Award-winning documentary-maker Ken Burns tells Katty Kay about his unique approach to chronicling history, from the Civil ...

This is a group with a history of investigating serious jazz-classical crossover, as in its 1992 recording of Ron Collier’s orchestration of a suite based on Duke Ellington’s “The River.” ...

Those topics have ranged from jazz to baseball ... says Vera Wang – she's had at least four "Somebody asked of Duke Ellington, who is certainly our most prolific [composer, with] maybe ...

Built entirely from archival sources — news clips; performance excerpts; quotations detailed and ... Miriam Makeba, Duke Ellington and many others, gives it a catchy, driving beat.

When Duke Ellington is the composer, Ken Peplowski the horn player, Brad Hatfield the pianist and Sloane the singer, such unabashed ... Yesterday, I posted my full 2009 interview with the late Carol ...

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.

Things moved more slowly than usual. When the customer got to ... Duke Ellington was one of the most popular and successful jazz musicians of the first half of the 20th century and according to ...

Composer and pianist Thelonious Monk’s eccentric style and innovative harmonies redefined jazz. His numerous contributions to ...

Houston native Jason Moran has spent the past several months playing the works of Duke Ellington ... which has turned out an inordinate amount of jazz talent over the years.