Soccer Club, US Army, Wiesbaden, May 25, 1963
Duke Ellington and Paul Gonsalves in 1963 (Photo is not from the Soccer Club) Just before Duke Ellington and his orchestra played the week-long engagement at Gröna Lund in Stockholm…
Bill Berry and Buster Cooper interview
In the November 2018 issue of the DESS Bulletin, Bill Berry (1930-2002), ex-Ellington trumpeter, was featured rather heavily. We came across an interview by doctor Michael Woods, where he was…
New CD from DESS
DESS and its sister organization in UK, DESUK, have together produced a CD as a gift to the members, just in time for Christmas. This year we have selected a…
Meadowbrook Gardens Cafe Oct. 4-5 1947
Listen to the vibraphone player! Medowbrook Gardens, situated in Culver City, California, burned down to the ground in 1948. It had been started as Sebastian’s Cotton Club, transformed into Casa Mañana…
A recording session in 1947 with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Duke Ellington in a Columbia recording studio Chester Crumpler sings Maybe I Should Change My Ways Ellington made the last recordings of the RCA-Victor period in September 1946 and after…
HEADING FOR NEWPORT 1956
Stichting Doctor Jazz presents a previously unissued concert by Duke Ellington and his orchestra from the Hill Auditorium at Ann Arbor University in Michigan, dated 2 July, 1956. This happened…
Duke Ellington at the Zanzibar Oct. 29, 1945
Stompy Jones During the years of the Petrillo recording ban, 1942-1944, there were of course very few studio recordings by Duke Ellington and his orchestra, but fortunately for us, he…
Juan Tizol, the composer
Juan Tizol His most famous composition is undoubtedly Caravan, which was first recorded in 1936 by a small group, Barney Bigard & His Jazzopators, and then in early 1937 by…
A Birthday Party with Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (3, n.c.)
Joe Williams and Oliver Nelson also participated in the celebrations The third part of Bob Udkoff’s birthday party is not complete, due to problematic source material, but if we…
Duke Ellington i Storvik den 23 april 1939
Storviks järnvägsstation som den kan ha sett ut vid Ellingtons besök 1939 Många av våra medlemmar kanske är osäkra på var man kan hitta Storvik på världskartan, eftersom orten idag…