Dan Morgenstern talks
A couple of years back I came across a series of interviews of Dan Morgenstern – one of the grandmasters of jazzwriting and much more. I am not sure where…
New Ellington Books (1)
In the beginning of July, Jack Chambers – professor of Linguistics at the University of Toronto and well-known jazz writer – published a new book. This time it is about…
Indigo 1963
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…
Alice Babs at the Ellington Conferences
“And last let us not overlook the splendid music and inspired invention of the wonderful Alice Babs. Her personality comes across as a sunburst. When all the hoy-hah has finally…
Alice Babs i DESS-bulletinen
DESS-bulletinen är en guldgruva av information. När man vill fördjupa sig i ett ämne är det ofta bra att börja med att läsa gamla Bulletiner. De är lätt tillgängliga eftersom…
My Greatest Ambition
“is to sing with Duke Ellington”. This was the answer Alice Babs gave to the American journalist Robert “Bob” Pierpont when he, in an interview for Swedish Radio in 1950,…
The Duke Lives On – Kustbandet
PÅ SVENSKA Kustbandet has been around for more than 50 years. They started in 1962 as a seven piece New Orleans jazz group but soon moved on to become a…
En hyllning till Ellington
“Det är svårt att tänka sig vår tids musik utan Duke Ellington. En gigant som för länge sedan växte ur jazzen och intog en plats bland det 20 århundrandets stora…
Celebrating the return of Cootie Williams
PÅ SVENSKA After almost 22 years of absence, on 12 September 1962, Cootie Williams returned to the Ellington band. Ellington was then back to New York after some touring along…