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…
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…
DR Ellington Broadcasts 47
Broadcast 47 took place on 25 June, 1991. As the previous broadcast on 28 May 1991, it was produced and presented by Fleming Sjølund-Jensen. It is the the first “goodie”…
DESS Ellington Meeting 2022
As announced last month, there will be a virtual DESS Ellington Meeting also this year. It is organized by the editor of the website on behalf of DESS and with…
Ellington At 50
Ellington turned 50 during his three weeks engagement at the Paramount Theater at Times Square in New York 20 April to 10 May 1949. There are no traces of a…