Edward Kennedy Ellington, better known as Duke Ellington, born on April 29, 1899, was a composer, pianist, and bandleader whose contributions shaped the very fabric of jazz.

Curious too, to see Ellington holding the sheet music for soloist Johnny Hodges ... The rise of swing and jazz's sophisticated elegance starts with Duke Ellington. His first recordings were with ...

The pervasive sultry sounds and hypnotic syncopations of Latin-America’s artistic heritage have pulsed across the Americas’ ...

Houston native Jason Moran has spent the past several months playing the works of Duke Ellington ... grew up listening to all manner of music, from jazz to reggae to hip-hop.

Moran talks about his performance, “Duke ... song sound like?'” Moran said. “And Ellington’s version is so different.” That version is brassy and more staccato in style. The jazz great ...

Born in Washington, D.C., Eve was in her early 20s when she got her big break, discovered by famed jazz composer Duke ...

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The term is applied to radically different compositions across more than 1,000 years of history. We need a better definition.

Alexander is an acclaimed poet, scholar, and cultural advocate. She is the president of the Mellon Foundation, the nation’s largest funder of the arts and humanities, which recently launched a ...

A veritable giant in the history of jazz and the early years of popular music, Duke Ellington is rightly revered for his abilities as a composer and bandleader, but the fact that he was also a ...

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Ron Carter is among the most original, prolific, and influential bassists in jazz. With more than 2,000 albums ... for string quartet and bass featuring the music of Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington ...