespearean Suite, which took place at Stratford, Ontario in Canada on September…

Paul Newman and Duke Ellington In this film from 1960, Paul Newman acted in the role of a trombone player, but the one who was actually playing this horn was…

From the early Fifties we have a privately recorded performance from a Fraternity Party in Madison, Wisconsin, believed to be from the end of 1953. Despite a bit of distorsion…

För några år sedan gav DESS ut en CD till sina medlemmar med material från The Panther Room, Hotel Sherman, Chicago. inspelat från radioutsändningar i september/oktober år 1940. Två år…

The Cat is back! Eighth Veil Cat Anderson left the Ellington band after the European Tour ended in March 1963 and was absent during the summer tour that same year,…