Goodies of the Month – ELLINGTON GALAXY: Recent Episodes
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Program 46 was broadcasted on May 28, 1991. It was produced and presented by Fleming Sjølund-Jensen. It is the the first “goodie” this month and is available in the ”Goodies” section of the website. The program starts with Love You Madly sung by Milt Grayson. It is from the March 19, 1962 stockpile session when … Continue reading →
The file with the Copenhagen Sep. 30, 1959 concert made available to DESS members on Jan. 26 turns out to be something totally different. It brings together selections from Ellington’s concert in Paris on Sep.20, 1959 (both first and second concerts) and the second concert in Stockholm on Sep. 26, 1959. We apologize for having … Continue reading →
Duke Ellington and Paul Gonsalves in 1963 (Photo is not from the Soccer Club) Just before Duke Ellington and his orchestra played the week-long engagement at Gröna Lund in Stockholm in June 1963, a brief visit was made in Germany. We will let our members enjoy an unissued recording from a typical dance date for … Continue reading →
The first ”goodie” for November is program 19 in the Duke Ellington series broadcasted by the Danish Radio in the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. The broadcast is available in the “Goodies” section of the website. The program was broadcasted on May 31 1985. It brings the listeners excerpts from two “stockpile” recording sessions – one … Continue reading →
Duke Ellington på Hurricane Restaurant, senare omdöpt till Cafe Zanzibar Lawrence Brown är solist i Love Letters Bilden ovan är sannolikt från Hurricane Restaurant 1944. Ellington och hans orkester var engagerade där under ett stort antal veckor under år 1943 och 1944. Etablissemanget genomgick en renovering i början av 1945, och döptes därvid om till … Continue reading →
Britt Woodman Britt Woodman plays Theme For Trambean We continue with some more music from the Ellington dance date att Trianon Ballroom on May 1, 1954 in Seattle for th Goodies Room. We start where we ended previously with In The Mood since that performance was not fully complete. Soloists are: Clark Terry, Russell Procope, … Continue reading →
The fourth “goodie” for September is program 18 in the Duke Ellington series broadcasted by the Danish Radio in the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. As usual, it is available in the ”Goodies of the Month” section of the DESS Lobby (DESS-rummet). The program was broadcasted on March 29, 1985 and the presenter is Erik Wiedeman. … Continue reading →
Are Ellington and Strayhorn studying the UMMG Score? Upper Manhattan Medical Group In April and May 1954 Ellington and his orchestra were touring in western USA. This has been documented in a concert from Embassy Auditorium in Los Angeles on April 13, and from a dance date at McElroy’s Ballroom in Portland on April 29. … Continue reading →
Duke in front of the band in Bergen Early this summer, NRK – Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation – published a video file with an Ellington concert from Bergen on November 3, 1969 on its web site. This concert was said to have been telecast only once (June 1970), which is a long time ago. Probably only a … Continue reading →