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Stockholms Konserthus omkring 1960 I ett tänkt scenario där vi publicerar alla nu kända Ellingtonkonserter i Sverige (eller för oss tillgängliga delar därav) har vi nu kommit fram till den…

Stockholms Konserthus Under Ellingtons europaturné 1959 hölls konserter på följande platser i Sverige: 23/9 – Malmö, MFF-Stadion 24/9 – Borås, Boråshallen 25/9 – Örebro, Idrottshuset 26/9 – Stockholm, Konserthuset 27/9…

Ännu en gång bjöds DESS’ medlemmar på ett välkomponerat program av utomordentligt hög kvalitet. Ett mycket intressant föredrag om en negligerad period i Ellingtons liv och en kavalkad av Ellingtonmusik…

Göteborgs konserthus First few tunes of the “long” medley The 2nd part of the concert starts with two versions of Boo-Dah, with Duke telling a small story about the composer…

Göteborgs konserthus In June 2017, the website published an article about Ellington’s tour of Europe in October- November 1958 and particularly about his two appearances in Sweden – the one…

Sensommaren 1981 sände P2 en programserie av Jan Bruér om några av de viktigaste medlemmarna i Duke Ellingtons orkester. Serien hette Hertigens spelmän och varje program handlade om en viss…

Storyville has released a new CD in its Ellington stockpile recording series. This time it is the second Ellington concert in Uppsala on Nov. 9, 1971. Bjarne Busk has produced…

There was much live music at the Ellington ’92 conference. May 28 was Ellington Nights at many clubs and restaurants in Copenhagen. Then there was the Gala Concert on May…

Andrew Homzy made another interesting presentation at the Copenhagen ’92. This time, his focus was the collaboration and creative process between Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. He had studied the manuscript…

William (Bill) F. Hill, who was the chairman of the Ellington ’91 conference and participant in other Ellington Study Group conferences before that, contributed to Ellington ’92 as well.  …