Kyle Filipowski announced his entry into the NBA Draft after leading Duke in scoring and rebounding, and later heard his name ...

By Dan Stark The “Jazz Loft @ Southampton Concert Series” continues with the “Long Island Jazz Legends & Local Juke Joints” ...

Jazz musician Duke Ellington's bio, concert & touring information, albums, reviews, videos, ... His jazz writings include the prize winning biography Milestones: The Music and Times of Miles Davis (Da ...

Jack Chambers is professor at the University of Toronto and teacher of music and language. His jazz writings include the prize winning biography Milestones: The Music and Times of Miles Davis (Da Capo ...

Composer Duke Ellington poses for a portrait at the piano in circa 1930. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images. In 1971's Chinoiserie, the 10-bar modal melody harmonized in intervals of fourths is ...

Musical genius Duke Ellington crafted nearly 2,000 compositions across five remarkable decades, enchanting audiences through 20,000 performances worldwide. His masterful contributions to American jazz ...

Duke Ellington biography and filmography. New movies in theaters incl. Venom: The Last Dance, Conclave The final movie in the Venom franchise is releasing, as well as the award-winning Conclave ...

Ellington, Basie, Armstrong: So rich were their accomplishments that it is easy to forget the adversity they faced as black men in a country still learning to extend its glorious liberty to all ...

This year marks 125 years since the birth of jazz legend Duke Ellington. The bandleader, composer and pianist died 50 years ago. In the new book “The Jazzmen,” biographer Larry Tye sets out to ...

Duke Ellington, Count Basie and ... James Kaplan’s triple biography weaves together ‘3 Shades of Blue’ in the backstories of Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Bill Evans at the height of jazz ...

Beyond Category: The Life and Genius of Duke EllingtonBy John Edward HasseSimon & Schuster, 432 pages, $25The Duke Ellington ReaderEdited by Mark TuckerOxford University Press, 508 pages, $30 ...

This spring marks both the 50th anniversary of Duke Ellington’s death, and what would have been his 125th birthday. Why is it that out of the hundreds of musicians who electrified the nightclubs ...