DESS Bulletin 2017-4
The new issue of the Bulletin has been published and is on its way to DESS members. As usual, a lot of good and interesting reading. The feature articles this…
Chelsea Bridge
Chelsea Bridge was one of the songs Billy Strayhorn wrote in 1940 when he and Mercer Ellington were called upon by Ellington to write new material for the band following…
Fargo Nov. 7, 1940
Today is the 77th anniversary of the night when Ellington and his orchestra played for dancing at the Crystal Ballrom in Fargo, North Dakota. Crystal Ballroom was the main dance…
DR Ellington Broadcasts (19)
The first ”goodie” for November is program 19 in the Duke Ellington series broadcasted by the Danish Radio in the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. The broadcast is available in the…
Stockholm 1994 (1)
After almost two years of preparations, the official opening of the Ellington ’94 conference in Stockholm took place on May 20, 1994. It was the 12th one in the series…
The Treasury Shows Vol. 24
Storyville has now issued volume 24 in “The Treasury Shows” series. It is the next to last in the series and it represents a jump of seven years from the…
Ellington-serie på Sveriges Radio 1994 (1)
In English Den 10 januari 1994 sände Sveriges Radio det första av tio program om Duke Ellington och hans musik. Idén till serien kom från Lars Westin och Jan Bruér,…
Ellington Study Group Washington D.C. 1983
The first full-scale Duke Ellington Study Group Conference was organized in May (5-7) 1983 by Chapter 90 of The Duke Ellington Society Washington D.C. . Some 90 people took part…
Blue Light 2017-3 and 2015-3
The 2017 autumn issue of Blue Light has been distributed to DESUK members. Following in the steps of the previous issue, it basically has one major article and some more…
Trianon Ballroom, Seattle, May 1, 1954 (2)
Britt Woodman Britt Woodman plays Theme For Trambean We continue with some more music from the Ellington dance date att Trianon Ballroom on May 1, 1954 in Seattle for th…