More explicitly, he is a composer of jazz music and the ... owner of a New York night club where Duke and his band once had played and the owner arranged for Ellington to have the freedom of ...

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

(ThyBlackMan.com) Duke Ellington, a giant in jazz history, was more than just a ... This early classic from Ellington’s Cotton Club days blends blues, gospel, and classical influences into ...

Duke found piano playing jobs at clubs and cafes throughout theWashington ... The rise of swing and jazz's sophisticated elegance starts with Duke Ellington. His first recordings were with Wilbur ...

CD1: Swing Session; Medley: Solitude; In A Sentimental Mood; Harmony In Harlem; If You Were In My Place; Mood Indigo; East St. Louis Toodl-Oo; Oh Babe, Maybe Someday; Dinah’s In A Jam; If Dreams Come ...

Queen Elizabeth is a blues and jazz fan — and American jazz legend Duke Ellington appears to be on her playlist! The monarch, 96, made British jazz musician Gary Crosby "so happy" with her ...

That is the keynote of Duke Ellington's attitude towards his work ... "You get a really well-developed swing piece and those jazz critics will pan it right off. Why, they don't even understand ...

and the arrival of virtuosos such as New Orleans-born cornet and trumpet player Louis Armstrong and composer Duke Ellington propel the art form to a higher level. In the following decades, jazz ...

Play On! is, delightfully, a peach of the genre, a stylish and witty transposing of Twelfth Night, for my money Shakespeare’s ...

My Heart Sings” and about his dream to create a venue in Houston where jazz musicians can find an open mic to jam.

Smoke Jazz Club proves that New York City's golden age of jazz is still swinging. The Upper West Side jazz club recently celebrated its 25th anniversary of offering straight-ahead jazz to New York ...

revisits a memory he previously opened up about in the 2020 book — being serenaded by the late jazz legend Duke Ellington on his 5th birthday. “I was very fortunate to have those experiences ...