SPOKANE, Wash. — Gonzaga University will host a special concert featuring the Duke Ellington's music. Duke Ellington: From Swing to Sacred concert features the jazz music played by Gonzaga faculty, ...
UPPER WEST SIDE, Manhattan (PIX11) — Jazz great Duke Ellington was based out of the Cotton Club in Harlem, but he and his band also traveled the world. Now a concert series celebrating the ...
FARGO — Local musicians will play a tribute to the Grammy-winning recording, “Duke Ellington at Fargo, 1940 Live.” The concert will take place at 7 p.m., Monday, Nov. 10, at the Four and Four, the ...
Students with the Duke Ellington School of the Arts are putting on some affordable entertainment for D.C. commuters at Union Station Wednesday. The students are scheduled to perform for free from 4:30 ...
"My right arm, my left arm, all the eyes in the back of my head" — that was how jazz legend Duke Ellington described the composer and arranger Billy Strayhorn, who was born 100 years ago on Nov. 29.
In this concert from his great European tour Duke gives a big band concert to be remembered in Brussel’s Marni Theatre. Featuring star soloists Money Johnson on trumpet, Paul Gonsalves on saxophone, ...
This week on the Jazz Continuum, we celebrate the birthday of Aretha Franklin with her music and Franklin covers by Philly organist Jimmy McGriff. We'll continue with a musical tribute to Cecil Taylor ...
Why Duke Ellington’s children chose Central High School’s jazz band to carry on their father’s legacy. Edward Jr. and April Ellington join ‘Live After 9’ with Grammy-winning producer H.B. Barnum to ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Sammy Miller is a Juilliard-trained jazz drummer and music educator. The views expressed in this commentary are his. View more opinion at CNN. This spring marks both the 50th ...