Category: Smått och gott

Blue Light 2021-2 It reached the DESUK members quite some time. The issue is the last one put together by Patrick Olsen and he has made sure that he marks…

It is amazing to see how aliveEllington still is. Three fresh CDs with Ellington music have been issued so far this year. In addition, a book on the role of…

New Ellington CD from Maison du Duke The 13th CD in La Maison du Duke’s series of rare Ellington music and performances is available to MDD members since some weeks.…

Lawrence Brown igen I början av månaden publicerade vi ett föredrag om Lawrence Brown som musikforskaren Kurt Dietrich höll på Ellingtonkonferensen i Washington D.C. 1989. I samband med publiceringen bad…

The Ellington Effect David Berger – composer, arranger, orchestra leader, lecturer, Ellington collaborator and foremost expert on the music of Duke Ellington – launched last month an ambitious and important…

New DESS Bulletin The second 2020 issue of the DESS Bulletin was sent to the DESS members last week. It is an impressive piece of work by Bulletin’s editor Bo…

Grace Cathedral 16 april 1970 Nyligen gjorde Ellington- och filmspecialisten Brian Koller ännu ett av sina fynd. Han fann på eBay ett rullband med en inspelning av en konsert i…

New issue of Blue Light With the 2019 Summer of Blue Light, the magazine enters into a new era. Dr. Patrick Olsen has taken over as editor and change  seems…

New Ellington Books (2) The American writer and jazz columist Con Chapman has written a biography about Johnny Hodges. The title is Rabbit’s Blues – The Life and Music of…

Nästa möte Nästa DESS-möte äger rum nästa måndag den 6 maj. Lokalen är som vanligt Franska Skolans aula. DESS-medlemmen m.m. Håkan Skytt står för kvällens föredrag. Ämnet är “120 år…