Erik Wiedemann – Sacred Concerts
The Danish jazz journalist and Ellington researcher Erik Wiedemann was a frequent presenter at Ellington conferences in the early 1990’s. In Los Angeles, he talked about Ellington’s Sacred Concerts in…
Man with Four Sides
Man with Four Sides is one of Ellington’s theatrical projects. In Music Is My Mistress, Ellington says that he wrote it in 1955 when the band played for several weeks…
10th Ellington Conference
Bjarne Busk
Ellington Study Group Conference 1992
Erik Wiedeman
Flemming Sjølund Jensen
In English
Mercer Ellington donation
The Mercer Ellington donation
The program of the Ellington ’92 conference also included a presentation on the Mercer Ellington donation to Danish Radio. It was delivered by Erik Wiedemann, Bjarne Busk and Flemming Sjølund…
Copenhagen Sep. 30, 1959 corrected
The file with the Copenhagen Sep. 30, 1959 concert made available to DESS members on Jan. 26 turns out to be something totally different. It brings together selections from Ellington’s…
10th Ellington Conference
Duke Ellington Study Group conferences
Ellington Study Group Conference 1992
Erik Wiedeman
Oscar Pettiford
Stanley Crouch
Ellington ’92 in Copenhagen (2)
The Danish bass player and radioman Erik Moseholm was another speaker on this theme. His topic was the Danish bass tradition and the inspiration of Ellington’s basists on it. He…
10th Ellington Conference
Bjarne Busk
Bo Haufman
Duke Ellington Study Group conferences
Ellington Study Group Conference 1992
Erik Wiedeman
Ellington ’92 in Copenhagen (1)
The 10th Ellington Study Group Conference took place in Copenhagen May 28-31, 1992. The lead organisers of the conference were Arnvid Meyer, Niels Toft and Karl Emil Knudsen – three…
DR Ellington Broadcasts (17)
The third “goodie” for September is program 17 in the Duke Ellington series broadcasted by the Danish Radio in the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. As usual, it is available in…