In an age where the term "relevance" feels like the single dominant tenant of nearly all of us in the education community, ...

In 1950 bandleader Duke Ellington started his own record label that recorded numerous small-group dates often led by Ellington cohort Billy Strayhorn, featuring outstanding Ellington-orbit musicians ...

The Youth Jazz Ensemble of DuPage will participate in the 2025 Essentially Ellington Competition & Festival at Lincoln Center ...

Charlap was born in Manhattan and raised amid jazz royalty. He is the son of two noted musicians: Moose Charlap, who wrote ...

Friends of the Cabildo will host a special screening of rare 16mm film footage from the first-ever New Orleans Jazz & ...

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

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 ...

Composer and pianist Thelonious Monk’s eccentric style and innovative harmonies redefined jazz. His numerous contributions to ...

If anyone deserves the sobriquet of “the Pied Piper of Jazz,” it would be Wynton Marsalis. The legend will perform at The ...