Author: Ulf Lundin

Ellington started his 1970 concert tour in France on July 29 with a concert in Lille in the north of France with a concert of sacred music. After a one…

John was one of the speakers at Ellington ’91 as he had been at many other Ellington Study Group conferences before. He had discovered many of the printed Cotton Club…

Willis Conover interviewed Duke Ellington on  numerous occasions . The last one took place on September 5, 1973 in Ellington’s home in New York City, two and a half month…

  Ian is one of the cornerstones of what I have coined Ellington Galaxy. I discovered him when I found  his blog Ellington Live and when he became the editor…

Some ten days ago we published Phil Schaap’s presentation at Ellington ’91 of films and film clips with Duke Ellington or artists connected to him. One of them was the…

It has just become available and has music from December 22, 1932 to December 4, 1933. Almost everything on the new Ellington In Order release are ARC session available also…

  Phil Schaap had selected 9 films or film clips for his presentation. They are Jam Session (aka C  Jam Blues) The Subject Is Jazz Gerry Mulligan and Friends 1961…

Steven Bowie’s Ellington Reflection is one of the top five Ellington sites on Ellington Galaxy. It is indispensable for anyone interested in Ellington with its portraits of Ellington musicians and…

On September 27, 1958 (or there about) Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn and most of Ellington’s orchestra embarked S.S. Île de France to sail to Plymouth U.K.  for his first European…

Bill Saxonis’ annual Ellington program on University of  Albany’s radio station 90.9 WCDB was this year broadcasted on April 23. The program was as usual hosted by the radio station’s…