The Sun Prairie High School Jazz Ensemble is hitting the road, bound for the bright lights of New York City to compete in the ...

Jason Moran at The Apollo Theater article by Paul Reynolds, published on April 18, 2025 at All About Jazz. Find more Live ...

Ellington recorded “Black and Tan Fantasy” several times in 1927 with a small orchestra, showing off the ensemble’s tightly honed, potently expressive sound. Moran converted it into a solo, which he ...

Born in Washington, D.C., Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington rose to fame at Harlem's Cotton Club in the late 1920s. His career as a musician, composer, and bandleader spanned more than 50 years. Among ...

Edward Kennedy Ellington, better known as Duke Ellington, born on April 29, 1899, was a composer, pianist, and bandleader ...

(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 ...