The best album ever made by Duke Ellington—which is to say ... which was associated with classical music. Second, the cover copy boasted “uncut concert arrangements” of four Ellington ...

Piano great Joe Jackson is paying homage to a legend that came way before his time with the new covers album, 'The Duke.' The disc is a collection of reinterpreted Duke Ellington classics as done ...

George Duke sings Duke Ellington, the title song from his latest album, "In A Mellow Tone." Having been a session player and a solo recording artist, there was only one thing left for Duke to do ...

The original cover for the 1960 big band album ... It’s a name that, until 1960, never appeared on a piece of album art alongside Duke Ellington in such prominence. Who was Billy Strayhorn?

Duke Ellington's back burner was still hotter than most musician's ovens. The new issue, the third at least on CD, retains some of the previously ... The digipack restores the original cover art, if ...

To know Duke Ellington is to know his band — although ... While it is Ellington’s name on the album cover, the reason we treat his name as synonymous with jazz is because of the music his ...

His orchestra even gets a pinch of screen time in a scene set in a honky-tonk, where the Duke briefly ... billing with Ellington (and Tchaikovsky) on the Nutcracker album cover, which is only ...