Man with Four Sides
Man with Four Sides is one of Ellington’s theatrical projects. In Music Is My Mistress, Ellington says that he wrote it in 1955 when the band played for several weeks…
Concerts in Sweden 1963
Stockholm, February 6, 1963, 2nd concert, part 2 Action in 1963 Parts of the 2nd concert were broadcast by SR some time after the event and originally a recording from…
Concerts in Sweden 1963
Stockholm, February 6, 1963, 2nd concert, part 1 Duke Ellington in February 1963 If the previously published concert from Stockholm on the above date (the 1st concert) had remained undiscovered…
Mark Twain’s Riverboat Restaurant, NYC 1966
In 1966, Duke Ellington and his orchestra did apparently not have a long-term engagement in New York (NYC) until late in the year. They did three major international tours in…
DESS Bulletin – New Issue
The first issue of the DESS Bulletin for 2020 has just been published. Its cover story is about Al Hibbler, who the editor of the Bulletin Bo Haufman calls Duke’s…
Songs by Ellington/Strayhorn
interpreted by famous jazz singers Mel Tormé is one of them, but there are many others! We would like to start this session by listening to Mel Tormé (1925-1999). As…
Ellington ’90 Concert 2 part 2
The second part of the concert was given by a group of Ellington alumni with impeccable credentials to get music to swing – Harold Ashby, Butch Ballard, Wild Bill Davis,…
Ottawa Ellington ’90 Concert 2 part 1
As announced by Andrew Homzy the night before, there was another concert on the second night of the conference. The concert was called “Inspired Abandon” (as the Lawrence Brown 1965…
Smått och gott i januari 2020 (1)
Ny CD från Maison du Duke Maison du Duke har nyligen gett ut den 12 CD:n i sin serie av Ellingtonmusik hämtad från den s.k. Claviésamlingen, som MDD köpte för…
Hertigens spelmän program 6
Det sjätte programmet i Jan Bruérs radioserie Hertigens spelmän sändes den 31 aug. 1981. Den här gången handlar det om Ellington – pianisten. Det är ett välkomponerat program med många…