In Bombay 12 Oct 1963, part 1
According to TDWAW, the 11th October, was a day off. But there are other information what he did on this day. In an article in the DEMS Bulletin, Klaus Göttinger…
Klaus Stratemann At Ellington ’97
The conference in Leeds became Klaus Stratemann’s last Ellington Study Group Conference. By then he had attended almost all of them and it was very very emotional in Leeds…
Jerry Valburn At Ellington ’97
Jerry Valburn was the first speaker on the second day of the 1997 Ellington Study Group Conference in Leeds and he gave the audiens a very good and pedagogical presentation.…
DESS Bulletin 2024-4
The last DESS Bulletin for this year has already reached the DESS members, who subscribe t0 the pdf version, while printed version has just been sent out out. I wrote…
Blue Light Autumn 2024
The postman delivered the Autumn 2024 issue (Volume 31.2) in the middle of the summer. 50 pages full of interesting articles as always. Thank you, Gareth! I am happy to…
In Bombay 10 Oct 1963, part 2
Part 2 begins with Louie Bellson’s Skin Deep, which is a show-case for Sam Woodyard during the tour. Then the orchestra theme follows with Duke himself seated at the piano.…
In Bombay 10 Oct 1963, part 1
Our previous article on Ellington’s long tour of Middle East, Central East and Far East ended with his arrival in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. He, the orchestra and his…
Ellington ”97 – About Ivie Anderson
Dave Gelly had chosen to talk about Ivie Anderson at Ellington ’97. He was a writer on jazz for The Observer’s Grammophone and other publications, was also a broadcaster on…
Ellington ’97 – The Ellington Brass Tradition
In the afternoon of the plenary part of the conference, Bill Berry and Bob Hunt talked about The Ellington Brass Tradition. Willie Cook should also had been part of…
Ellington ’97 – Swingers for the Cause
This is the first presentation of the conference. It was put put together by a team from the Smithsonian Institution’s Ellington Collection led by Annie Kuebler. The team included also…