Concerts in Sweden
Malmö, 25 October 1973 ……and a Happy New Year! Ellington & Babs (this picture is from an earlier occasion) Welcome to the second concert at Malmö Stadsteater on October 25,…
Smått och gott /Bits And Pieces Dec 2020
New Ellington CD from Maison du Duke The 13th CD in La Maison du Duke’s series of rare Ellington music and performances is available to MDD members since some weeks.…
Ellington Interview 1962 (2)
The second part of the Jack Cullen interview is now available for DESS members in the Goodies section. As in the first part, Cullen asks Ellington questions about songs he…
Concerts in Sweden
Malmö, 25 October 1973 Merry Christmas to all DESS members! What we are about to present to you, is a Christmas Gift consisting of mainly unissued and partly undocumented music…
Ellington Interview 1962 (1)
Duke Ellington and his orchestra spent October 1962 in the American West, particularily in California. At the end of the month, he and the band crossed the border into Canada…
We Remember Clark
CLARK TERRY 1920-2015 Today is the 100 anniversary of the birth of Clark Terry. He had a very long and distinguished career and recorded a very a large number of…
Concerts in Sweden
Malmö, Nov. 9, 1969 1st Concert Malmö Stadsteater, the venue for this concert Two concerts from Sweden in 1969 remains to be accounted for on the DESS web site, namely…
Concerts in Sweden
Malmö Nov. 9, 1969 2nd concert The Duke in 1969 The recorded material from the 2nd concert at this date is shorter, but sound-wise better compared with the 1st. Here,…
Teaching Ellingtonia
In the early 1990’s Kenny Burrell participated in some Ellington conferences. The first one was Ellington ’90 in Ottawa, where he was was an important part of the music program.…
DESScafé Nov. 16, 2020
Nov. 16, DESScafé welcomed again the DESS members to another afternoon of Ellington music and a cup of coffee. This time the theme was From My Ellington Archive and Leif…