Smått & Gott/Bits & Pieces Dec 2021-2
Who Knows Before the summer, DESUK distributed to its members the CD Who Knows with Brian Priestley and a small group playing “least studied and least ‘covered’ pieces” of Ellington…
A Present from Steven Lasker
24 December 2021 is the day in Sweden (and many other countries) when Santa Claus arrives with his presents. This year, Steven Lasker has joined him and given DESS and…
Seasonal Greetings 2021
The website team – Anders and Ulf – wish all DESS members and other friends of Duke Ellington Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year. We are looking forward to…
Ellington Meeting 2022
Following up the success of the Ellington Meeting 2021, DESS and DESScafé have decided to organise another virtual conference for Duke Ellington aficionados and experts next year. It will take…
Broadcasts from The Hurricane Restaurant 1943 part 3
Full blast at the Hurricane! We follow up our series with unissued Ellington broadcasts from the Hurricane Restaurant in 1943 with two more. They are from the end of Ellington’s…
Lyssna till Erik Persson
Den 13 september kunde DESS äntligen hålla sitt årsmöte och Göran Wallén hade hjälpt till att organisera ett bra musikprogram. Ett av inslagen i det var tenorsaxofonisten Erik Persson, som…
Smått & Gott/Bits & Pieces Dec 2021-1
Blue Light 2021-2 It reached the DESUK members quite some time. The issue is the last one put together by Patrick Olsen and he has made sure that he marks…
Broadcasts from The Hurricane Restaurant 1943 part 2
A busy night at the Hurricane We are continueing our presentations of rare broadcast recordings from the Hurricane in 1943. Here is a file with 35 minutes of music by…
Broadcasts from The Hurricane Restaurant 1943
Photo from The Hurricane Restaurant in 1943 Duke Ellington and his orchestra spent many weeks playing nightly at the Hurricane in 1943, 1944 and after it was reopened as The…
DESScafé 1 nov. 2021
Den här gången kom de trogna kafébesökarna till kaféet för att höra om och lyssna till musik spelad av Cat Anderson. Programmet hade satts samman av Leif Jönsson – stor…