Before long Mike was playing bass in his high school big band as well as in the Symphonic band ... the era which saw Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, Duke Ellington, and other individuals and bands ...

Alongside his idol Duke Ellington ... alto saxophone, bass clarinet and flute who combined technical dexterity with forward-thinking musical concepts. Starting out in drummer Chico Hamilton’s ...

Like Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington ... charts reflected the waning influence of the big bands during the final two years of the war, when pop vocalists began to thrive and prosper. In the big ...

Then Moran will bring out musicians from the big band of his alma mater, Kinder High School for the Visual and Performing Arts, to jam on some songs originally performed by Duke Ellington and His ...

Big deal, right? But there was a bit of an altercation ... What makes this a valuable find is that the band is in top form ... Duke Ellington hated flying so, in 1958, Ellington and Co sailed into ...

46, No. 1, Oct., 1992 Jazz and Composition: The Many Sides of ... Jazz and Composition: The Many Sides of Duke Ellington, the Music's Greatest Composer This is the metadata section. Skip to content ...

The band will perform jazz classics by Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk ... Naomi Higgins on the tenor sax, and Brian O'Kane on the trumpet. This performance is sponsored by the Music Performance ...

Cooper Flagg put together an incredibly impressive freshman campaign with the Duke Blue Devils in 2024-25. The nation's No. 1 overall recruit exceeded his already-lofty preseason expectations ...

Duke was a popular pick to be the national champions, and a big reason was star freshman Cooper Flagg. Before the Final Four, Cooper Flagg's mom, Kelly, revealed she would get a tattoo if Duke ...

Reminder – we are still in March Madness. Houston completed a valiant comeback against Duke to earn their trip to the national championship against Florida. Cooper Flagg, the potential No. 1 ...

This article originally appeared on Duke Wire: Duke basketball enters the Sweet 16 as big March Madness national championship favorites ...

Duke University and its health system are preparing for big cuts in federal funding. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Duke University and its health system are looking for ways to reduce costs as universities ...