Mercer Ellington Interview 1980
In March 1980, Mercer Ellington visited Chicago and Dick Buckley of radio station WBEZ and an active member of the local Ellington community took the opportunity to make a long…
Fargo Nov. 7, 1940
Today is the 77th anniversary of the night when Ellington and his orchestra played for dancing at the Crystal Ballrom in Fargo, North Dakota. Crystal Ballroom was the main dance…
Benny Åslund
Brooks Kerr
Dick Buckley
Ellington Study Group Conference
In English
Jack Towers
Jerry Valburn
Tom Whaley
Ellington Study Group Meets In New York 1981
The Chicago meeting was followed by another one in New York in the first weekend of October , 1981, It was labelled “the first ever international meeting of the Duke…
Ellington Study Group Meets for Lunch May 1981
Dick Buckley was a well-known radio presenter in Chicago, who for many years hosted “Jazz With Dick Buckley”. One day in May 1981, he started his program by saying: …