Essentially Ellington 2023
The 28th edition of the Essentially Ellington Competition for High School Jazz Band took place May 11-13 at Jazz At Lincoln Center in New York City. A jury had selected…
Bullen and Blue Light
It is rare that new issues of the DESS Bulletin and DESUK’s Blue Light are published just a few days apart but at the end of January and early February…
Premiered by Ellington part 1
This month, the website will focus on Ellington’s Capitol LP “Premiered by Ellington”. This 10” LP has music that is not composed by Ellington but recorded by him for the…
Discographical and goodies notes 2023-1
My People In the beginning of December, I published an article about DR Ellington Broadcasts program 49. The broadcast has 11 tracks, which have not been available before. I have…
Duke Ellington at the Band Box in NYC
4 Feb. 1953 According to New DESOR, Oscar Pettiford is the bass player on this broadcast from the Band Box in NYC, but according to other sources it might be…
Duke Ellington at the Civic Opera House in Chicago
Feb. 2, 1947 Civic Opera House, Chicago Here is another live performance in which Oscar Pettiford is present. Ellington played at the Civic Opera House in Chicago a few times…
DR Ellington Broadcasts 49
Broadcast 49 took place on 25 April 1992. This time it was produced and presented by Fleming Sjölund Jensen It is the the first “goodie” in December 2022 and is…
DESS Bulletin 2022-4
The new issue of the DESS Bulletin arrived in the mailbox of DESS members at the end of last week. Bo Haufman, its editor and also the chairman of DESS,…
Dogwood Hollow, Stony Brook, 18 July 1958, Part 2
Oscar Pettiford Some years ago, I got a parcel from the late Sjef Hoefsmit. The contents was a CD, with some notable recordings with the Ellington orchestra where Oscar Pettiford…
Blue Light Autumn 2022
The latest issue of Blue Light is with its 52 pages full of good reading thanks to the hard and creative work of the editor Gareth Evans. As in the…