Ellington recorded “Black and Tan Fantasy” several times in 1927 with a small orchestra, showing off the ensemble’s tightly honed, potently expressive sound. Moran converted it into a solo, which he ...

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 ...

Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra is celebrating its 30th anniversary ... began tap dancing with the group at its “Sacred Music of Duke Ellington” shows when he was a high schooler in 2007.

Several soloists cleverly injected Christmas-song snippets into the band's expected ... The Duke Ellington Orchestra, the Count Basie Orchestra – the Count Basie Orchestra, the Duke Ellington ...

(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 ...

Jason Moran at The Apollo Theater article by Paul Reynolds, published on April 18, 2025 at All About Jazz. Find more Live ...

to jam on some songs originally performed by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra. For Moran, who grew up in Houston’s Third Ward, the ongoing Ellington project has been a sentimental ...

Edward Kennedy Ellington, better known as Duke Ellington, born on April 29, 1899, was a composer, pianist, and bandleader ...

Moran talks about his performance, “Duke Ellington: My Heart Sings” and about his dream to create a venue in Houston where jazz musicians can find an open mic to jam. In an interview with ...

Tang's original composition, "Kaleidoscope" will be performed by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra during the ... of original recordings by Duke Ellington and other seminal big band composers ...