To know Duke Ellington is to know his band — although few can name its other members today. The defining sound of his charter ...

More explicitly, he is a composer of jazz music and the leader of a jazz band. For over twenty-three years, Duke, christened Edward Kennedy Ellington, has spent his days and nights on trains ...

To understand and to work with Ellington, it was essential to understand the members of his band, who were, like all who were close to Duke, extensions of himself. Each to Ellington was a sound in ...

What makes this a valuable find is that the band is in top form ... Duke Ellington hated flying so, in 1958, Ellington and Co sailed into Southampton UK to prepare for a tour of Europe. Before going ...

Thanksgiving may be upon us, but Duke Ellington lovers in metro Detroit have an extra reason to party this weekend. Popular, nine-piece Detroit big band Planet D Nonet will play two shows at Ann ...

"I don't have time. I 'live' my music!" That is the keynote of Duke Ellington's attitude towards his work. He is deeply absorbed in it, much more involved in his life-work, music, than other ...

What: Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s “Harlem ... But until now, Shelby and his 15-piece band, which he founded in 1998, have not performed “Harlem Nutcracker Suite” at the Raven ...

America's premier high school jazz band competition named four Seattle-area schools as finalists for its 30th iteration.

Savor the sounds of big band jazz and swing with this compendium ... and the incomparably elegant pianist composer and bandleader Duke Ellington other featured artists include trombonist Jack ...

The Mountlake Terrace High School Jazz Band is among four Puget Sound area schools headed to the 30th annual Essentially ...

presented to Duke Ellington National Museum of African American History and Culture Duke Ellington and his Band at the Saint-Lazare Station National Museum of American History Irving Mills Trophy, ...