Moran grew up listening to all manner of music, from jazz to reggae to hip-hop. As a teenager he learned to play the Afrika ...

In homage to “Empress of the Blues” Bessie Smith, Mayfield delivered a performance of “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” that was as ...

Still, it became synonymous with the Duke Ellington Orchestra. This song served as the band’s signature tune and an ode to the New York City subway line that led to Harlem, the heart of Black ...

presented to Duke Ellington National Museum of American History Duke Ellington Orchestra Bandstand Case National Museum of African American History and Culture Transit pass for St. Louis Public ...

(This is the first part of a three-part series. Read the second part.) Duke Ellington, whose contours have something of the swell and sweep of a large, erect bear and whose color is that of coffee ...

The Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra's next regular season concert, "Decades of Pop," is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. March 29 at ...

Guided by Duke Ellington’s great canon, Moran takes a solo piano climb up “Mount Ellington” in this extraordinary celebration ...

Edward Kennedy Ellington was born into the world on April 29, 1899 inWashington, D.C. Duke’s parents, Daisy Kennedy Ellington and James EdwardEllington, served as ideal role models for young Duke, and ...