Jazz great Duke Ellington and his band shaped the 20th century American music scene, and his influence lives on in jazz and ...

The town’s community jazz orchestra, Blue Big Band, will perform Duke Ellington’s Afro-Bossa Suite at the Swampscott High School Auditorium on Thursday evening at 7:15 p.m. Timo Shanko, a Swampscott ...

Janelle Monae, Grace Jones, Dinosaur Jr., Snail Mail, Gogol Bordello and tributes to Quincy Jones are highlights of Celebrate ...

The program will explore the music and personal and working relationship of Ellington and Strayhorn, featuring well-known classics and beautiful and evocative lesser known works.

Warm Vintage Jazz Via Verve Acoustic Sounds Series 180-gram Vinyl Reissues Feature Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges and Roland Kirk ...

Anthony Davis blends jazz and truth to reshape opera with stories from Black history and powerful modern themes.

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

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

Atlanta-born jazz pianist and composer Mary Lou Williams arranged music for greats like Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman and Cab Calloway ...

Attendees at the organization’s gala, which celebrated Duke Ellington’s 125th birthday, shared what they listen to.

As the world celebrates the 126th birthday of our greatest composer, Duke Ellington, we should mark the lessons his music teaches us.

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 ...