(ThyBlackMan.com) Duke Ellington, a giant in jazz history, was more than just a composer and bandleader—he was a cultural architect whose music told the stories of Black excellence, struggle, and ...

Duke Ellington was one of the most popular and successful jazz musicians of the first half of the 20th century and according to composer Gunther Schuller and musicologist and historian Barry Kernfeld, ...

Duke Ellington Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright ...

For voice and piano (simplified) with guitar symbols. Mood indigo.--It don't mean a thing.--Azure.--I let a song go out of my heart.--Boy meets horn.--Caravan.--Solitude.--Sophisticated lady.-- ...

"Ellington came up, and her appreciation of music and instruments and how they're amplified just floored me for about a minute," British jazz musician Gary Crosby said of his conversation with the ...

If you want to celebrate Duke Ellington's birthday on April 29, the Jazz Houston Youth Orchestra has the perfect way to do it. The group is performing the music from Duke Ellington's Sacred Concert, ...