Stanley Dance Presentation at Toronto ’87
The 5th Ellington Study Group conference in Toronto ended with a presentation by Stanley Dance. As far as I know, it was his only appearance at such a conference…
Erik Wiedeman About The River
Erik Wiedeman had chosen The River as the topic for his talk at the conference. He gave a very detailed presentation of the work with music examples from in particular…
More from Toronto ’87
I think it is time to go back to this very well organised Study Group. So far the website has published presentations by Mark Tucker, Jerry Valburn, Alice Babs, Buck…
Concert at Toronto ’87
The second day of Ellington ’87 ended with a concert by the Ellington ’87 All Stars. This first part honors Johnny Hodges. Played in the concert were Jeep’s Blues, Blues…
Ron Collier Speaks at Toronto ’87
Ron Collier ended the afternoon of the second day of the conference with a presentation about his collaboration with Duke Ellington. It was titled Collage, North and South of the…