Ellington 2021 – Jack Chambers
Jack Chambers was also among the presenters on the fourth and last day of Ellington 2021. He is currently in the early stages of working on another book on Ellington…
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Jack Chambers was also among the presenters on the fourth and last day of Ellington 2021. He is currently in the early stages of working on another book on Ellington…
Brian is a man full of knowledge about jazz and among other things about Duke Ellington. When he was asked to make a presentation to Ellington 2021, he thought a…
Michael Kilpatrick – baritone saxophonist and orchestra leader – was one of the speakers on the second day of Ellington 2021. He is also a recognized transcriber of Duke Ellington’s…
Loren Schoenberg – founder of and senior scholar at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem – provided the first presentation on the third day of Ellington 2021. He is also…
Marilyn Lester ended the second day of Ellington 2021 with a presentation on Ellington and The Great American Songbook. It is a topic she knows very well thanks to her…
Ken Steiner has contributed to many Ellington Conferences – Stockholm, London, Amsterdam, Portland, New York, and was scheduled for a presentation at last year’s conference in DC. This time,…
Day #2 of Ellington 2021 took place on May 3rd. The program is available here. David Berger opened the day with his presentation Flaming Youth: Ellington’s 1920 Compositions. For more…
Bent Persson – Swedish trumper, arranger and transciber – did the last presentation of the first day of Ellington 2021. He talked about Kustbandet – 60 Years with…
She is a British jazz clarinet player and researcher and a jazz clarinet teacher at Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Hamburg since 2019. Her 2019 thesis was on Ellington’s…
LeÏla Olivesi – pianist, composer, band leader and lecturer at meetings of Le Maison du Duke – followed John E Hasse on the first day of Ellington 2021. Her…