Andrew Homzy at Ellington ’86
The topic of his presentation was Ellington and Strayhorn’s Suite Thursday – Developing A Sixth Sense. Andrew gave the audience a 55 minutes presentation with a lot of music examples.…
Mark Tucker at Ellington ’86
After the short opening of the Ellington ’86, it was time for presentations. Martin Williams was scheduled to be the first speaker but his train from Washington DC was late…
More With Jaki Byrd, Milt Grayson, Aaron Bell
If anyone is interested that the website continue with more videos from Ellington ’96, please let me know. So far the interest has been lukewarm. Ulf Lundin
Jaki Byrd, Milt Grayson, Aaron Bell etc
Here is the first part of the concert with Jaki Byrd, Milt Grayson and Aaron Bell at radio station WBGO. A second part of the concert will be included in…
Getting Together in Newark
The day before the start of the conference all key participants and speakers gathered in Newark. In the video below by Sjef Hoesmit, one can see Patricia Willard, Alice Babs,…
Ellington ’86 in Newark
At the annual meeting of in June 1984, the New York Chapter of Duke Ellington Society (TDES) had decided to organise Ellington ’96 (the 4th Ellington Study Group Conference) in New…
Black and Tan Fantasy
Blue Light
Bo Haufman
Brian Priestley
Danny Caine
DESS
DESS Bulletin
DESUK
Gareth Evans
Ian Bradley
Bulle och Light
In May I got the the second issue of Blue Light for 2025 (also numbered Volume 32 Number 1) and this week the new DESS Bulletin arrived. It is its…
Nutcracker Sweeties at Ellington ’97
The afternoon on Sunday 25th May ended with a talk between the choreographer David Bintley, the ballet music conductor Paul Murphy and Pete Long about Bintley’s and Murphy’s Nutcracker Sweeties …
Dissecting Midriff at Ellington ’97
This is from Sunday afternoon May 25th at Ellington ’97. The title in the program is Happy Anatomy? but the subtitle says more – Midriff dissected. For almost 45 minutes Pete…
Date with the Duke with Mel Tormé
The radio series Date with the Duke, featuring Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, was broadcast during the mid-1940s. The program originally aired on the ABC Radio Network as Your Saturday…