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I'm excited to announce the official launch of my project to write a new, 5-part book series, The Ellington Effect, that analyzes in depth the music of the great Duke Ellington.  As you may know, in the course of my career I have spent a considerable amount of time studying and transcribing the music of the masters, no small part of which has been Duke's.  This project is a culmination of much of that study, and will go deeper than any other publication ever has into everything that is happening in this complex panoply of beauty that is Duke's body of work. Please check out the Kickstarter page that...

David Berger and the Sultans of Swing performing David Berger's original composition Remember This?, at Swing 46 in New York City on October 13, 2019. Personnel performing:   Jay Brandford Kurt Bacher Jay Rattman Mark Hynes Carl Maraghi   Bob Millikan Colin Brigstocke Irv Grossman Kerry MacKillop   Wayne Goodman Willie Applewhite Nana Sakamoto   Isaac ben Ayala Mathias Pichler Greg Joseph   Like this arrangement?  Play it with your own band!  This chart is available for purchase here.

David Berger and the Sultans of Swing performing David Berger's arrangement of June Night, at Swing 46 in New York City on October 13, 2019. Personnel performing:   Jay Brandford Kurt Bacher Jay Rattman Mark Hynes Carl Maraghi   Bob Millikan Colin Brigstocke Irv Grossman Kerry MacKillop   Wayne Goodman Willie Applewhite Nana Sakamoto   Isaac ben Ayala Mathias Pichler Greg Joseph   Like this arrangement?  Play it with your own band!  This chart is available for purchase here.

David Berger and the Sultans of Swing performing David Berger's arrangement of When My Sugar Walks Down The Street at Swing 46 in New York City on October 13, 2019. Personnel performing:   Yaala Balin   Jay Brandford Kurt Bacher Jay Rattman Mark Hynes Carl Maraghi   Bob Millikan Colin Brigstocke Irv Grossman Kerry MacKillop   Wayne Goodman Willie Applewhite Nana Sakamoto   Isaac ben Ayala Mathias Pichler Greg Joseph   Like this arrangement?  Play it with your own band!  This chart is available for purchase here.

David Berger and the Sultans of Swing performing David Berger's arrangement of Rose Room at Swing 46 in New York City on October 13, 2019. Personnel performing:   Jay Brandford Kurt Bacher Jay Rattman Mark Hynes Carl Maraghi   Bob Millikan Colin Brigstocke Irv Grossman Kerry MacKillop   Wayne Goodman Willie Applewhite Nana Sakamoto   Isaac ben Ayala Mathias Pichler Greg Joseph   Like this arrangement?  Play it with your own band!  This chart is available for purchase here.