One of my favorite moments in John Adams’ 2008 autobiography Hallelujah Junction comes when Adams, as a teenager on the East Coast, decides to sit next to Duke Ellington on his piano bench — while ...

Thus the music career of Duke Ellington wasborn. Duke was taken under the wings of Oliver "Doc" Perry and Louis Brown, whotaught Duke how to read music and helped improve his overall piano ...

He recalled trying to impress Vaughan by playing an obscure Duke Ellington composition on the piano backstage. “One section of the song I didn't really know, so I was kind of working my way ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Harry Connick Jr. will premiere a composition for the 100th anniversary of his mother's birth for Carnegie ...

USC Aiken's new Steinway Spirio high-resolution player piano can be used for performances, recording, instruction, and playing recreated performances ...

LANSING — The state’s Capitol welcomed Friday a newly refurbished, donated and Michigan-made piano acquired from a Greater Lansing church to serve as a centerpiece within its historic walls.

The role of Duke Ellington is played by Earl Gregory ... had none of the flavour of Ellington’s signature piano style and this may have to do with Musical Supervisor Liam Godwin’s lack of ...

David Kollar, a seasoned piano technician and owner of Kollar ... program included Claude Debussy’s “Clair de Lune” and Duke Ellington’s “Don’t Get Around Much Anymore.” ...

With the same accompaniment — and switching from accordion to piano to melodica — he led the entire house ... To answer that, we have to paraphrase his hero, Duke Ellington: I guess they don’t want ...

Playing the piano at home, he would sometimes mimic the style of two different jazz greats at once, Haust said, performing the Duke Ellington standard “Sophisticated Lady” while imitating Art ...