Still, it became synonymous with the Duke Ellington Orchestra. This song served as the band’s signature tune and an ode to the New York City subway line that led to Harlem, the heart of Black ...

This time around, it's Duke Ellington. Ellington was the most prolific ... Ellington was a master composer of love songs, so an album highlighting those in particular doesn't come off as a gimmick.

And they did that once again Friday at Disney Hall, in a program devoted to the “Love Songs” of Duke Ellington. Despite the title, with its inference that the evening would simply focus on ...

“The beverage is in part named after one of Ellington’s songs, “Best Wishes,” and also inspired by Duke Ellington’s legendary innovation, effortless eloquence and magnetic charisma ...

By Hank Shteamer Video by Ariel Fisher and Tim Schutsky Jason Moran has spent the past year living with the music of Duke Ellington, playing a series of concerts honoring the 125th anniversary of ...

In A Sentimental Mood; I'm Just A Lucky So And So; Solitude; I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart; I Didn't Know About You; All Too Soon; Lush Life; In A Mellow Tone; Sophisticated Lady; Day Dream; I Ain't ...

Duke Ellington was one of the most popular and successful jazz ... "Black" covers the arrival of slaves to the New World and the plantation experience (Negro work songs and spirituals). "Black" is ...

Duke Ellington always had this way of pulling strong ... By the time Mingus and Roach arise near the song’s back end, Ellington has locked into the upper register of his solo, shifting the ...

He wrote tone poems. He wrote popular songs. He wrote suites.” Duke Ellington’s version of racial subversion, while comparably low-pitched and non-confrontational, was straightforward.

Moran talks about his performance, “Duke Ellington ... ‘What did the original song sound like?'” Moran said. “And Ellington’s version is so different.” That version is brassy and ...