Erik Wiedemann – Sacred Concerts
The Danish jazz journalist and Ellington researcher Erik Wiedemann was a frequent presenter at Ellington conferences in the early 1990’s. In Los Angeles, he talked about Ellington’s Sacred Concerts in…
Ellington in Order Volume 4
It has just become available and has music from 2 February to 21 December 1932. Most of the recordings in Volume 4 are recordings made by American Record Corporation (ARC)…
Floyd Levin Talks About Barney Bigard at Ellington ’91
Floyd Lewis, promoter of traditional jazz and author of many books and articles on jazz, made a presentation about his close friend Barney Bigard on the second day of Ellington…
Andrew Homzy – Ellington Archive Findings
Andrew Homzy was one of the speakers on the first day. He was originally scheduled to speak about Anatomy of a Murder but in the last minute, he changed the…
A Week At Apollo in 1959
While browsing last week, I came by chance across an ad for Ellington’s appearance at Apollo Theatre in the week 27 February to 5 March, 1959. The engagement and the…
Ellington ’91 in Los Angeles – Program
The 10th International Ellington Conference took place in Los Angeles 13-16 June 1991. It was organised by The Duke Ellington Society Southern California Chapter and announced at Ellington ’90 in…
Person to Person
Edward R. Murrow had an incredible journalistic career being war correspondent in Europe during the Second World War, vice president of the network and head of CBS News when he…
Duke and Billy’s New Colors
The Ellington 2023 conference ended with a late musical event with the Saury – Rousselet – Couderc Quintet at the Sunset jazz club in the centre of Paris. It was…
Hodges in Stockholm and Copenhagen 1961
In January, the Danish record label Steeple Chase issued a CD with the concert by The Duke Ellington All Stars, directed by Johnny Hodges in Copenhagen 17 March 1961. Norman…
From Facebook 19 August 2023
There is always something to find about Ellington thanks to the hard work of people mentioned below and others. Here are some of today’s harvest. Steven Bowie Tom Samuels Jean-Marie…