Bits And Pieces
Hotel Sherman CD The Ellington specialist and discographer Brian Koller reports that the correct discographical information for track 23 and 24 of the CD is: Track 23, Maybe, is DE4028xa…
Hotel Sherman and the Panther Room
All DESS members should by now enjoy the new members-only CD with broadcasts from Hotel Sherman in September-October 1940. If you are not a member yet, get yourself a membership…
The DESS Bulletin – New Issue
The last issue of the DESS Bulletin for 2016 has just been published. The cover story of this issue is Arthur Whetsel – Ellington’s “sweet” trumpeter. Bo Haufman – the…
Duke Ellington at the Hotel Sherman in Chicago, 1942
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,…