Still, it became synonymous with the Duke Ellington Orchestra. This song served as the band’s signature tune and an ode to the New York City subway line that led to Harlem, the heart of Black ...

Duke Ellington ... Sometimes writing a song in no more than fifteen minutes and sometimes finishing concert pieces only a few hours before their performance, he has composed around twelve hundred ...

By Hank Shteamer Video by Ariel Fisher and Tim Schutsky Jason Moran has spent the past year living with the music of Duke Ellington, playing a series of concerts honoring the 125th anniversary of ...

Byron Center High School’s jazz orchestra worked with professional musician Walter Blanding to prepare for their eighth trip ...

Stars out in force to honor the musical pioneer and his legacy of compositions which are etched into the soul of America.

During their nearly three decades of working together, Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington created a legacy of music for the ages. This set offers a rare opportunity to hear Strayhorn the composer ...

“I could barely stand up,” Duke said about the nerves she was feeling during her first gig with Ellington. “He thought I was good and I sang most of his tunes because he wrote beautiful ...

But when Moran comes to the Wortham Center March 28, he’ll bring a different kind of Ellington performance ... to jam on some songs originally performed by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra.