Ellington 2021 – Marilyn Lester
Marilyn Lester ended the second day of Ellington 2021 with a presentation on Ellington and The Great American Songbook. It is a topic she knows very well thanks to her…
Ellington 2021 – Ken Steiner
Ken Steiner has contributed to many Ellington Conferences – Stockholm, London, Amsterdam, Portland, New York, and was scheduled for a presentation at last year’s conference in DC. This time,…
Ellington 2021 – Bent Persson
Bent Persson – Swedish trumper, arranger and transciber – did the last presentation of the first day of Ellington 2021. He talked about Kustbandet – 60 Years with…
Ellington 2021 – Samantha Wright
She is a British jazz clarinet player and researcher and a jazz clarinet teacher at Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Hamburg since 2019. Her 2019 thesis was on Ellington’s…
Ellington 2021 – Leïla Olivesi
LeÏla Olivesi – pianist, composer, band leader and lecturer at meetings of Le Maison du Duke – followed John E Hasse on the first day of Ellington 2021. Her…
Ellington 2021 – John E. Hasse
The first session of Ellington 2021 took place on April 29 in honor of the Duke’s birthday. The program for Day #1 is available here. Some 70 people from Canada,…
New Issue of DESS Bulletin
The Spring Issue of the DESS Bulletin has arrived in the mailbox of DESS members. As usual it is of interesting articles, most of them written by the energetic Bulletin…
Ellington At Chateau Goutelas 1966
Chateau de Goutelas is a castle in the natural and historical region of Forez in the center of France. 60 years ago it was a ruin. Today it is fully…
Ellington At NAB 1964 (part 2)
Ellington’s SESAC engagement in conjunction with the annual meeting of National Association of Broadcasters in 1964 continued on April 7. The trio was the same as in the first set…
Ellington At NAB 1964
In conjunction with 1964 annual convention of the National Association of Broadcasters in Chicago, Duke Ellington was engaged by the copyright organisation SESAC – Society of European Stage Authors and…