When Matthews asked him if the Queen likes the blues, Crosby immediately said, "Duke Ellington." "Ellington came up, and her appreciation of music and instruments and how they're amplified just ...

Edward Kennedy Ellington was born into the world on April 29, 1899 inWashington, D.C. Duke’s parents, Daisy Kennedy Ellington and James EdwardEllington, served as ideal role models for young Duke, and ...

Duke Ellington, whose contours have something ... identifying him as a mere writer and player of jazz (his instrument is the piano) is like identifying Einstein as a nice old man.

Thanks to the Luther L. Wright High School Jazz Band, a Theatre North audience on March 14 heard some of jazz icon Duke Ellington's most famous pieces. Students began their performance at the Ironwood ...