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 ...

While attending the Louisiana Heritage Fair in Congo Square (then known as Beauregard Square), she and Duke Ellington, who also appeared at ... In 1970, George Wein, jazz impresario behind the Newport ...

Celebrate Mother's Day by taking your mom out for brunch. Enjoy a weekend full of festivals such as Burritofest and the ...

MUSIC: Music Live at Lunch, 12:10 p.m., Christ Church ... Grieg’s Piano Concerto featuring Michelle Cann, and Edward “Duke” Ellington’s Black, Brown and Beige led by pops principal guest ...

Janelle Monae and Grace Jones will lead off the concert season on June 9 at BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn!'s 2025 season, an annual ...

Ella Fitzgerald called him The Duke of Ellington ... and a new record deal with Columbia Records that released “Ellington at Newport” and sold a hat full. On the back of this resurgence ...

He also played Twin Cities Jazz Festival in St. Paul, Minnesota; Boise Jazz Society in Idaho; Caramoor Jazz Festival in Katonah, New York; Newport ... including Duke Ellington’s “Caravan ...

Today in Music History for May 24: In 1859, the song "Ave Maria," featuring a melody by French composer Charles Gounod superimposed on a theme from Bach's "Well-Tempered Clavier," was first performed ...

And he shares with Edward “Duke” Ellington the distinction of being one of the century ... Playlist Thelonious Monk “Esistrophy (Theme)" from Live at the It Club-Complete (Columbia) 00:30 Vince Ector ...