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…
Sherman Hotel, Chicago, juli-augusti 1942
För några år sedan gav DESS ut en CD till sina medlemmar med material från The Panther Room, Hotel Sherman, Chicago. inspelat från radioutsändningar i september/oktober år 1940. Två år…
Protected: Sacred Concert Barcelona Nov.10, 1973
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Protected: Second Sacred Concert in Paris Nov. 16, 1969
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Bill Berry and Buster Cooper interview
In the November 2018 issue of the DESS Bulletin, Bill Berry (1930-2002), ex-Ellington trumpeter, was featured rather heavily. We came across an interview by doctor Michael Woods, where he was…
New CD from DESS
DESS and its sister organization in UK, DESUK, have together produced a CD as a gift to the members, just in time for Christmas. This year we have selected a…
Meadowbrook Gardens Cafe Oct. 4-5 1947
Listen to the vibraphone player! Medowbrook Gardens, situated in Culver City, California, burned down to the ground in 1948. It had been started as Sebastian’s Cotton Club, transformed into Casa Mañana…
A recording session in 1947 with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
Duke Ellington in a Columbia recording studio Chester Crumpler sings Maybe I Should Change My Ways Ellington made the last recordings of the RCA-Victor period in September 1946 and after…
HEADING FOR NEWPORT 1956
Stichting Doctor Jazz presents a previously unissued concert by Duke Ellington and his orchestra from the Hill Auditorium at Ann Arbor University in Michigan, dated 2 July, 1956. This happened…
Duke Ellington at the Zanzibar Oct. 29, 1945
Stompy Jones During the years of the Petrillo recording ban, 1942-1944, there were of course very few studio recordings by Duke Ellington and his orchestra, but fortunately for us, he…