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…
By Ulf Lundin
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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’ 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…
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…
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…
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…