Carrol plays with the Duke Ellington Orchestra and Sheryl Crow. He also regularly performs in Japan and Europe. Carrol will ...

Charles Burrell, known as the “Jackie Robinson of classical music,” has died. He was 104. Burrell was a classical and jazz bass player and was the first African-American member of a major American ...

Duke Ellington's orchestra was one of the most important and iconic big bands in jazz’s history. Everything about it was ...

Enjoy the sounds of classical music under the stars when the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra kicks off its free summer concert ...

The Houston singer's experimental showcase launches Tuesday night at Eldorado Ballroom, Jones Hall and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston ...

The Duke Ellington Orchestra performs "Take the A Train" with singer Betty Roché in the film "Reveille with Beverly," released January 1943.

Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn barreling away on two pianos with “Great Times,” recorded for Ellington’s Mercer label in 1950. Strayhorn before that leading an Ellingtonian small group ...

The Grand Dame reopened with a performance by the great Duke Ellington Orchestra, led by the great jazz composer and musician's son, Mercer Ellington. (Duke Ellington had died in 1974).

Shah, now 62, studied with bass virtuoso Slam Stewart at age 16, toured and recorded with jazz legend Betty Carter in his early 20s and played with the Duke Ellington Orchestra and Ellis Marsalis.

In celebration of the great pianist and bandleader Duke Ellington, Boston's Aardvark Jazz Orchestra plays some of his most iconic tunes, with pianist Tim Ray and vocalist Grace Hughes. Aired 02/21 ...

Members of Duke Ellington’s Orchestra: Trumpets: Cat Anderson, Mercer Ellington, Herbie Jones, Cootie Williams Trombones: Lawrence Brown, Chuck Connors, Buster Cooper ...