National Museum of African American History and Culture Letter to the Musicians' Protective Association from Duke Ellington National Museum of American History Bust of Duke Ellington National Museum ...

(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 ...

Mosaic Theater Company revealed the winners of its third annual High School Playwriting Contest. Learn more about the awards ...

Aardvark Jazz Orchestra plays Duke Ellington's most iconic tunes ... composing and leading a band for about ten years. Started out in Washington, D.C., which some of you may know.

The Duke Ellington School of the Arts offers gifted children equal access to a superior education in the arts. The building, originally built in the 1890’s, had undergone several rounds of ...

Jason Moran has spent the past year immersing himself in the music of Duke Ellington: listening, practicing, teaching — and, most importantly, performing it. His efforts got their public launch ...

WASHINGTON — D.C.'s annual Blacks in Wax performance is ... This year's performance will be held at Duke Ellington School of the Arts on March 15. It's not clear whether the performance was moved from ...

Edward Kennedy Ellington was born into the world ... Itseemed as if young Duke was more inclined to baseball at a young age. Duke got his first job selling peanuts at Washington Senator’s ...