CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The collection documents Duke Ellington's career primarily through orchestrations (scores and parts), music manuscripts, lead sheets, ...

In 1972, filmmaker William Greaves gathered Harlem Renaissance artists and intellectuals at Duke Ellington's home and ...

I find it appropriate that most of my memories and associations of Duke Ellington, often revered as the greatest composer and bandleader in jazz, seldom relate to the man himself. In terms of ...

His work continues to invoke the mood and character of the jazz clubs of his era – “The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician,” said Ellington. Here are seven facts about the artist ...

Duke Ellington with members of his orchestra in New York, 1946. | William P. Gottlieb/Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Fund Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress // Public Domain “When he got ...

Colors In Rhythm Mercer Ellington Children of great parents have a hard time. In the case of Mercer Ellington, it is even ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Sammy Miller is a Juilliard-trained jazz drummer and music educator. The views expressed in this commentary are his. View more opinion at CNN. This spring marks both the 50th ...

The great Duke Ellington would be proud of the way his family has decided to keep his memory and music alive and kicking for newer generations to enjoy. In 2003, his grandchildren, guitarist Edward ...

UMe is releasing a double-vinyl collection entitled The Giants of Jazz in September. By Paul Grein Frank Sinatra had his biggest hit single of the 1960s with “Somethin’ Stupid,” a light pop duet with ...

Edward Kennedy Ellington was born into the world on April 29, 1899 inWashington, D.C. Duke’s parents, Daisy Kennedy Ellington and James EdwardEllington, served as ideal role models for young Duke, and ...

Colarse en los billares de Frank Holiday, cerca de su casa de Washington D. C., donde nació el 22 de abril de 1899, era, para el pequeño Edward Kennedy Ellington, una de las formas más fascinantes de ...

Der amerikanische Pianist Jason Moran widmet sich in der Friedenskirche LU einem reinen Ellington-Programm. Er verbindet ...