ELLINGTON GALAXY

It is the last issue for 2021 and Bo Haufman has once again put together a lot of interesting reading about Ellington and those around him. The cover story  is…

Stockholm, October 28, 1973 Stockholm in the autumn of 1973 Since the start of this web-site we have published some 35 konserts that took place in Sweden, most of them…

It is amazing to see how aliveEllington still is. Three fresh CDs with Ellington music have been issued so far this year. In addition, a book on the role of…

The fall issue of the DESS Bulletin should have arrived in the mailbox of DESS members by now. As usual, it provides a lot of good reading contributed by Bulletin…

Jack Chambers was also among the presenters on the fourth and last day of Ellington 2021. He is currently in the early stages of working on another book on Ellington…

Brian is a man full of knowledge about jazz and among other things about Duke Ellington. When he was asked to make a presentation to Ellington 2021, he thought a…

Jan Bruér – Swedish jazz critic and writer, record producer and DESS member – was one of the speakers on the last day of Ellington 2021. Back in 1960’s, he…

Michael Kilpatrick – baritone saxophonist and orchestra leader – was one of the speakers on the second day of Ellington 2021. He is also a recognized transcriber of Duke Ellington’s…

Loren Schoenberg – founder of and senior scholar at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem –  provided the first presentation on the third day of Ellington 2021. He is also…

Laurent Mignard ended the third day with a sparkling multimedia presentation of his Duke Orchestra. He founded it in 2003 to bring Duke Ellington’s music to old and new audiences…