Edward Kennedy Ellington, better known as Duke Ellington, born on April 29, 1899, was a composer, pianist, and bandleader ...

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

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

Whether it’s swing, hot, cool, bebop, modal, free, or fusion, uDiscover has something for everyone in this list of the best jazz songs ever. According to Duke Ellington’s biographer ...

Both singers felt insecure about their lack of education, neither could read sheet music, and while Jones ... and the winner of nine Grammys, Duke Ellington. “I want to introduce you to a ...

The musicians listed below selected Duke Ellington as an influencer of their music.

Friends of the Cabildo will host a special screening of rare 16mm film footage from the first-ever New Orleans Jazz & ...

Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington. "It's a celebration not only of incredible music but also of the cultural exchange that happened in Newcastle during the civil rights era," she said.

Brubeck was not particularly interested in learning by any particular method, but preferred to create his own melodies, and therefore avoided learning to read sheet music. In college Brubeck ... a ...

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