It is featured in over 40 different Christian hymnals and sung in churches all across America, not just during Black History ...

There’s no single way to describe George Duke’s sound because he never settled for one. He could make you dance, make you think, and make you feel—sometimes all in the same song. These eight tracks ...

Maybe it's an out-of-place experimental track or a throwaway song given to the drummer to ... socially aware "Village Ghetto Land" and the Duke Ellington tribute "Sire Duke" like an unwanted ...

Here are Stevie Wonder's 42 best songs of all time, including "Isn't She Lovely," "Higher Ground," "As," "Sir Duke" and ...

In an age where the term "relevance" feels like the single dominant tenant of nearly all of us in the education community, the significance of the work of Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington continues ...

Across the arc of his spectacular 20 th-century career Duke Ellington was a pianist ... showcasing him on songs that are now considered American songbook classics. At least I think I can ...

This highly anticipated concert, titled From Harlem to Hollywood – Songs by Duke Ellington and Irving Berlin will premiere on April 6, 2025, at 54 Below in New York City, NY. Fusing the world of ...

Jason Moran has spent the past year immersing himself in the music of Duke Ellington ... and the song “Shame on a [expletive],” which samples Monk playing Ellington’s “Black and Tan ...

When I reached Marcus Shelby on the phone at his home in San Francisco he was immersed in the music of Duke Ellington ... to avoid a usual-suspects set list. “Ellington’s body of work is ...

One such icon who died in the same year as Mitchell released this career-changing record was Duke Ellington ... the album this song was taken from. “I was about to do an album of standards and had not ...

Composer and jazz pianist Duke Ellington will be celebrated Sunday during a Windsor Jazz series concert featuring The Paul Keller Quintet. American bassist Paul Keller brings his combo of top ...

He wrote popular songs. He wrote suites.” Duke Ellington’s version of racial ... In 1971, Ebony would name him to its list of the “100 Most Influential Black Americans.” ...