Recorded live at the jazz festival 70 years ago, the famed rendition of ‘Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue’ reinvigorated the ...

Composer, bandleader, and pianist Duke Ellington rates as one of the most original and important figures in 20th century American music. He came of age at the dawning of jazz in the 1920s and along ...

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 ...

Every successful big band leader featured brilliant soloists: Count Basie had Lester Young, Fletcher Henderson had Coleman Hawkins, Benny Goodman had Gene Krupa. But the Maestro, Duke Ellington, ...

Duke Ellington was one of the most popular and successful jazz musicians of the first half of the 20th century and according to composer Gunther Schuller and musicologist and historian Barry Kernfeld, ...

(This is the first part of a three-part series. Read the second part.) Duke Ellington, whose contours have something of the swell and sweep of a large, erect bear and whose color is that of coffee ...

A.B. SPELLMAN, National Endowment for the Arts: You're listening to one of the most familiar compositions and one of the most familiar sounds in all of American music: Duke Ellington's "Take the 'A' ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 'Calm and elegant': Duke Ellington - John Kobal Foundation Duke Ellington, one of the greatest figures of jazz, died 50 years ago ...

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The United States Mint launched a new coin Tuesday featuring jazz legend Duke Ellington, making him the first African-American to appear by himself on a circulating U.S. coin.

Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. The best album ever made by Duke Ellington—which is to say, one of the best albums in jazz—is also ...

Mercedes Ellington is keeping her grandfather’s iconic sound alive. The uptown eatery named for iconic composer and bandleader Duke Ellington will finally be the home to his music on Sunday. Ellington ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Composer Duke Ellington performs a "concert of sacred music" with his orchestra as Lena Horne sings at the Fifth Avenue ...