Category: Blue Light

New issue of  Blue Light The 2019-2020 Winter issue of Blue Light was published recently. This time, the journal particularly recognises the passing of clarinetist, saxophonist and orchestra leader Bob…

Höstnumret av Blue Light har just nått medlemmarna av Duke Ellington Society UK (DESUK) Blue Lights nye redaktör Patrick Olsen har valt “to give something back” som tema för det…

The Ellington Conference in Birmingham There is still no website for the conference but  it seems for sure that it will take place. The facility for buying conference tickets is…

Ellington Study Group Conference May 25-27, 2018 Even if there is still no official announcement, it seems that the 25th Ellington Study Group Conference will take place in England or…

Next Ellington Study Group Conference The next Ellington Study Group Conference will take place in Birmingham, England on 25-27 May 2018. The conference is organized jointly by the Royal Birmingham…

The 2017 autumn issue of Blue Light has been distributed to DESUK members. Following in the steps of the previous issue, it basically has one major article and some more…

The summer issue of Blue Light arrived in my mailbox in early July. It is marked by the sad passing away of DESUK chairman Geoff Smith in March last year…

The first issue for 2017 has started to arrive in the mailboxes of DESUK members. The postman delivered it to my box a couple of days after I learned about…

The first issue of DESUK’s Blue Light in 2015 is now available to DESS members in the Ellington Archive. It is added to the issues of Blue Light 2011-2014 already…

It has just been printed and is on its way to the DESUK members in the U.K. and the rest of the world. It comes together with the DESUK version…