In an age where the term "relevance" feels like the single dominant tenant of nearly all of us in the education community, ...

Jazz great Duke Ellington and his band shaped the 20th century American music scene, and his influence lives on in jazz and ...

Born in Washington, D.C., Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington rose to fame at Harlem's Cotton Club in the late 1920s. His career as a musician, composer, and bandleader spanned more than 50 years. Among ...

Stars out in force to honor the musical pioneer and his legacy of compositions which are etched into the soul of America.

Duke Ellington, whose contours have something of ... themselves wryly in Alex Ross Perry’s loving, metafictional rock-bio-pic parody.

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An elaborate box set from the Danish Storyville label: seven CDs and one DVD, paying tribute to Duke Ellington's arranger and composer Billy Strayhorn that--alas--doesn't quite live up to the ...

By Hank Shteamer Video by Ariel Fisher and Tim Schutsky Jason Moran has spent the past year living with the music of Duke Ellington, playing a series of concerts honoring the 125th anniversary of ...