On an exuberantly original new album, the singer and pianist reimagine jazz standards from Duke Ellington, George Gershwin ...

Jack Chambers is professor at the University of Toronto and teacher of music and language. His jazz writings include the prize winning biography Milestones: The Music and Times of Miles Davis (Da Capo ...

For any writer on Duke Ellington there is the problem of how to cut through the prodigious amount of work that Ellington produced. In this book, and in his previous book, Sweet Thunder: Duke Ellington ...

Duke Ellington's orchestral suite “Black, Brown and Beige,” performed by the CSO under Damon Gupton on May 9, ... REVIEW: Pops Orchestra swings exuberantly through Harlem Renaissance.

While inside the building where Harlem greats like Langston Hughes, Duke Ellington, Josephine Baker, and James Baldwin also shined, guests can expect an exclusive and elevated dining and dancing ...

Houston native Jason Moran has spent the past several months playing the works of Duke Ellington, marking last year’s 125th anniversary of the composer's birth. Last Thanksgiving I saw him play ...

Jazz and Opera Singer Marie-Claire Giraud Premieres at 54 Below, April 6, 2025, New York, NY Marie-Claire Giraud Brings Fresh Life to Timeless Classics NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, March 20, 2025 ...

Choreographed and conceived by NTID Department of Performing Arts Lecturer Marc Ellis Holland, “The Cracked Nut” is a groundbreaking adaptation that transports audiences to the vibrant setting of ...

Pianist Jason Moran and bassist Marcus Shelby promise they will go deep into the catalogue of the legendary Duke Ellington. Skip to content. ... Harlem-based Moran has been a bracing presence at ...

Imagine stepping into 1920s Harlem — the streets bursting at the seams with the vibrant energy of Black brilliance set to a boisterous jazzy soundtrack provided by legends like Duke Ellington ...

This sassy American jazz musical relocates Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night to Harlem’s Cotton Club in the 1940s and sets it to the irresistible songs of Duke Ellington.

This edition of Night Lights closes with Ellington's 1951 extended composition tribute to Harlem, the community that represented pride and progress to many black Americans in the age of ...