Savor the sounds of big band jazz and swing with this compendium of live performance clips from some of the genres most legendary musicians Besides innovative clarinetist composer and bandleader Artie ...

MANSFIELD — The Renaissance Theatre invites audiences to swing into the holiday spirit with “We Wish You a Jazzy Christmas,” performed by the Artistic Jazz Orchestra on Saturday, Dec., 13 at 7:30 p.m.

Thanksgiving may be upon us, but Duke Ellington lovers in metro Detroit have an extra reason to party this weekend. Popular, nine-piece Detroit big band Planet D Nonet will play two shows at Ann Arbor ...

One of New England's premier dance orchestras, the New Legacy Swing Band is a 17-piece powerhouse ensemble that has been ...

Some of you will remember "Sophisticated Lady," "Take the 'A' Train" and "Satin Doll." They are three of the many hit tunes turned out by Duke Ellington and his band. There was nobody bigger in the ...

Most people have heard Duke Ellington’s music. But for some — like Scott O’Neil, Associate Conductor of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra — Ellington’s lure is much more personal. “My father was a ...

KEARNEY — Duke Ellington said it best when he clearly stated: “It don’t mean a thing, if it ain’t got that swing.” “The standard instrumentation is five trumpets, four trombones, five saxophones and a ...

The Duke Ellington Center for the Arts, in association with The American Tap Dance Foundation, will present Such Sweet ...

When Phyllis Hall, of Catahoula, asked Curious Louisiana if it's true that Duke Ellington and his orchestra once played in a swanky nightclub in Bunkie called the Blue Moon, I immediately remembered ...

There's a whole world under the surface and only Ron has any idea about it. And sometimes the two worlds collide, and sometimes they don't. Ron holds them at arm's length from each other. Watch every ...