Newport 1956 – The Day After
On Monday July 9 1956, Newport and the jazz world woke up to get to grasp what had happened at the Newport Jazz Festival on the Saturday night before. It…
The Emergence of the Wailing Interval
Duke Ellington wrote and recorded Diminuendo In Blue and Crescendo In Blue in 1937. The recording made on 20 Sept. that year was a swinging and bluesy performance, covering both…
Född igen – Newport 7 juli 1956
Det är runt halv nio på kvällen i Newport, Rhode Island. Duke Ellington och orkestern (utan fyra nyckelmedlemmar) är på väg upp på estraden på Freeport Stadium. Det är sista…
Heading for Newport
As said in the post June 1, 2016 (“Duke Ellington 1956 – the Month of May”), Duke Ellington ended his month-long engagement at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas at…