Ian Bradley makes Ellington Live
Ian is one of the cornerstones of what I have coined Ellington Galaxy. I discovered him when I found his blog Ellington Live and when he became the editor…
In color
Some ten days ago we published Phil Schaap’s presentation at Ellington ’91 of films and film clips with Duke Ellington or artists connected to him. One of them was the…
Ellington In Order Volume 5
It has just become available and has music from December 22, 1932 to December 4, 1933. Almost everything on the new Ellington In Order release are ARC session available also…
Phil Schaap with films at Ellington ’91
Phil Schaap had selected 9 films or film clips for his presentation. They are Jam Session (aka C Jam Blues) The Subject Is Jazz Gerry Mulligan and Friends 1961 with…
Ellington Reflections
Steven Bowie’s Ellington Reflection is one of the top five Ellington sites on Ellington Galaxy. It is indispensable for anyone interested in Ellington with its portraits of Ellington musicians and…
Andrë Hodier
Bulletin du Hot Club France
Claude Bolling
Duke Ellington 1958
Hugues Panassié
Jazz Hot
Paris
Ellington in Paris 1958
On September 27, 1958 (or there about) Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn and most of Ellington’s orchestra embarked S.S. Île de France to sail to Plymouth U.K. for his first European…
Bill Saxonis’ Ellington Special 2023 part 1
Bill Saxonis’ annual Ellington program on University of Albany’s radio station 90.9 WCDB was this year broadcasted on April 23. The program was as usual hosted by the radio station’s…
DESS Bulletin 2023-3
Harold Ashby is the cover artist in the latest issue of the Bulletin. It is written by Peter Gardner and was originally published in the second issue of Blue Light…
Listen to Harmony in Harlem
https://www.harmonyinharlem.co.uk/video/SunsetAndTheMockingbird-fb.mp4 Michael Kilpatrick and his Harmony in Harlem is one of the key orchestras to keep Ellington alive and reach out to new audiences. At he moment, Michael and the…
New on TDWAW
This week David Palmquist has shared new information on The Duke Where And When (tdwaw.ca). The first one is about the opening of Club Ebony on 11 December 1947. The…