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Two days of music events are lined up to celebrate the jazz great's 110th birthday. When it comes to describing Duke Ellington, it's easy to run out of superlatives. One of the defining figures of ...
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 ...
The Duke Ellington Jazz Festival is in full swing here in D.C. this week, with over 100 performances in 35 venues around the city. This year’s festival celebrates the music of New Orleans, and has a ...
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.
There is no conversation about jazz without a mention of The Duke. Duke Ellington was one of the most influential jazz pianist, band leaders, composers and arrangers of all time. Over the span of half ...
Get Access To Every Broadway Story Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. One of the first of many events to mark the ...
Ninety years ago this month, Duke Ellington and his jazz orchestra made one of their most emblematic and memorable recordings, “It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing).” The title became a ...
Phoenix’s The Nash Jazz Club will celebrate the holiday season with a full lineup of December concerts, including A Charlie ...
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 ...
Hank Jones’ tones can light up a room. The 89-year-old from Pontiac, Michigan, is the elder statesman of jazz piano, if not of all of jazz, and has worked with everyone from Charlie Parker and Miles ...
The Giants of Jazz 2LP reissue unites Frank Sinatra’s classic mid-’60s collaborations with Count Basie and Duke Ellington, newly remastered for vinyl.