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Amiralen in Malmö There are two surviving recordings of dance dates with the Duke Ellington Orchestra in Sweden in 1963  –  one from Dans In  at Gröna Lund in Stockholm…

Gröna Lund in June 1963 Duke directing the band in one of the outdoors sessions After the February visit to Sweden, Cat Anderson left the band temporarily, to turn up…

Kalmar Sporthall Feb. 9 1963 The Kalmar Castle Duke Ellington’s Nordic tour in February 1963 ended with two concerts in Kalmar in the southeast of Sweden on February 9, The…

Telecast from Cirkus, Stockholm, Feb. 7 , “INDIGO” As was previously pointed out, this telecast was presented on the website on Nov. 24, 2016, but it has not been available…

As in some earlier Ellington Study Group conferences, there was also a panel with mostly Ellington alumni. Harold Ashby, Butch Ballard, Bobby Boyd, Kenny Burrell, Wild Bill Davis and John…

Stockholm, February 6, 1963, 2nd concert, part 2 Action in 1963 Parts of the 2nd concert were broadcast by SR some time after the event and originally a recording from…

Stockholm, February 6, 1963, 2nd concert, part 1 Duke Ellington in February 1963 If the previously published concert from Stockholm on the above date (the 1st concert) had remained undiscovered…

The first issue of the DESS Bulletin for 2020 has just been published. Its cover story is about Al Hibbler, who the editor of the Bulletin Bo Haufman calls Duke’s…

interpreted by famous jazz singers Mel Tormé is one of them, but there are many others! We would like to start this session by listening to  Mel Tormé (1925-1999). As…

The second part of the concert was given by a group of Ellington alumni with impeccable credentials to get music to swing – Harold Ashby, Butch Ballard, Wild Bill Davis,…