Happy Birthday to Johnny Hodges
We are late in wishing Johnny Hodges Happy Birthday but it has taken some time to find this photo from Dans In at Gröna Lund in Stockholm in June 1963.…
Ellington at Gröna Lund June 1963 (2)
There was hardly any reviews of Ellington’s week at Gröna Lund. I remember one in Dagens Nyheter, which I read at the time. Unfortunately, I have not been able to…
Ellington at Gröna Lund June 1963 (1)
Duke Ellington spent the whole month of June 1963 in Sweden. He arrived at the Stockholm-Arlanda airport on May 31, where Swedish Radio made a short interview with him. Ellington…