ELLINGTON GALAXY

Göteborgs konserthus In June 2017, the website published an article about Ellington’s tour of Europe in October- November 1958 and particularly about his two appearances in Sweden – the one…

Det tredje programmet i Jan Bruérs radioserie Hertigens spelmän sändes den 10 aug. 1981. Det handlar om trombonisterna i Ellingtons orkester. Fokus är på trombontrion Tricky-Sam Nanton, Lawrence Brown och…

Det andra programmet i Jan Bruérs radioserie Hertigens spelmän sändes den 3 aug. 1981. Det handlar om trumpetarna i Ellingtons orkester. DESS’ medlemmar kan lyssna till det här. Bubber Miley,…

Sensommaren 1981 sände P2 en programserie av Jan Bruér om några av de viktigaste medlemmarna i Duke Ellingtons orkester. Serien hette Hertigens spelmän och varje program handlade om en viss…

The new Bulletin with a lot of good reading was sent out to DESS members a couple of days ago. Betty Roché is the featured artist this time. Bo Haufman…

New Ellington Books (2) The American writer and jazz columist Con Chapman has written a biography about Johnny Hodges. The title is Rabbit’s Blues – The Life and Music of…

In the beginning of July, Jack Chambers – professor of Linguistics at the University of Toronto and well-known jazz writer – published  a new book. This time it is about…

Storyville has released a new CD in its Ellington stockpile recording series. This time it is the second Ellington concert in Uppsala on Nov. 9, 1971. Bjarne Busk has produced…

There was much live music at the Ellington ’92 conference. May 28 was Ellington Nights at many clubs and restaurants in Copenhagen. Then there was the Gala Concert on May…

Andrew Homzy made another interesting presentation at the Copenhagen ’92. This time, his focus was the collaboration and creative process between Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. He had studied the manuscript…