DESS salutes the birthday of Duke Ellington
PÅ SVENSKA Today it is 117 years ago since the wonderful life of Duke Ellington began. Every year on this day we salute him with Happy Birthday and sit down…
Memories of a birthday celebration in Sweden
PÅ SVENSKA Duke Ellington’s 40th birthday on 29 April 1939 was celebrated in Stockholm from the early morning into the late night. The highlight was the concert at the Stockholm…
Duke at Meadowbrook 1951
Midriff PÅ SVENSKA Duke and the orchestra played for dancing at Meadowbrook, New Jersey in early June 1951 and we know of the existence of eight different broadcasts from…
New issue of the DESS Bulletin published
The second issue for 2016 of the DESS Bulletin is published and it will reach the DESS-members in the next couple of days. Ben Webster is the main feature of…
Duke i Borlänge 12 juni 1963
PÅ SVENSKA Borlänge in the center of Sweden was one of the stops during Ellington’s long tour of Sweden in June 1963. On the 12th June, the band played in…
New issue of Blue Light
The spring issue of DESUK’s Blue Light is now available and has been sent to Its subscribers. As usual it is an issue with a lot of good and interesting…
The first issue of the DESS-bulletinen 2016
The first issue for 2016 of the DESS Bulletin was posted to all members on 1 February. It has among other things a long article by Bo Haufman on the…
Duke Ellington in 1956 – January
1956 is no doubt a very pivotal year in Ellington’s career. After years of struggle and many prophesies on the demise of the orchestra, a number of events brought him…