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EssEllington

  1. As it turns out, there's a shoe named in honor of Duke Ellington clae.com/amusement/post… #EssEllington #WonderingHowHeWouldFeelAboutThat
  2. @PaulDevlin Norma Miller is awesome beyond measure. We're reasonably certain Phoebe was in the celestial upstairs laughing her butt off.
  3. "To use the vernacular of my generation, Phoebe Jacobs was a 'swingin' broad.'" - legendary swing dancer Norma Miller #BestTributeQuoteEVER
  4. "I thought Duke was...oh my. He kissed my hand once, and I didn't want to wash my hand for a week!" - Phoebe Jacobs. facebook.com/events/3579324…
  5. @wyntonmarsalis leads the JLCO in an open rehearsal of "Royal Garden Blues" for the 2013 Essentially Ellington program: youtube.com/watch?v=MRYuQI…
  6. @benymore Tony was superb! Our congratulations to you
  7. Wonderful article on Rio Americano High! Have a look. riomirada.com/news/2012/05/2…
  8. @jazzbandprob We've been known to say such things.
  9. Book 5 of the Frank Stewart Essentially Ellington Photo Book is now online! facebook.com/essentiallyell…
  10. JLCO member Victor Goines discusses his experience as a coach at Essentially Ellington. youtube.com/watch?v=VPLlkt… #EssEllington
  11. Another photo set from Essentially Ellington is now online, featuring performance shots. Have a look! facebook.com/essentiallyell… #EssEllington
  12. @MedfieldPress We'll be putting up streaming audio of the festival shortly. I'll let you know as soon as they're up!
  13. Walter Blanding joins the late night jam session at Dizzy's. I became nostalgic for EE. twitter.com/EssEllington/s…
  14. @MedfieldPress unfortunately our rights to broadcast the videos online only allowed us to have them up for a week....
  15. Have you checked out JALC's Hall of Fame? There's some fantastic audio samples and historical content, notably of Duke jalc.org/halloffame
  16. For discussion: are they contemplating the future? Or are they looking at a weird bug on the wall? #EssEllington twitter.com/EssEllington/s…
  17. The welcome wagon for EE (playing as the students entered the theater on the first day) #EssEllington twitter.com/EssEllington/s…
  18. Wynton: "Who took my trumpet and sheet music?" #EssEllington #JoeTemperleyContemplatesCareerShift twitter.com/EssEllington/s…