Opening of Ellington ’97 in Leeds
The 15th Ellington Study Group Conference took place in Leeds from 22nd to 26th May 1997. It was the first conference in Europe since the one in Stockholm in 1994.…
Hamburg 1950
After Denmark and Sweden, Ellington, his orchestra and the rest of the entourage travelled to Germany for concerts in Frankfurt (8 June), Hamburg (10-11 June), Dortmund (12 June), Dusseldorf (13…
Duke Ellington i Sverige 1950
In the beginning of June 1950, ten years after his famous 1939 tour, Duke Ellington and his orchestra was back in Sweden. It was thanks to the long two and…
Concert in Damascus 9 Sep part 2
Here is the second part of the of first concert. It is also available for download in the Goodies Room. It is a long version of the Medley with the…
Duke Ellington in Middle East 1963
Cultural dipolomacy became a new tool in the U.S.A. foreign policy bag in the first half of 1950’s. In 1954, President Eisenhower established an Emergency Fund for International Affairs, from…
Stanley Dance Presentation at Toronto ’87
The 5th Ellington Study Group conference in Toronto ended with a presentation by Stanley Dance. As far as I know, it was his only appearance at such a conference…
Toronto 87 – Jack Towers
Jack Towers arrived in Toronto for the 5th Ellington Study Group conference expecting to have a relaxed time and socialise with old friends. I suppose that he did this…
Erik Wiedeman About The River
Erik Wiedeman had chosen The River as the topic for his talk at the conference. He gave a very detailed presentation of the work with music examples from in particular…
More from Toronto ’87
I think it is time to go back to this very well organised Study Group. So far the website has published presentations by Mark Tucker, Jerry Valburn, Alice Babs, Buck…
Galaxy Bits and Pieces Sep 2024
DESS Bulletin 2024:3 Taft Jordan is cover boy in the new issue. Bo Haufman has written the four page article. It covers of course Jordan’s period with Chick Webb and…