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…
Ellington 2021 – Brian Priestley
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…
Ellington 2021 – Michael Kilpatrick
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…
Ellington 2021 – Loren Schoenberg
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…
Ellington 2021 – Marilyn Lester
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…
Ellington 2021 – Ken Steiner
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,…
Ellington 2021 – David Berger
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…
Ellington 2021 – Bent Persson
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…
Ellington 2021 – Samantha Wright
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…
Ellington 2021 – Leïla Olivesi
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…