Jacob’s Pillow debuts its reimagined Doris Duke Theatre, summer festival includes return of Alvin Ailey company, popular ...

Explore the significance of 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' at the 125th anniversary symposium, highlighting its cultural and ...

Moholo, the self-taught drumming maestro who died peacefully at his home in Cape Town at the age of 85, transformed global ...

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

Emmy Award-winning storyteller Bobby Norfolk will headline a week of live performances at the International Storytelling ...

There are rare insights into Duke Ellington in this book from Jack Chambers ... Apart from two pieces from his incidental music for performances of "Timon of Athens" at the Stratford Shakespeare ...

Ellington is quoted in the book “Duke Ellington’s America” as saying the club “demanded absolutely silence” during performances, and that anybody making noise would quickly be ushered ...

This year's performance will be held at Duke Ellington School of the Arts on ... rights movement and its relevance today. The first performances of the show are Friday at THEARC at noon and ...

Where to catch the beat More: Legendary Alvin Ailey dance troupe returns to Detroit with world premiere performances “I’ve spent the last year honoring Duke Ellington’s 125th birthday.

The performances will celebrate the life and ... And so, because Mr. Ailey loved Duke Ellington, I looked to Duke Ellington's sacred concerts and found all these versions of "Come Sunday." ...

Jason Moran has spent the past year immersing himself in the music of Duke ... of Ellington compositions, augmented by Gordon Parks photographs of Ellington. Other performances have followed ...

Duke Ellington School of the Arts alum ... she said she had butterflies in her stomach for the first few performances when the tour kicked off last fall. “I was very nervous because there ...