Duke Ellington, whose contours have something ... fervor is apparent in the words of a London critic reporting an Ellington concert at the Palladium. “His music has a truly Shakespearean ...

My Heart Sings” and about his dream to create a venue in Houston where jazz musicians can find an open mic to jam.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Duke Ellington, a giant in jazz history ... but as a sophisticated composer whose work belonged in concert halls just as much as nightclubs. Originally a part of Ellington ...

Duke Ellington left a formidable discography at his death at the age of 75 in 1974, and it has expanded greatly with the number of concerts that have been uncovered and issued since then. This CD is ...

KEVIN WHITEHEAD, BYLINE: Ella Fitzgerald, 1967, with a gaggle of Duke Ellington's horn players on a tune she first recorded in the '30s, "Don't Be That Way." It's from an Oakland Coliseum concert, ...

National Museum of African American History and Culture Letter to the Musicians' Protective Association from Duke Ellington National Museum of American History Bust of Duke Ellington National Museum ...

This short documentary by writer and archivist Ehsan Khoshbakht tells the story of Duke Ellingtons concert tour of the Middle East in 1963 and the development of one of the most beautiful jazz ...