Panel discussion at Ellington ’97
The morning of the next to last day of the conference ended with a panel discussion entitled The Brittish Connection with Bill Berry, Norris Turney, Jimmy Woode as panelists and…
Alice Babs
Cullberrg Balett
Duke Ellington 1963
In English
Indigo
Leif Anderson
Lennart Östberg
Night Creature
Stockholm 6 February 1963
Duke Ellington in Sweden 1963 part 3
After Helsinki, Ellington and the orchestra went to Stockholm where they were going to have a busy period. On 6 February, they played two evening concerts at the Stockholm Concert…
Blue Light
Daisy Kennedy Ellington
Danny Caine
Fred Glueckstein
In English
Interview
Mercer Ellington
Another issue of Blue Light
The postman delivered the Spring 2024 (Volume 31.1) issue in my mailbox almost a month ago but there has been no time for me to write about until now. It…
Ellington Reflections News
Steven Bowie published a couple of week ago a new post in his amazing blog. He is as regular as a clock! This month he has chosen to talk about…
Ellington at Santa Monica 1960
On March 2, 1960, Ellington started what was to become a twelwe week engagement at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas, where the orchestra performed in the Starlight Lounge. Juan…
More of Duke at the Piano
By chance I came across a small piece of a reel-to-reel tape the other day. It had a segment of a Date With The Duke broadcast with Ellington playing a…
Recording for a TV Broadcast
As said in the previous article, Ellington had been contracted by the French public radio and TV agency ORTF (Office de radiodiffusion-télévision française) to make two programs during his visit…
John E. Hasse – Cotton Club Revues
John was one of the speakers at Ellington ’91 as he had been at many other Ellington Study Group conferences before. He had discovered many of the printed Cotton Club…
Phil Schaap with films at Ellington ’91
Phil Schaap had selected 9 films or film clips for his presentation. They are Jam Session (aka C Jam Blues) The Subject Is Jazz Gerry Mulligan and Friends 1961 with…
An Ellington Galaxy
The DESS website is back after six weeks of restoration. It looks different from before but all the content from the old DESS website is there and the Internet address…