Category: Duke Ellington 1963

Here is the second part of the concert on 12 Ocktober. It starts with the short Medley, which consists of Black And Tan Fantasy, Creole Love Call and The Mooche.…

Part 2 begins with  Louie Bellson’s Skin Deep, which is a show-case for Sam Woodyard during the tour. Then the orchestra theme follows with Duke himself seated at the piano.…

Our previous article on Ellington’s long tour of Middle East, Central East and Far East ended with his arrival in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. He, the orchestra and his…

After Helsinki, Ellington and the orchestra went to Stockholm where they were going to have a busy period.  On 6 February, they played  two evening concerts  at the Stockholm Concert…

After Lund, the next day Ellington and the band went to Gothenburg (Göteborg) for two concerts at Gothenburg Concert Hall (Göteborgs Konserthur. The first tok place at 7:00 pm and…

In 1963, Duke Ellington visited Sweden twice. The first visit was in early February and the second in June. The February visit was part of a long tour organised by…

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…

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…

Ellington spent a lot of time in Europe in 1963, both in the early Spring and in the summer. It is well-documented both by CDs and on tapes circulating among…

Serenade To Sweden take 7 IN ENGLISH Det skulle dröja ända tills 1966 innan inspelningarna från Studio Hoche i Paris den 28 februari och 1 mars 1963 gavs ut av…