Big deal, right? But there was a bit of an altercation up front. Things moved more slowly than usual. When the customer got to ... Duke Ellington was one of the most popular and successful jazz ...

Musical genius Duke Ellington crafted nearly 2,000 compositions across five remarkable decades, enchanting audiences through 20,000 performances worldwide. His masterful contributions to American jazz ...

Big deal, right? But there was a bit of an altercation up front. Things moved more slowly than usual. When the customer got to ... Duke Ellington was one of the most popular and successful jazz ...

One such icon who died in the same year as Mitchell released this career-changing record was Duke Ellington, an artist who had served as a major inspiration to the Canadian musician. The American ...

When I reached Marcus Shelby on the phone at his home in San Francisco he was immersed in the music of Duke Ellington ... tangents or extensions.” One of jazz’s most influential and restlessly ...

I truly feel that Jazz at Lincoln Center has contributed something of real value to the world. The music of Duke Ellington is certainly the highest level of what has come out of the United States ...

The relationship, partnership and friendship of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn has been well documented. Meeting in 1938 they formed an instant bond that endured until Strayhorn’s death in 1967 ...

I truly feel that Jazz at Lincoln Center has contributed something of real value to the world. The music of Duke Ellington is certainly the highest level of what has come out of the United States ...

recording three Duke Ellington songs to be judged by a committee. The schools will perform arrangements of Ellington’s catalog in New York for the competition, which is overseen by jazz artists ...