Edward Kennedy Ellington was born into the world on April 29, 1899 inWashington, D.C. Duke’s parents, Daisy Kennedy Ellington and James EdwardEllington, served as ideal role models for young Duke, and ...

In his new book, Taunton psychologist Keith Crochiere looks back on Roseland's heyday in the era of Prohibition, the ...

View more opinion at CNN. This spring marks both the 50th anniversary of Duke Ellington’s death, and what would have been his ...

(This is the first part of a three-part series. Read the second part.) Duke Ellington, whose contours have something of the swell and sweep of a large, erect bear and whose color is that of coffee ...

When you think of Duke Ellington, you probably hear the smooth sounds of jazz filling your mind, transporting you to a world of rhythm and elegance. But there’s another, lesser-known side to ...

46, No. 1, Oct., 1992 Jazz and Composition: The Many Sides of ... Jazz and Composition: The Many Sides of Duke Ellington, the Music's Greatest Composer This is the metadata section. Skip to content ...

Jazz was still seen as music at its most worldly, but for composers such as Duke Ellington and Mary Lou Williams, it was a natural way of expressing their spiritual beliefs-and, for them and for ...

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America's premier high school jazz band competition named four Seattle-area schools as finalists for its 30th iteration.

Two of the great pioneering geniuses of jazz are united on this epochal record, created from sessions cut in April 1961 when Duke Ellington sat in as pianist with Louis Armstrong’s All-Stars, a ...

What: Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s “Harlem Nutcracker Suite,” performed by the Marcus Shelby Orchestra When: 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 21 Where: Raven Performing Arts Theater ...

National Museum of African American History and Culture Letter to the Musicians' Protective Association from Duke Ellington National Museum of American History Bust of Duke Ellington National Museum ...