Things moved more slowly than usual. When the customer got to ... Duke Ellington was one of the most popular and successful jazz musicians of the first half of the 20th century and according to ...

Edward Kennedy Ellington, better known as Duke Ellington, born on April 29, 1899, was a composer, pianist, and bandleader whose contributions shaped the very fabric of jazz.

Alexander is an acclaimed poet, scholar, and cultural advocate. She is the president of the Mellon Foundation, the nation’s largest funder of the arts and humanities, which recently launched a $35 ...

Dozens of other artists will take the stage, too, and many have New Orleans roots, including Connick, Lil Wayne, Big Freedia, ...

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 ...

Established by the Smithsonian Institution in 2001 to highlight and celebrate the rich history of jazz music and its cultural ...

The Murray State University Jazz Ensembles will present concerts on Tuesday, April 8 at Lovett Auditorium on the Murray ...

Houston native Jason Moran has spent the past several months playing the works of Duke Ellington ... which has turned out an inordinate amount of jazz talent over the years.

Duke Ellington leads his jazz band, circa 1945.Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Alexander is an acclaimed poet, scholar, and cultural advocate. She is the president of the Mellon Foundation ...