At Dizzy’s on Monday night, the celebration of Duke Ellington’s 125th birthday was officially launched when a composer, arranger, and bandleader, Ayn Inserto, performed stunning new interpretations of ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The Brockport Symphony Orchestra and the Bach Children’s Chorus brought the music of Duke Ellington to life at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church in Rochester. It was a celebration of 100 ...

This year marks 125 years since the birth of jazz legend Duke Ellington. The bandleader, composer and pianist died 50 years ago. In the new book “The Jazzmen,” biographer Larry Tye sets out to ...

There was a 13-year window in the United States around the turn of the 20th century during which alcohol was made illegal. That time period, known as prohibition, lasted from 1920 to 1933. The era, of ...

After my post last week on 16 jazz geniuses, I predictably received a flood of emails asking why Duke Ellington was missing from my list. As I explained, while Duke was exceptional, his piano didn't ...

San Francisco jazz star Marcus Shelby’s orchestra accompanies a local ballet company at Luther Burbank Center. What: The New World Ballet presents Duke Ellington’s “Nutcracker Suite,” featuring the ...

During her lifetime, jazz pianist Mary Lou Williams wrote hundreds of compositions and arrangements. She was a child prodigy who played with Duke Ellington in the 1920s. She was a contemporary of ...

*For over 30 years, Duke Ellington’s daughter and son – April Ellington and Edward Ellington Jr. – have been performing across the United States and around the world as their own music group called ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) – Not quite ready for the holiday season to end? Austinites have one final festive opportunity with the fifth annual production of “Duke Ellington’s The Nutcracker Suite” on Saturday and ...