Category: Goodies of the Month

När Duke Ellington och hans orkester reste på Europa-turné i oktober 1958, så var det 8 år sedan den förra turnén och av manskapet som deltog 1950 återstod nu bara…

Ellington’s 1965 European tour lasted from January 25 to February 28. It started in France where Duke and the orchestra performed in Paris, and Lyon. They then went north, first…

Willie Smith and Harold Baker are soloing in Sophisticated Lady To complete our series of broadcasts from the Meadowbrook in New Jersey, we can now present to the DESS members,…

Pompton Turnpike VIP’s Boogie This article covers the MBS “Coast To Coast” broadcast with Ellington and his orchestra from Meadowbrook on June 11, 1951. The full broadcast is available to…

I DESS-rummet finns det en tillfällig avdelning som heter “Julklapp / Christmas Gift”. Där hittar man alla “godbitar”,  som gjorts tillgängliga till DESS’ medlemmar sedan starten av webbplatsen plus en…

Frank Dailey & Duke Ellington ‘ The Eighth Veil Back in Frank Dailey’s Meadowbrook Ballroom  it is now June 10 in 1951. The programme offered to our members this time…

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Indigo! This very word makes you think about Duke Ellington’s music. It has been used in some of his song-titles but in 1963, Swedish Television used this word as a…

All I Need Is YouDuke and his orchestra played for dancing at the Hotel Sherman in Chicago several times, the most well-known of these occasions being that of September-October 1940,…

The 10th Ellington program broadcasted by the Danish Radio in the mid-1980s is the third “Goodie” for the month of October. As usual, it is available in the “Goodies of…