Alexander is an acclaimed poet, scholar, and cultural advocate. She is the president of the Mellon Foundation, the nation’s ...

Step inside this Bed-Stuy brownstone and you’ll swear you’ve been whisked back to a jazz venue in 1940s Brooklyn. Housed in a ...

Duke Ellington recorded Masterpieces by Ellington, an ambitious album that redefined jazz composition. This deep dive explores the breathtaking Mood Indigo, a song that expanded beyond its swing roots ...

We asked jazz musicians, writers and others to tell us what moves them. Listen to their choices.

Jack Chambers: Rethinking Duke Ellington article by Jack Kenny, published on May 20, 2025 at All About Jazz. Find more Interview articles ...

Duke Ellington: Jazz Legend and Cultural Icon Born in Washington, D.C., Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington rose to fame at Harlem's Cotton Club in the late 1920s. His career as a musician, composer, and ...

Jazz greats Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Louis Armstrong gave their own sentimentalized retelling of their nomadic existence from the 1930s onward, portraying the jaunts as being as amorous as ...

Part 3 of Richard O. Boyer’s “The Hot Bach” Profile series about the jazz musician Duke Ellington and his rise to international fame during the Jim Crow era.

Duke Ellington, the Jazz Legend Who Became a Diplomat The band leader broke new ground in U.S. cultural diplomacy even as he faced racism at home.

Mercedes Ellington is keeping her grandfather’s iconic sound alive. The uptown eatery named for iconic composer and bandleader Duke Ellington will finally be the home to his music on Sunday. … ...

This year marks 125 years since the birth of jazz legend Duke Ellington. The bandleader, composer and pianist died 50 years ago. In the new book “The Jazzmen,” biographer Larry Tye sets out to ...

NORFOLK, Va. — A newly formed group of the area's best musicians is paying tribute to jazz legend Duke Ellington in honor of his 125th birthday. “Someone once said, if humans experienced it ...