Edward Kennedy Ellington, better known as Duke Ellington, born on April 29, 1899, was a composer, pianist, and bandleader ...

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

Tom Brown, 102, listens to music in the WWOZ Jazz Tent during the second day of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at ...

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

Joye in Aiken — the nonprofit performing arts organization known for its unique relationship with The Juilliard School — is ...

Jason Moran at The Apollo Theater article by Paul Reynolds, published on April 18, 2025 at All About Jazz. Find more Live ...

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

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

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

Curated and presented by Dutch tenor saxophonist and bandleader Alexander Beets, the evening seamlessly blended old-school ...

Once again, the Festival at Sandpoint saw fit to diss America’s only homegrown high art form. Serious jazz (e.g. Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Sun Ra ...