DESS will stay on – at least for now
A couple of months ago, the Chairman of Duke Ellington Society of Sweden, Göran Wallén, called a members meeting to decide on a proposal from the Board to dissolve DESS.…
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Blue Light
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Danny Caine
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Bulle och Light
In May I got the the second issue of Blue Light for 2025 (also numbered Volume 32 Number 1) and this week the new DESS Bulletin arrived. It is its…
DESS Celebrates Ellington 125
Duke Ellington Society of Sweden (DESS) will join the celebrations of Duke Ellington’s 125th birthday with a full day event in Stockholm on April 29. The program will have two…
DESS Bulletin 2023-3
Harold Ashby is the cover artist in the latest issue of the Bulletin. It is written by Peter Gardner and was originally published in the second issue of Blue Light…
DESS-mötet 7 maj 2018
Thomas Erikson stod för föredraget den här gången. När han senast framträdde vid ett DESS-möte pratade han om Tricky Sam Nanton. Den här gånger var ämnet Lawrence Brown. Vi har…
Smått och Gott / Bits and Pieces
This time the topics of “Bits and Pieces” are the DESS-meeting last Monday, an interview with Alice Babs in Musiktidningen in 1975 about her and Ellington and some more on…
Hotel Sherman and the Panther Room
All DESS members should by now enjoy the new members-only CD with broadcasts from Hotel Sherman in September-October 1940. If you are not a member yet, get yourself a membership…
Lite DESS-nyheter
Nästa medlemsmöte Nästa medlemsmöte äger rum äger rum den 12 december. Rune Sjögren, en av DESS’ medlemmar, kåserar om sin syn på Duke Ellington. Efter pausen framträder ensemblen Swedish Pastry…
Ellington-konsert med Kustbandet
Söndagen den 9 oktober kl. 15.00 presenterar Kustbandet tillsammans med DESS en konsert med Ellington-musik och lite mer. Konserten äger rum på Scalateatern och är ett arrangemang under Stockholm Jazz…